Rumor has it, that poor French guy was lost while fighting the French cousins of the WhangDoodles -- the Oui (Whee) Doodles.

We salute his noble sacrifice.
Thank you for your kind words about the French guy,, Seoulsearch. Oui salute you - noble French guy, with the stylish hat - whatever your name was.



Your sacrifice in mankind's long war against the Whangdoodles won't quickly be forgotten, if ever.
And, we must heed with somber consideration our Chieftess
@CarriePie's warning that Doodles are a worldwide scourge!!
Oh la la!!
(P.S. -- It's wonderful to have our OTHER resident Doodle Expert,
@Charlesiii, here and reminding us WHY we're fighting this battle -- for vast riches, of course!!)
Are WhangDoodles like leprechauns, or dragons? Are they secretly hiding large stashes of gold?!
Yes. The Chieftess of Smashingness's timely warnings about the Whangdoodles have served to reduce their propagation to a more manageable number, but even a search of this site for the word "Whangdoodle" will evidence there has been an exponential growth in the number of Whangdoodle sightings, as concerned citizens suddenly realise that what was claimed to be an old wives' fairy tale was actually a very real, very dangerous creature.
And no, Whangdoodles are not like leprechauns or dragons in the slightest. Whilst leprechauns tend to frequent the intersections where rainbows meet the Earth, and generally are respectful albeit short, green-clothed creatures with an Irish accent and pots full of gold, and where dragons are scaly, large, terrible and have a distinct sulphurous odour, Whangdoodles are very different. Whangdoodles are incredibly lazy creatures, excelling their sloth only with their filth. One who encounters a Whangdoodle in the wild will often testify of it being the ugliest thing he (or she - if the lady didn't faint at the sight of it and subsequently get eaten) has ever seen. Because of the Whangdoodles great laziness, they seldom have jobs, (or at least, jobs where the Whangdoodle actually has to work), and therefore Whangdoodles seldom have any money. However, given the need to keep the Whangdoodle populations low, different markets have been established to support Whangdoodle hunters. Although toxic, filthy, and generally nasty and useless, once defenestrated, Whangdoodles can be used for meat (in carefully cooked pies), cannon balls (in military applications), and in hats (Whangdoodle-skins are particularly suited to making stylish hats, especially in France). Although no entrepeneur has ever gotten rich selling an individual Whangdoodle pie, ball or skin, economies of scale enable even a mildly successful Whangdoodle hunter to open a Whangdoodle Wal-Mart after only several weeks.