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"The reason there are so many tree lined boulevards in Paris is so the German Army can march in the shade." (Attributed to General George Patton)

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	Gentle Jude (25) 10/27/2005	How generous of the French! (3 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) 0 comment(s) - Email to a Friend
	PzKpfw VI E (28) 01/15/2005	I also like Patton's 'I'd rather have a German Division in front of me then a French division behind me'. Damn, he really hated the French and the Soviets, probable as much as I hate him. (1 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) 0 comment(s) - Email to a Friend
	Sundiszno (32) 04/17/2004	This one has made the rounds many times over. Jed1000's comment about straight boulevards in Paris is also applicable to the layout of streets in Washington, DC. L'Enfant designed the streets, and the traffic circles, for exactly the same reason. What are now traffic circles were designed as artillery positions - the guns could be slewed around to shoot straight down any of the avenuse leading into the circle. (3 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) 0 comment(s) - Email to a Friend
	Jed1000 (74) 10/29/2003	The line is funny. I wonder if Patton was aware that there is indeed a military purpose behind the design of Paris' beautiful streets and boulevards. Louis Napoleon had his city planner/architect Baron Hausemann redesign all of Paris' major streets (making them very wide and perfectly straight) so that his cannons would have a clear shot at protestors should there ever be another revolution. (5 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) 0 comment(s) - Email to a Friend
	LadyShark4534 (12) 10/28/2003	Very funny. For those of you who don't know, I've got a lot of French blood in me. (2 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) 0 comment(s) - Email to a Friend
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