Historical Insults

Reading the book Distory by Robert Schnakenberg. and picked out some of the ones from the book

theres alot more but feal like typing them down, feal free to post some good ones that you know.



Belgium is just a country invented by the British to annoy the French
-Charles De Gaulle

The Almighty in his infinite wisdom did not see fit to create the Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen
-Winston Churchill

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
-Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

You've got to exchange the populations of Holland and Ireland. The Dutch will turn Ireland into a beautiful garden and the Irish will forget to mend the dikes and will all be drowned.
-Otto Von Bismark

Little yellow men who sit up night thinking how to screw us.
-Edith Cresson, French Prime Minister
(talking about Japan)

God protects fools, drunks, and the united states of America
-Otto Von Bismark

Americans always try to do the right thing, after they've tried everything else
-Winston Churchill

The man dyes his hair. What does that tell you about him? he doesn't know who he is.
-George W. Bush, on Al Gore

 

they're fantastic

So here is the historical two to the French from here in blighty



FNG

 

i read somewhwere that the 2 fingers were to demonstrate to a frenchman ones ability to still nock and draw an english longbow, the bain of french noblemen

 

I think Patton said that he'd rather have a German division in front of him than a French division behind him.

 

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(We have to be very careful here because the likes of me can get into trouble without trying!!!) But here goes.
Go to Google, type in 'French Military Victories', then 'I'm feeling Lucky'. :roll:

 

very funny, :lol:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/victories.html

 

The Duke of Edinburgh is said to have once described the French as "cheese eating surrender monkeys".



(this in no way represents my own personal opinions).

 

Has to do with some medieveal battle.One guy said to the other side that theye woulkd cut off the nooking fingers of archers if captured. The side with the archers won the battle, in great affect to the archers, and they displayed their nooking fingers as a taunt.

 

"You sir, are drunk!"
"And you madam are ugly, but in the morning I will be sober!"
- Winston Churchill

'Wert thou clean enough to spit upon!"
- Shakesphere

 

Some medieval battle..... :roll: :lol:

Agincourt!!!! Hundred years war. Pah!

 

"If I were married to you, I'd put poison in your coffee."
-Lady Astor to Winston Churchill

"If I were married to you, I'd drink it."
-Winston Churchill's reply.

 

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"The Bullfrog of the Pontine Marshes"
Winston Churchill, refering to Mussolini!

 

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"If it's got a leg on each corner and farts alot she's happy"
Prince Phillip refering to Princess Anne's love of horses!

 

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html
lol :lol:

 

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"I was in Baghdad when you were in Dad's Bag!"
(Trooper, 1st.QDG. Iraq 2006)

 

Re: insults

That is just too FN'n funny!

 

Another Pattonism:"A military without profanity couldn't punch it's way out of a piss soaked paper bag!".

 

Not a very insulting insult! :lol:
I've seen this attriubted to a number of people. The earliest (time period wise) reference that I can remember seeing attributtes it to US Navy Commodore Stephen Decautr (1779 - 1820).
Decatur is also known as the author of:
"Our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but right or wrong, our country!"

 

Ouch! That's really twisting the knife! Ol' Winston had a razor edged tongue and an equally sharp wit in such situations.

 

Italian style of fighting

"Come on I'll fight ya.....Oh S*** he's coming"