Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A chance to compare yourself to Magnum
From: Peter Klein <pklein@2alpha.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:42:19 -0800 (PST)

In the immortal words of Flanders and Swann:

  This old man, he played five,
  France is safe: I'm still alive.
  Plastique, Pompidou, sing the Marseillaise,
  Algerie, n'est pas francaise!

Complete text of the song, "All Gall," referring to Le Grand Charles, can
be found at:

http://members.tripod.com/~TimothyPlatypus/FaS/anotherhat_gall.html

- --Peter "Je ne sais quoi" Klein
Seattle, WA

> Jerry Lehrer wrote in part:
>
> >DeGaulle sold out the pied-noirs and the French
> >Army, and gave Algeria away.

Greg Lorenzo added:
> Personally, I consider this one of the few smart moves he ever made.
> Maybe his only smart move.

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