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To: goldworldnet who wrote (540087)2/13/2004 7:56:00 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670
 
Speaking of a place that's part French, ......Never trust entertainers.
 


" Ottawa and the province of Ontario paid $760,000 to help O'Brien -- who appears on the NBC television network -- bring his show to Toronto for a week to boost the city's profile after a deadly SARS (news - web sites) outbreak last year.



But the federal government said O'Brien had gone far too far with the show broadcast on Thursday in which he went to Quebec, a province which has had separatist governments for much of the last 20 years and is a delicate political topic in Canada.



"We want to disassociate ourselves from the comments which were broadcast last night because we do not support them in any way," junior government minister Mauril Belanger told Parliament.



At one point in the show, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog -- a hand puppet that is a regular on the show -- said to a Quebecer: "You're French, you're obnoxious and you no speekay English." It told another: "I can smell your crotch from here."



O'Brien's team were also shown replacing street signs in the province with those that read "Quebecqueer Street" and "Rue des Pussies."



To: goldworldnet who wrote (540087)2/13/2004 8:18:23 PM
From: Johannes Pilch  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Well, my roots are German. But don't tell anyone. Thankfully, I can just say "American" and let that be that...



To: goldworldnet who wrote (540087)2/14/2004 12:41:21 PM
From: Kenneth V. McNutt  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Hell, I'm part French, I would hate to write that down on a job application.<ggg>

Sorry. You are no longer allowed to post here. Please go to the "part French" thread..<gg>

KM