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Depends which "French" we're talking about. Officialdom lacks humour, but there are plenty of French ready to take the piss out of France, and even mercilessly. This map (according to Strange Maps) came from the magazine Actuel that became known from 1970 as the counterculture mag featuring sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, comix by the likes of Crumb, etc. Actuel, in a later, less "hippie" version, finally gave up the ghost some time in the early '90s.

The map features the Iron Curtain, which I should think dates it to the '80s (corroborated by the designation of New Zealand as "our enemy"... Rainbow Warrior, anyone?). I think I remember seeing it... in French.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 11:26:27 AM EST
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I see I replied to Strange Maps rather more than to you, stormy, sorry! :-)

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 11:57:07 AM EST
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Heh. I wondered what it was I'd said... ;-)

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 12:58:42 PM EST
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