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En anglais, "filer à l'anglaise" se dit "to take the French leave". No comment.

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Petit quart d'heure d'amusement proposé par notre assistant américain (Dre, on se redresse et on abandonne son regard de celle-qui-a-vu-une-apparition) ... Allez sur Google, tapez "French military victories" puis cliquez sur le bouton "I'm feeling lucky". Vous allez avoir droit au lien "did you mean French military defeats ?". Sur ce site sont recensées toutes les batailles perdues ou interprétées comme telles. J'aime particulièrement ces définitions :
 - Hundred Years War : Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare; "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman." Sainted.
- American Revolution : In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of the fighting."
- French Revolution : Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French.
- The Napoleonic Wars : Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.

Enjoy.