Is there a connection?

[jamaica mistaica]

From listening to songs, I have wondered what the connection was/ (if there is one) between JB and paris. there are some times when he mentions it or French.
(last mango in paris, chanson pour les petits enfants) those are off the top of my head. So why france?

[Goodman]

You left out He Went to Paris and CILCIA. JB was hired in the 1970's to write an article/ documentary about fishing in France. My guess is he fell in love with it then.

[Goodman]

You left out He Went to Paris and CILCIA. JB was hired in the 1970's to write an article/ documentary about fishing in France. My guess is he fell in love with it then.

I've just checked my Buffett manual. It was summer 1974 and he went to help make a French television documentary on tarpon fishing in the Florida Keys

[its my job 2 be a JB phan]

I never knew that. Cool, but doesn't he speak French?

[Caribbean Soul]

Sort of...

The woman who does the French vocals in Autour du Rocher is (or was... I'm not sure if he is still taking lessons) his French tutor.

[finsfan2]

I've just checked my Buffett manual. It was summer 1974 and he went to help make a French television documentary on tarpon fishing in the Florida Keys

Which is probably the time wrote TTRWHS where he says "In a week I'll be in gay Paris That's a mighty long airplane ride".

[Calypso Poet 99]

"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me."
General George S. Patton.


"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion."
Norman Schwartzkopf.

"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."
Marge Simpson


"As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure"
Jacques Chirac, President of France


"As far as France is concerned, you're right."
Rush Limbaugh,

"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee."
Regis Philbin.

"The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore.

True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses
of whisky I don't know."
P.J O'Rourke (1989).

"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it."
John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona.



"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein?
Because he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French, people!"
Conan O'Brien


"I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get Hitler out of France either"
Jay Leno.

"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag."
David Letterman

Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada.
Ted Nugent.


War without France would be like ... uh ... World War II.
The favorite bumper sticker in Washington now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France.'"
Tom Brokaw.


"What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its national will fighting against DisneyWorld and Big Macs than the Nazis?"
Dennis Miller.


"It is important to remember that the French have always been there when they needed us."
Alan Kent

"They've taken their own precautions against al-Qa'ida. To prepare for an attack, each Frenchman is urged to keep duct tape, a white flag, and a three-day supply of mistresses in the house."
Argus Hamilton

"Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day -- the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once.'"

Rep. Roy Blunt (MO)


"The French will only agree to go to war when we've proven we've found truffles in Iraq."

Dennis Miller

Raise your right hand if you like the French ... raise both hands if you
are French.

Q. What did the mayor of Paris say to the German Army as they entered the city in WWII?
A. Table for 100,000 m'sieur?

"Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris? It's not known, it's never been tried."

Rep. R. Blount (MO)

"Do you know it only took Germany three days to conquer France in WWII? And that's because it was raining."

John Xereas, Manager, DC Improv.

The AP and UPI reported that the French Government announced after the London bombings that it has raised its terror alert level from Run to Hide. The only two higher levels in France are Surrender and Collaborate. The rise in the alert level was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively disabling
their military.


French Ban Fireworks at Euro Disney
(AP), Paris, March 5, 2003
The French Government announced today that it is imposing a ban on the use of fireworks at Euro Disney.

The decision comes the day after a nightly fireworks display at the park, located just 30 miles outside of Paris, caused the soldiers at a nearby French Army garrison to surrender to a group of Czech tourists


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[Mr. Duval Crawl]

didn't also play a benefit in Paris about a year ago to raise money for the arts in France?

[Quiet and Shy]

I never knew that. Cool, but doesn't he speak French?

At least somewhat. I think that was part of the draw to St. Barts as well as French Polynesia. I don't know if he's fluent, but he's at least conversant in French.

[photogal]

OMG CP That was too funny!!! That was the best!!!

ANd way didnt I hear him say something about learning French while living on some Caribean Island, Monsarat maybe? Sounds like he speaks it very well.

[SeattleParrotHead]

In light of recent bus and subway attacks across the English Channel
in London, the French Government announced earlier today that it has
raised its terror alert from 'Run' to 'Hide'.

The only two higher levels in France are 'Surrender' and 'Collaborate'.

The rise was further precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed
France's white flag factory, effectively paralyzing its military.

[ph4ever]

I can't believe no one has even thought that Jimmy's interest in French might have come from his early childhood visits to New Orleans to see his grandfather.

[RinglingRingling]

I can't believe no one has even thought that Jimmy's interest in French might have come from his early childhood visits to New Orleans to see his grandfather.

or his time playing in the clubs on Bourbon Street renewing that interest. Prior to meeting his African Friend.

[Quiet and Shy]

I can't believe no one has even thought that Jimmy's interest in French might have come from his early childhood visits to New Orleans to see his grandfather.

Oh sure, that may well have been the initial spark or catalyst, but I'd think his deeper knowledge and understanding (e.g. language) have come from many of those subsequent experiences that have been mentioned.