Once, at a summit during World War Two, someone mentioned De Gaulle, who was famous for being a prima donna.
Winston Churchill replied "Don't mention de Gaulle. We call him "Joan of Arc" and are desperately searcing for a couple of Bishops willing to burn him."
TRUE STORY
When I took Twentieth Century History in university, we were asked to do an essay on one of that century's major influences. A woman in the class (a Francophone nun) chose de Gaulle. As it happened, we had another Quebecois in the class, a woman who fled Quebec when Rene Levesque's PQ came to power.....a woman with no sympathy for the separatists, and none for de Gaulle, after the "Vive le Quebec libre" thing.
Needless to say, our class discussion on de Gaulle was interesting.
After a few minutes of sniping back and forth, the poor nun finally fell back to her final defensive position..."Say what you like, but you can not deny that Charles de Gaulle truely loved FRance."
"He should have", was the Quebecois' reply, "he f@#ked her long enough!"
End of discussion, amongst much laughter.
Winston Churchill replied "Don't mention de Gaulle. We call him "Joan of Arc" and are desperately searcing for a couple of Bishops willing to burn him."
TRUE STORY
When I took Twentieth Century History in university, we were asked to do an essay on one of that century's major influences. A woman in the class (a Francophone nun) chose de Gaulle. As it happened, we had another Quebecois in the class, a woman who fled Quebec when Rene Levesque's PQ came to power.....a woman with no sympathy for the separatists, and none for de Gaulle, after the "Vive le Quebec libre" thing.
Needless to say, our class discussion on de Gaulle was interesting.
After a few minutes of sniping back and forth, the poor nun finally fell back to her final defensive position..."Say what you like, but you can not deny that Charles de Gaulle truely loved FRance."
"He should have", was the Quebecois' reply, "he f@#ked her long enough!"
End of discussion, amongst much laughter.
