November 10, 2003, 17:15
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Oh the irony!
I just read on the French news website Lemonde, that French Secretary of Interior, Nicolas Sarkozy, and the French Secretary of Transportation, Gilles de Robien, were caught speeding.
Here is the irony: they were caught speeding on the same road where they had just the very same day presented a brand new automated radar system to track speeding, and had come from a conference on road safety and the dangers of speeding!
(Article in French)
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,...-341468,0.html
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November 10, 2003, 17:22
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Not as much irony as stupidity. 
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November 10, 2003, 17:56
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Originally posted by rah
Not as much irony as stupidity.
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And they were speeding a lot too. The radar tracked them about 30 km/h faster than the speed limit.
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'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"
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November 10, 2003, 17:58
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Man, those French even drive too fast! 
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November 10, 2003, 17:59
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November 10, 2003, 18:55
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Originally posted by rah
Not as much irony as stupidity.
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That definitely is irony. 
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November 10, 2003, 19:18
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Yeah, I saw that today... I guess that'll teach them 
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November 10, 2003, 19:21
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THE SYSTEM WORKS!
They should be very proud.
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November 10, 2003, 19:40
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Originally posted by GePap
THE SYSTEM WORKS!
They should be very proud.
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Maybe that will be their defense.
"But judge, we were testing the system to show that it works!"
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'There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.'"
G'Kar - from Babylon 5 episode "Z'ha'dum"
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November 10, 2003, 19:42
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That would be the best defense ever .
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November 10, 2003, 19:51
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it's like rain
on your wedding lol
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November 10, 2003, 20:35
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Just like the French... reminds me of Inspector Clouseau. France's answer to James Bond.
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November 10, 2003, 21:03
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Someting similar happened to Keiichi Tsuchiya (The drift king). He's a well known drift racer in japan who lost his drivers liscense while street racing in the mountains of Japan.
That event made him even more popular.
Spec.
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November 10, 2003, 21:33
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I have but 2 words for the French:
APRIL FOOL'S!!
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November 10, 2003, 21:44
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Originally posted by The diplomat
Maybe that will be their defense.
"But judge, we were testing the system to show that it works!"
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Probably more like, "Do you wanna keep your job, boy?"
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November 10, 2003, 21:53
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French roads have speed limits?
This reminds me of a story that said a high proportion of car deaths in France involved crashing into trees. So the government's response was to chop the trees down to reduce tree related fatalities. 
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November 10, 2003, 23:26
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Originally posted by st_swithin
I have but 2 words for the French:
APRIL FOOL'S!!
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I thought it was "Avril Sucks!"
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November 11, 2003, 00:01
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Poisson d'Avril!
1582 changeover from Julian calendar to Gregorian calendar - no more "is it hot enough for ya" Thermidore!
Of course, England didn't comply until 1752, so I wonder who are the bigger fools.
Unless of course you meant Avril Lavigne - well, modern music is dominated by pop culture, and pop is dominated by the under-30 top 40. I think Lewis Black said it best when he said he'd rather jam a pencil in his ear than be forced to listen to Britney Spears.
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November 11, 2003, 00:05
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The phrase "jam a pencil" used in the same sentence as "Britney Spears" had so much potential. 
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