The master noticed that his tankard was empty

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The Parisian waiter has origins that go back to the very heart of our national history.

Indeed, it all began around 1302, when Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Templar Order, was a little tipsy in a tavern on the Île de la Cité, recounting his latest raid on Egypt. While he was detailing how they had Christianized a native woman who was trying to escape with a two-handed sword, so he asked for a drink. But the innkeeper had noted that Jacques was as round as a pickaxe handle and that if he served him again, he might crash his horse on the way back to the Temple district, and then he'd be in trouble. He therefore politely refused, explaining to the Templar that it was for his own good. This was too much for Jacques de Molay, who decided to curse him, since, let's face it, he was a bit touchy.

"  Cursed, cursed! Tabergiste, I curse you, you and all those of your race for ever and ever! May you be hated by all, and especially by yourself! May your name be a symbol of misfortune and hatred! May your drinks turn, but may your telegram data establishments endure in spite of everything so that your torture never ends! Mauuuudiiiiit! " 

That evening, the innkeeper kicked the grand master out, and it was thought that the story would end there, since the same week, Jacques de Molay had cursed his housekeeper for having badly ironed his chainmail, two passers-by who had jostled him in the street, as well as a dachshund who had looked at him askance.

Yet, several centuries later, the curse would indeed strike the country, which had not expected it.

It's 1940, and the Phoney War is raging. In France, the cautious General Staff is working on several secret plans in case the German army manages to cross the Maginot Line. While one of them, not retained, consists directly of blowing up the Ardennes, another attracts attention, conceived by the genius geneticist Albert Thierron and soberly baptized "  We'll take them right away ." The plan is as follows: if the enemy managed to get through, it would be difficult to predict where the battle would take place. The only certain thing is that he would rush towards Paris. Albert Thierron therefore proposes creating a secret army of super soldiers, capable of repelling any foreign invasion. These would wait in Paris, cleverly disguised as cafe owners since these establishments would be an obligatory passage point for any conquering army, and would then make the enemy very eager to return home.