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The historical records show that the Sydney Harbour bridge would have been replaced by a giant croissant if the perfidious French had their way.
French plans for Sydney Harbour Bridge
http://www.news.com...o4eg9-1226534443587
[AusCan531, Dec 11 2012]
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Ha! Where's Unabubba when you need him? |
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I can't beleive you read that tabloid trash. |
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Although I do as well. It's almost like watching fawlty towers - painful but somehow compelling. I just can't wait to be offended or outraged by their latest feat in journalistic un-tegrity. |
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....Anyhoo, at least we might have been a republic by now if the froggies had gotten involved. |
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It's quite a xenophobic article, isn't it? Is this typical
of Australian press? |
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//tabloid trash// Ah, but it's not, you see. When The News changed from broadsheet to tabloid format, it was "tabloid format, not tabloid content". I know, because I read it in the newspaper. |
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//Is this typical of Australian press?// |
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Well, it is being played for effect to quite an extent in this instance. And as [Custardguts] says it isn't the most cerebral news site out there. |
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It was an halfbaked plan! That's perfect. |
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//Photoshopped// badly I might add! They could have transformed: warped and rotated the croissant to actually fit like a bridge!! |
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//Photoshopped// was supposed to draw attention (via a glaringly obvious misdirection) to the glaringly obvious fact that the croissant bridge was not part of any French plan, but a fabrication by the journalist - by instead pointing out the even more glaringly obviously fabricated nature of the image. That's what it meant in my head, anyway. |
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Kinda like saying "Look, Ma, the emperor has a mole on his buttock!", only completely different. |
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I think the french have a legitimate argument to say that
the Americans owe something to the french for WW2. By
waiting till European manufacturing was reduced to a
smoldering rubble before bothering to get engaged in
WW2. The result was the Golden age of the US,
producing exports to the damaged world. |
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From the title I was imagining something like that sideways cantilevered drawbridge, which is also rather croissant'ish. |
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Don't forget that a good portion of Europe got brand-new infrastructure not too long after. Need a homeland makeover? Have a war there! |
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