# the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire... we dont need no water... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 4, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182 "2005-11-04T05:07:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/1 "2005-11-04T05:07:55Z")
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174533,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174533,00.html) holy shit… cant believe I havent heard about this until now. Havent seen it on the local news or anything… karma? ---
**Author:** ![catalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/catalyst/32/7279_2.png) [@catalyst](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/catalyst)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/2 "2005-11-04T05:21:51Z")
Karma for what? Cause they didn’t want to participate in an illegal war that would hurt their illegal oil for food money? ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/3 "2005-11-04T05:24:12Z")
holy crap… ---
**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/4 "2005-11-04T05:40:29Z")
ya i have been reading about this for days. People are so fucking stupid. Lets get all pissy and destroy shit because two stupid fucking theives got themselves electricuted because they are running from the cops. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/5 "2005-11-04T05:44:01Z")
the french are rioting ? i didnt think frechies were capable of anything other then slapping people … ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/6 "2005-11-04T10:07:31Z")
damn this is the firs tpeople are hearing about this? lol ---
**Author:** ![Deuce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deuce/32/7614_2.png) [@Deuce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deuce)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/7 "2005-11-04T10:14:53Z")
lol its been going on for over a week stupid french… ---
**Author:** ![skatanic28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@skatanic28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skatanic28)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/8 "2005-11-04T11:09:46Z")
> “Perhaps we should be told clearly to stop having children, because they have an 80 percent chance of not succeeding.” i wish more people thought like that. ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/9 "2005-11-04T13:24:31Z")
ya see what happens when you ban public fire arms…all these little shit run around and nobody can stop them lol…fuckin muslim extreamists. ---
**Author:** ![Deuce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deuce/32/7614_2.png) [@Deuce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deuce)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/10 "2005-11-07T06:52:10Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/france](http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/france) i was reading a new story on it, apparently the riots are worse now and are in many parts of france :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Bucker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bucker/32/7379_2.png) [@Bucker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bucker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/11 "2005-11-07T06:55:09Z")
> with an **inflammable** liquid and set her afire as she tried to get off a bus > wtf ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/12 "2005-11-07T07:31:01Z")
spreading to belgium and germany too :eek: belgium and germany are cool in my book, not sure whats up with the rioting there… let france burn for all I care though ---
**Author:** ![Bucker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bucker/32/7379_2.png) [@Bucker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bucker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/13 "2005-11-07T07:53:49Z")
So why dont the fire back at the rioters? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/14 "2005-11-07T07:57:39Z")
> [@98 Red Ex](#): > > So why dont the fire back at the rioters? because their beyond that :gay2: lol maybe they dont want to hurt their feelings? lol or their just a bunch of sissy bitches ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/15 "2005-11-07T08:03:25Z")
lol you guys need to keep reading ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/16 "2005-11-07T08:05:14Z")
> [@SC\_Steve](#): > > or their just a bunch of sissy bitches nooooo … the french are manly men … ’ > [@albinoblacksheep](#): > > **The Complete Military History of France** > > \*\*\*Please note that the Web designer is not American and blaming the Web designer for America’s history is illogical. Though you may critisize this oversimplified French history all you wish, blaming or threatening the Web designer is not nice. > > We are still accepting submissions from history researchers. > Last update: May 4, 2005. > > - Gallic Wars > > - Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian. > > - 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. > > - Italian Wars > > - Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians. > > - Wars of Religion > > - France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots > > - Thirty Years War > > - France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her. > > - War of Revolution > > - Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux. > > - The Dutch War > > - Tied > > - War of the Augsburg League/King William’s War/French and Indian War > > - Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Frogophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power. > > - War of the Spanish Succession > > - Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved every since. > > - 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. > > - The Franco-Prussian War > > - Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France’s ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night. > > - World War I > > - Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it’s like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn’t call her “Fraulein.” Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline. > > - World War II > > - Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song. > > - War in Indochina > > - Lost. French forces plead sickness; take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu > > - Algerian Rebellion > > - Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare; “We can always beat the French.” This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux. > > - War on Terrorism > > - France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald’s. > > The question for any country silly enough to count on the French should not be “Can we count on the French?”, but rather “How long until France collapses?” > > “Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. All you do is leave behind a lot of noisy baggage.” > > Or, better still, the quote from last week’s Wall Street Journal: “They’re there when they need you.” > > With only an hour and a half of research, Jonathan Duczkowski provided the following losses: > > Norse invasions, 841-911. > After having their way with the French for 70 years, the Norse are bribed by a French King named Charles the Simple (really!) who gave them Normandy in return for peace. Normans proceed to become just about the only positive military bonus in France’s [favour] for next 500 years. > > Mexico, 1863-1864. > France attempts to take advantage of Mexico’s weakness following its thorough thrashing by the U.S. 20 years earlier (“Halls of Montezuma”). Not surprisingly, the only unit to distinguish itself is the French Foreign Legion (consisting of, by definition, non-Frenchmen). Booted out of the country a little over a year after arrival. > > Panama jungles 1881-1890. > No one but nature to fight, France still loses; canal is eventually built by the U.S. 1904-1914. > > Napoleonic Wars. > Should be noted that the Grand Armee was largely (~%50) composed of non-Frenchmen after 1804 or so. Mainly disgruntled minorities and anti-monarchists. Not surprisingly, these performed better than the French on many occasions. > > Haiti, 1791-1804. > French defeated by rebellion after sacrificing 4,000 Poles to yellow fever. Shows another rule of French warfare; when in doubt, send an ally. > > India, 1673-1813. > British were far more charming then French, ended up victors. Therefore the British are well known for their tea, and the French for their whine (er, wine…). Ensures 200 years of bad teeth in England. > > Barbary Wars, middle ages-1830. > Pirates in North Africa continually harass European shipping in Meditteranean. France’s solution: pay them to leave us alone. America’s solution: kick their asses (“the Shores of Tripoli”). [America’s] first overseas victories, won 1801-1815. > > 1798-1801, Quasi-War with U.S. > French privateers (semi-legal pirates) attack U.S. shipping. U.S. fights France at sea for 3 years; French eventually cave; sets precedent for next 200 years of Franco-American relations. > > Moors in Spain, late 700s-early 800s. > Even with Charlemagne leading them against an enemy living in a hostile land, French are unable to make much progress. Hide behind Pyrennes until the modern day. > > French-on-French losses (probably should be counted as victories too, just to be fair): > > 1208: Albigenses Crusade, French massacared by French. > When asked how to differentiate a heretic from the faithful, response was “Kill them all. God will know His own.” Lesson: French are badasses when fighting unarmed men, women and children. > > St. Bartholomew Day Massacre, August 24, 1572. > Once again, French-on-French slaughter. > > Third Crusade. > Philip Augustus of France throws hissy-fit, leaves Crusade for Richard the Lion Heart to finish. > > Seventh Crusade. > St. Louis of France leads Crusade to Egypt. Resoundingly crushed. > > [Eighth] Crusade. > St. Louis back in action, this time in Tunis. See Seventh Crusade. > > Also should be noted that France attempted to hide behind the Maginot line, sticking their head in the sand and pretending that the Germans would enter France that way. By doing so, the Germans would have been breaking with their traditional route of invading France, entering through Belgium (Napoleonic Wars, Franco-Prussian War, World War I, etc.). French ignored this though, and put all their effort into these defenses. > > Thomas Whiteley has submitted this addition to me: > > Seven year War 1756-1763 > Lost: after getting hammered by Frederick the Great of Prussia (yep, the Germans again) at Rossbach, the French were held off for the remainder of the War by Frederick of Brunswick and a hodge-podge army including some Brits. War also saw France kicked out of Canada (Wolfe at Quebec) and India (Clive at Plassey). > > Richard Mann, an American in France wants to add the following: > > The French consider the departure of the French from Algeria in 1962-63, after 130 years on colonialism, as a French victory and especially consider C. de Gaulle as a hero for ‘leading’ said victory over the unwilling French public who were very much against the departure. This ended their colonialism. About 2 million ungrateful Algerians lost their lives in this shoddy affair. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/17 "2005-11-07T08:07:26Z")
> [@CNN](#): > > Australia, Austria, Britain, Germany and Hungary advised their citizens to exercise care in France, joining the United States and Russia in warning tourists to stay away from violence-hit areas. :shrug: ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-roof-the-roof-the-roof-is-on-fire-we-dont-need-no-water/4182/18 "2005-11-07T08:30:25Z")
“Reports of a police tear gas grenade hitting a mosque during the riots further inflamed feelings.” good work police :rolleyes: And I do think this is a way of Karma, but not what you suggested. moreso to the French for their former occupation of Algeria. This is why they have the muslim population in their country in the first place. oh, and "Appeal to Muslims Muslim leaders of African and Arab communities have also issued a fatwa, or religious order, against the riots. Map of main flashpoints “It is strictly forbidden for any Muslim… to take part in any action that strikes blindly at private or public property or that could threaten the lives of others,” the fatwa by the Union of Islamic Organisations in France said."