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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
10 trillion things in France are named after Charles de Gaulle. I am surprised they didn't rename France "de Gaulle" (after all, the place was once referred to as Gaul).
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Ah ouais, but the guy is just about the only major French figure of the 2nd half of the 20th century.
He was the leader of the French resistance for WWII, then he designed the constitution of the French 5th Republic that fitted him as a custom tailored suit and was the first president under this semi-presidential regime still in function.
I think he was a bit old-fashioned, even in the 1960s, still managed to effectively redevelop the country following the WWII destruction.
So the French still regard him as a great individual.
He had a massive fucking nose and huge ears.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle
Good Lord, if the guy's penis and balls were the size of that nose, then he was ballsy indeed.
And if his sense of hearing was proportional to the size of his freaking ears, then he was really sensitive.
I heard some people like Jacqueline Kennedy found him very mean, nasty and obnoxious, that he definitely was to some extent, to some people, occasionally.
But he really tried his very best to serve the country. In fact, he gave pretty much his whole life to this country. So the French are grateful.