cut out that wasteful aged welfare
Paul1405,
That shows how little regard you have for your indigenous "brothers' !

ttbn,
Do you live in an avenue, parade or cul de sac?

All of French derivation.

Notable Frenchman who aided all of us and is thus part of our history and culture, Louis Pasteur.

Your milk is pasteurised before it is allowed to be sold.

When you have dinner, think of the French, it’s originally their word.

Bon appertite.

Perhaps the current situation with the French
could have been better handled if more notice
had been given. However none of us as privy to
how it all went down. Nevertheless, our Prime
Minister is looking after our interests first
and foremost and that is a good thing. He is
looking to the future and deserves our support.
It's also sending a clear message to China -
that Australia is not the push over they thought
we were.

Foxy,
Paul is the resident humorist.

ttbn,
I forgot Louis Braille, he is part of our history and culture as well, think what it would be like to be part or totally blind without his system.

Now there’s another French word, from.’systeme’

Ah! Issy, reminds me of the Jolly Roger, warms the salty veins in me.

The good old 'HMS Success' I remember it well, sailed around for 33 years without as much as a leak in a bilge pump, until one day it hit some rocks and sank. They renamed it 'HMS Failure'. Oh! the good old barnacle days, when men were men, and the cabin boy had to watch his backside on a long voyage! BTW, where is our resident Admiral Bilgewater? He sailed with Captain Ahab in pursuit of Moby Dick don't you know, across the Roaring 40's, and down around The Horn, gales with 50 footers crashed upon his deck, never slowed Admiral Bilgewater!

A selection from one of my favourites

The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top.

The Sun came up upon the left,
Out of the sea came he!
And he shone bright, and on the right
Went down into the sea.

The Sun now rose upon the right:
Out of the sea came he,
Still hid in mist, and on the left
Went down into the sea.

The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.

Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

There is an historical French connection with the grave of the first known Frenchman to be buried in Australia, Friar Receveur, at La Perouse.
Then there are the thousands of Australian soldiers buried in France, now there’s some shared history.