apparently Garge has absolutely no knowledge of the French language

Who said he did? He know Spanish (and some English).

PEI patates?

Sounds like Maine patois.

Now, about tact.................I do know that it takes an idiot to piss off 30,000,000 people with one sentence

You mean like when your illustrious leader insulted "W" and all his supporters by calling him a moron?

I don't want to discuss your politics becasue I know little about them.

Nor I yours, but I generally like Canadians of any language persuasion.

Ever heard of a Zydico group called "Beau"?

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