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Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why?

From occam <occam@nowhere.nix>
Newsgroups alt.usage.english
Subject Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why?
Date 2026-06-27 14:31 +0200
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On 27/06/2026 14:23, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> occam <occam@nowhere.nix> wrote:
> 
>> On 26/06/2026 09:34, athel.cb@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> posted:
>>>
>>>> Le 23/06/2026 à 09:24, J. J. Lodder a écrit :
>>>>> Hibou wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Patron saint of the RN and patron saint of beans, eh? Fair enough. Both
>>>>>> produce… a lot of hot air.
>>>>>
>>>>> If she could only learn to keep her mouth shut
>>>>> the resemblance would be near perfect,
>>>>> <https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2012/01/04/
> 21/Pg-32-Joan-of-Arc-gettty.jpg?width=1200>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The French may have to revisit their 'priorité à droite' rule (give way
>>>> to the Right).
>>>
>>> Her Dad always made a big thing of Joan of Arc. You can see him in the
>>> picture.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I guess Jeanne d'Arc is to the French what St.George is to the British.
> 
> A bad analogy, I think. St. George became English patron saint
> in the Middle Ages, when he was already almost mythological.

'almost mythological'? Please explain.  Either was either a real person
(which he was) or he was mythological.

> (martyred before 300 CE)
> Jeanne on the other hand has always been a historical person.
> (to be used/abused for political purposes whenever that seemed suitable)
> 
> As a saint she has always been controversial.
> She only got there because the pope felt that the French
> had to be given a prize for their sufferings in WW I.
> (all earlier requests to canonise her had been rejected)
>


<snip>

> 
>> And she was actually French, to her credit.
> 
> Of a kind. From Lorraine, actually.
 >> Do you think Jean-Marie thought of himself as a modern day Jeanne d' ?


> 
> Which army would he charge against?
> 

The EU and the liberals therein?

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"Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2026-06-22 14:04 +0100
  Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-06-22 16:28 +0000
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  Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2026-06-23 09:44 +1200
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-23 09:35 +1000
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-23 06:58 +0100
      Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-23 08:59 +0200
        Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-23 08:27 +0100
          Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-23 10:24 +0200
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-26 07:22 +0100
              Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-26 07:34 +0000
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-26 15:52 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-26 14:59 +0000
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-06-26 12:29 -0400
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-27 08:26 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-06-27 08:09 +0100
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-27 14:23 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-27 14:31 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-27 18:04 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-28 09:39 +0200
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-07-03 13:07 +0200
      Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2026-06-23 09:52 +0200
        Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-23 20:21 +1000
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      Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2026-06-24 14:54 +0100
        Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-24 14:34 +0000
          Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-24 16:22 +0100
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-24 15:46 +0000
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-25 09:15 +1000
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-06-26 09:29 +0200
              Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-26 12:52 +0200
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-23 08:59 +0200
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-23 20:08 +1000
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-06-23 23:02 +0100
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2026-06-24 14:48 +0100
      Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-06-24 23:29 +0100
        Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-25 06:26 +0100
          Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-06-25 01:50 -0700
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2026-06-25 22:55 +1200
            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-06-25 16:04 +0100
              Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-26 09:43 +1000
                Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-26 07:18 +0100
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            Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-06-26 15:02 +0100
              Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-06-26 13:41 -0700
    Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-06-25 09:44 +0200

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