The Emperor's Birthday "Vive l'Empereur"

[OldTaff]

15th. August 1769, the birthday of one Napoleone Buonaparte, in Ajaccio, Corsica.
Gentlemen, please be upstanding; raise your glasses, tankards,or whatever, and drink a toast,
"Vive l'Empereur" and confusion to his enemies.
Now, if that doesn't put the cat amongst the pigeons.............

An unreconstructed Bonapartist,
Alan

 

[peedee]

Ouis mon brave,

Loyal wishes on his Birthday from his excellency's
envoy to Sweden.

I feel it's only temporary, he must apolgise to me so
I can come home, there's murmering's in the streets here you know.

Pee Bernadotee.

 

[Nap]

" VIVE L'EMPEREUR"

Nap

 

[Graham]

Vive l'Empereur, I always had a soft spot for the chap.

 

[peedee]

Vive l'Empereur, I always had a soft spot for the chap.

Wellington said that too graham, but he meant the muddy forwad slopes between Houemont and La haye st.


P

 

[Graham]

Lol, trust you..... If he had won, I would be able to speak French and go on painting holidays in Provence without feeling linguistically inadequate as well as artistically inadequate. All Wellingtons fault........... Because of him, I will never do the above

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

... Vive la Bony!

However this date (today) I was unaware of! ... Great stuff.

Mark.

 

[peedee]

Lol, trust you..... If he had won, I would be able to speak French and go on painting holidays in Provence without feeling linguistically inadequate as well as artistically inadequate. All Wellingtons fault........... Because of him, I will never do the above

I was in normandy last year mate and they do expect you just to speak loudly....about winning....so I did!

But when you profess any knowledge of Napoleonic France they love ya.

I asked which cavalry regiments where based here as alegacy of their breeding the best horses in the world.
And got a beaming, confused smile back, a look of wonder and in a tiny voice, ah les cuirassiers!
I didn't want to ask which of the 13 Regiments it was.
P

 

[peedee]

View attachment 204057 ...
Mark.

vendrez vous les flammes de chapeau, par appointment a L'Empereur Marceau ?

M peepee

 

[DEL]

An unreconstructed Bonapartist,
Alan

Bon-apartist! Quick ...... somebody reconstruct OldTaff ....... heres the instructions

 

[peedee]

Bon-apartist! Quick ...... somebody reconstruct OldTaff ....... heres the instructions
.......

Thank goodness it was a song Del.
I thought........just for a brief moment mind..........
that you'd found an instruction leaflet.....
Remember when there used to be such a thing ?
P'aul de Dee

 

[OldTaff]

You chaps give me the giggle-coniptions! All candidates for recruitment into Slattery's Mounted Foot.

Alan

 

[peedee]

You chaps give me the giggle-coniptions! All candidates for recruitment into Slattery's Mounted Foot.Alan

Feet Alan, Mounted feet,

That's why there's one stirrup either side,
stops 'em sliding off sideways.

That's the only reason.... Fact.

P

 

[DEL]

Feet Alan, Mounted feet,

That's why there's one stirrup either side,
stops 'em sliding off sideways.

That's the only reason.... Fact.

P

Stirrup on each side! ............ surely shum mishtake ........ that was for Slaterey's Mounted **d

 

[OldTaff]

...........A can of worms opened, and it's all my fault...........an' I can't find the effin' lid

 

[brian]

You're a well known troublemaker Alan,but that's not such a bad thing really.
Brian

 

[peedee]

...........A can of worms opened, and it's all my fault...........an' I can't find the effin' lid

Nope it wasn't worm beer it was Monty Pythons holy gr ale. Yum.
Worm beer... I'd try it,

I enjoyed his birthday anayway Alan, thanks for the tip.

So....... there was a **** load of marshalls too, let's
publish all their birthdays and I won''t need to sober up again !

P

 

[OldTaff]

 

[Graham]

So....... there was a **** load of marshalls too, let's
publish all their birthdays and I won''t need to sober up again !

P

Oooooo, Paul's getting a bit posh, he needs an excuse now....... very 'la de da'

 

[peedee]

Oooooo, Paul's getting a bit posh, he needs an excuse now....... very 'la de da'

I think, and you may wish to research this Graham,
that the difference between an excuse to do something,
and validation for that which you have already decided.

Is a dozen likes on Planet figure, .............................

or a few beers.

Bur P