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[Rage]

5 for the quote, and 5 again because Napoleon was French (Yes, I feel like being a patriot today).

[R Giskard Reventlov]

5 for the quote, -5 cos he was French and a further -5 cos I'm feeling curmudgeonly and Rage gave you an extra 5 because he was French and jingoistic (Can the French be jingoistic?) voting is strictly prohibited.

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[Nemanja Trifunovic]

IIRC, he said it at Austerlitz, right?

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[leppie]

I have no idea :) But he definitely knew how to deal with people ;P

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[PIEBALDconsult]

If the mistake my enemy is making involves my wife...

[Dalek Dave]

For Sale, French Rifles, Never Fired, only dropped once.

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[Baconbutty]

Just wiping the coffee off my screen .........

I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

Baconbutty wrote:

Just wiping the coffee off my screen .........

We use coffee cup in India. It's a lot more easier to clean.

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[leppie]

coitus interruptus ? ;P

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[Ri Qen Sin]

Ironically, it's only a mistake if you interrupt or find out! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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[Xiangyang Liu]

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

If the mistake my enemy is making involves my wife...

Wow, that was one fatal mistake.

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[eyeseetee]

Thats just a great line :laugh:

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[Gary Wheeler]

They said French, not Latin.

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[leppie]

Ok, just add 'e's to the end :)

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[leppie]

Funny, I thought it was TWO fatal mistakes :)

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[BonshatS]

Most limit themselves to one fatal mistake at a time, but I suppose some people are just greedy.

[Xiangyang Liu]

leppie wrote:

Funny, I thought it was TWO fatal mistakes

It depends: Scenario 1: The husband shot the man who was committing the mistake with his wife. One fatal mistake. Scenario 2: The husband shot the wife, too. Two fatal mistakes. Scenario 3: The busband was shot while interrupting other's mistake. One fatal mistake. :laugh:

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[jgrogan]

Actually, the quote was made by Nelson and refered to the French.

leppie wrote:

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

[Lost User]

jgrogan wrote:

Actually, the quote was made by Nelson

Gotta reference? Everything I find attributes it to Napoleon.

[Joe Woodbury]

I've long been bemused by the irony of this quote considering how far Napoleon overextended, especially in relation to Russia.

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