[Socrates]

Originally Posted by barbu1977

Apparently, France did let Canada go to Great-Brittain in 1763 thinking it was not a good investment and would ruin them. The opinion of Canada was very weak in France:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_few_acres_of_snow

Little kid joke I remember (sadly in French):
Context: Louis XV feared he could lose Quebec to the English, where Montcalm headed the French.
Line: Louis XV: "Je vais perdre Montcalm, je vais perdre Montcalm!..." ("I'm gonna lose Montcalm...")
Comment: Et il a perdu son calme. (Eventually he lost his temper.)

-> Pun about "Montcalm" and "mon calme" (lit. "my calm attitude")