Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for April 11, 2019

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    santa72404  over 5 years ago

    Them Frenchies is weird they already had a comedy genius in Jacques Tati!

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    kaffekup   over 5 years ago

    You left off French fries. Or were they “Freedom Fries” when this came out?

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    notmoving Premium Member over 5 years ago

    It’s “last,” not “latter.” Sacre bleu!

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    Broacher  over 5 years ago

    These older panels have a certain… I don’t know what, to their comedic delivery.

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    wolfiiig  over 5 years ago

    Reading today’s cartoon reminded me of something I read a few years ago; ‘The French make foreign policy like a French housewife prepares chicken – undercooked and too much garlic’.

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    JPuzzleWhiz  over 5 years ago

    No, the Eiffel Tower is NOT totally “purposeless” — there is a restaurant located on it.

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    David Riedel Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Napoleon Lajoie (sp.?)

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    Rev Phnk Ey  over 5 years ago

    I had always thought France was much larger.

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    Larry Miller Premium Member over 5 years ago

    I’m from Lafayette, Indiana and we’re definitely not French, but we do have a certain “Je ne say squat.”

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    comixbomix  over 5 years ago

    Really, there’s nothing so piquant as a comic roughly the size of a comic!

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    Linguist  over 5 years ago

    I had a cab driver in Paris once explain to me why Parisians, particularly, are so rude to tourists.

    " First," he said, " The French national pastime is hating each other, so you can’t expect us to like strangers."

    " Second, we Parisians are the only people in the world who know how to speak French, so we look down on everyone else’s pitiful attempts to try – and that includes the rest of France."

    " Finally, we have never forgiven you Yanks and Brits for bailing our butts out in World War II ! "

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    MeGoNow Premium Member over 5 years ago

    The language one is kind of right. A long time ago, it was yet to be decided which dialect would become universal in France. One version in the south, one in the north. They were identified by their different words for “yes.” The "oui"’s won out. The "oc"’s did not. Obviously, the "oui"’s were in the north. And that meant Paris, the Breton’s and others having their own minority dialects.

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    MeGoNow Premium Member over 5 years ago

    It’s true. Look it up and impress your friends. Well, maybe not your friends, who are only impressed by your knowledge of original Star Trek episodes, but someone’s friends.

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    jless  over 5 years ago

    How ungrateful! They gave us The Statue of Liberty. But of course, that was when they liked us. Now we are personae non gratae in their country.

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    Kip W  over 5 years ago

    They loved Jerry because they thought he perfectly represented the average American.

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    willie_mctell  over 5 years ago

    Frenchy Bordagaray at least had the nickname.

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    jpozenel  over 5 years ago

    I remember this one. Thank God, my memory is returning!

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    Teto85 Premium Member over 5 years ago

    Parc Asterix is better than Dizzyland Europe.

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    gigagrouch  over 5 years ago

    Why are there trees planted along the Camps Elysees?

    Because the Germans like to march in the shade.

    (rimshot)

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