Re: HIST-CHAT--Allons, enfants de la patrie!
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- Subject: Re: HIST-CHAT--Allons, enfants de la patrie!
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 14:12:07 -0600 (MDT)
Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
>
> Bonjour, ya'll, and Happy Bastille Day!
>
> As we pause---and given the heat over most of the country many of us will be
> pausing often, and with alacrity----to celebrate independence and the rights
> of man with the French, swig a little Sancerre and play those Piaf tapes
Let us also not forget "The Scarlett Pimpernel"...
"They seek him here, they seek him there.
Those "Frenchies" seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven, is he in hell,
That damned elusive pimpernel."
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.