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[ath748]

Originally Posted by Tonio600

No that's not happening in all countries at all. There is not a single flag on a French car in France. The first one to do that would immediatly seen as belonging to the "Front National" (French equivalent to the BNP I think), and that's such a shame we can't use our national flag as you do.

Agree it's a shame. But I gotta contradict you:
I can see France from where I live and drive there quite frequently, and I see loads of houses with the French flag on all year round. Also see plenty of cars with the French flag on them.

Mind you, there are loads of them Frenchies wishing they were Swiss as they also display the Swiss flag next to their French flag!! Even funnier though, is the Swissies don't show any French flags - they don't want to be French! So amusing.....

Ade.

[Tonio600]

Originally Posted by ath748

Agree it's a shame. But I gotta contradict you:
I can see France from where I live and drive there quite frequently, and I see loads of houses with the French flag on all year round. Also see plenty of cars with the French flag on them.

So we don't know the same France. I must have seen French flags displayed by people something like 3 or 4 times in my life. I see the Union-Jack or the St George cross in gardens almost every day...

Originally Posted by ath748

Mind you, there are loads of them Frenchies wishing they were Swiss as they also display the Swiss flag next to their French flag!!

No way they wish they were swiss They may want to work in Swizterland to earn as much money as they do in Switzerland. They may also want to live in Switzerland because it's a beautiful and calm place but that's it. But being SWISS? You crazy? Swiss people are not very well seen in France, mainly because of the role they played during WW2 I guess...

Even funnier though, is the Swissies don't show any French flags - they don't want to be French! So amusing.....

There are 2 Switzerland, the German one and the French one. People living in the German one are the idiots (*)


(*): only jocking

[bradders]

gardens every day? only for the world cup, then you wont see a flag for toffee......well as soon as they have all falen of the cars anyway!!

[Paul James]

From another site. Lighthearted posting !!

DEPT OF TRANSPORT INITIATIVE RE-LAUNCH, MAY 2006.

Press Release.

Due to the nature of the quality of driving in England the Department of Transport has now devised a new scheme in order to identify poor drivers and give good drivers the opportunity to recognise them whilst driving.

For this reason as from the middle of May 2006 those drivers who are found to be driving badly which includes:

-overtaking in dangerous places;
-hovvering within one inch of the car in front;
-stopping sharply;
-speeding in residential areas;
-pulling out without indication;
-never indicating on roundabouts;
-performing U turns inappropriately in busy high streets;
-undertaking on motorways;
-taking up more than one lane in multi lane roads and
-using mobile phones

These drivers will be issued with flags, white with a red cross, signifying their inability to drive properly. These flags must be clipped to a door of the car and be visible to all other drivers and pedestrians.

Those drivers who have shown particularly poor driving skills will have to display a flag on each side of the car to indicate their greater lack of skill and general lower intelligence mindset to the general public.

Please circulate this to as many other motorists as you can so that drivers and pedestrians will be aware of the meaning of these flags.

Department of Transport.