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A French tricolor supported by thin steel cables top and bottom.
The two outermost vertical bars of the flag are stitched to the
central one and the cables with nichrome wire. In the event of
war being declared, a strong electrical current is passed through
the nichrome, thereby burning
through and detaching the
outermost bars which will fall to the ground, leaving the central
section still firmly attached to the flagpole.
A further refinement could be an extra nichrome wire in a fold in
the central bar, that increases the size of the central section, to
make intentions absolutely clear.
The Bourbons beat me to it.
http://en.wikipedia...wiki/Flag_of_France
[AbsintheWithoutLeave, May 16 2012]
Brave Bold Sir Robin
http://img204.image...47/holygrail144.jpg
[Dub, May 19 2012]
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"C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas le
drapeau… " |
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Isn't the French flag already synonymous with surrender? |
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... and white on one side?
{Ducks and runs} |
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Actually, it should have a broad yellow streak
down the back … |
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I think the French flag should be a chicken, on a
green field, rampant. |
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Have I missed some major recent incident that has
provoked this attack of paraloquastic
stereotypicalism? |
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Only two World Wars. Now, how about you just pop
back into your comfy armchair in the sun and I'll get
you some bread crusts to toss to the ducks, [Sir
Max]? |
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// I think the French flag should be a chicken//
What's that symbol they have on their Rugby shirts? |
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"Lukewarm", and "Do not press". The "100%
synthetic (moral) fibre" goes without
saying. |
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Be nice. The French were smashed by the Germans
at Verdun, and hadn't recovered by WWII. |
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//The French were smashed by the Germans at Verdun//
Don't forget they were still reeling from the battle of Sedan in 1870. |
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And from Waterloo. And Agincourt. And dozens of other
battles they've lost on or near their own soil. |
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Waterloo is in Belgium.
(which makes the Waterloo-City line so remarkable) |
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I know that, but had thought it was claimed by France at
the time. It was actually part of the Netherlands then.
Anno
modified. |
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//how about you just pop back into your comfy
armchair in the sun and I'll get you some bread
crusts to toss to the ducks, [Sir Max]// |
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I never use my title, except when booking
restaurant tables, but thanks. |
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//I think the French flag should be a chicken, on a green field, rampant.
Wasn't that Brave Sir Robin's banner?
[Linky] |
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That's a historically innacurate comparison. The French
have partially-
undeserved reputation for surrendering under the slightest
pressure, whereas Sir Robin never surrendered at all, he
just bravely-ran-away-away. |
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