From: evleth@wanadoo.fr   
      
   On 1/07/03 20:09, in article 20030701140902.27469.00001547@mb-m01.aol.com,   
   "JIGSAW1695"  wrote:   
      
   > So tell us about the fictional heros in modern day France.   
      
      
   Fan Fan le Tulipe.   
      
   Most of them come from the sword fighting period.   
      
   D'Artangan and  his fellow Musketeers were popular in France   
   and Hollywood.   
      
   One notes that both characters, as played in films are some   
   what amusing fellows, like Zorro.   
      
   I don`t think John Wayne cracked a smile in all of Iwo Jima.   
      
   I suspect that Hulk does not either.   
      
   Americans take themselves VERY seriously.   
      
   Earl   
      
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