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Lance has probably developed all sorts of unTexan character traits from spending to much time in France. I wouldn't mind moving to Colorado when I retire. If it wasn't for that whole freezin' your ass off from October through April thing. And the fact that the cost of a decent piece of real estate would wipe out my whole retirement fund.
The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking....... If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog.
Excellent points, JFish. Speaking of the French, did you ever hear about the the History of the Middle Finger. If not, here it is. Most fascinating.
Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I
know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in
the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Isn't history more fun when you
know something about it?
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating
victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all
captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible
to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable
of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the
native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as
"plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew").
Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major
upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the
defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since 'pluck yew' is
rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning
has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F', and thus the words
often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of
the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic
gesture is known as "giving the bird."
IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY!
And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing...
Lance definitely burned his Texan card, when he went "disco" and started running with the singer. Now he is with one of the Olsen twins? Give me a break.
I'm pissed at him anyway. I went to his charity to do an event in support of them. ( I run a nonprofit trade association in addition to my day job) If we could not assure them of a $50K donation, they were not interested in working with us. Proud punks. We gave the $26K we raised to Children's Hospital instead.
Must be that French influence on him. Texas, by the way, would replace France in the G8, if we actually were our own country.
Cool stuff on the charity work, FMW! My 10-year old daughter and I raised over $11K for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults last summer and it was one of the most rewarding things I've ever done.
Regarding Lance.....he get**** up by so very many charities and has so many appearances that he must be pretty selective. I see how you would feel though. All I can say is that he and his LiveStrong foundation have done more for cancer research than any person on this green Earth (or at least it's green here in Colorado which is more than I can say about Tejas 
). Given this, I have concluded he is a great man on a great mission.
Now concerning the Olsen twin(s)? As we all know, a man has his physical needs. Just ask Baja! 
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). Given this, I have concluded he is a great man on a great mission.
Now concerning the Olsen twin(s)? As we all know, a man has his physical needs. Just ask Baja!
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