Top 10 reasons for being French
Aug 21st 2003, 3:04 pm
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Top 10 reasons for being French
1 You get to piss the Yanks off
2 A reputation for being great lovers
3 Smelling of Garlic counts as aftershave
4 Such a wonderful cuisine, snails, frog legs & veal etc.
5 You can grow hair all over your body anytime you like.
6 And your husband can too
7 French fashion, nice army uniforms that allow easy raising of the arms anytime a German says hello.
8 Gerard Deperdieu is the best looking male
9 You have carté blanché to shrug your shoulder snaytime you want
10 You DO have a word for Entrepeneur !!
2 A reputation for being great lovers
3 Smelling of Garlic counts as aftershave
4 Such a wonderful cuisine, snails, frog legs & veal etc.
5 You can grow hair all over your body anytime you like.
6 And your husband can too
7 French fashion, nice army uniforms that allow easy raising of the arms anytime a German says hello.
8 Gerard Deperdieu is the best looking male
9 You have carté blanché to shrug your shoulder snaytime you want
10 You DO have a word for Entrepeneur !!
Aug 21st 2003, 4:23 pm
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Re: Top 10 reasons for being French
You can save water by bathing annually, .... and only then if you really need to.
No toilets to clean as you just use a hole in the floor.
You get to sell wine of notoriously variable quality, and incompletely laballed, at excessive prices.
The European Onion subsidizes your peasant farmers no matter how inefficient they are.
Any industrial dispute with the French government means that now is the time to blockade the Channel ports, by land or sea, or both!
No toilets to clean as you just use a hole in the floor.
You get to sell wine of notoriously variable quality, and incompletely laballed, at excessive prices.
The European Onion subsidizes your peasant farmers no matter how inefficient they are.
Any industrial dispute with the French government means that now is the time to blockade the Channel ports, by land or sea, or both!
Last edited by Pulaski; Aug 21st 2003 at 4:29 pm.
Aug 21st 2003, 4:28 pm
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Aug 21st 2003, 5:17 pm
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I couldnt find any reasons to be French 
Aug 21st 2003, 7:16 pm
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Originally posted by Pimpbot
I couldnt find any reasons to be French
I couldnt find any reasons to be French
Aug 21st 2003, 8:37 pm
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Originally posted by Pimpbot
I couldnt find any reasons to be French
I couldnt find any reasons to be French
Aug 21st 2003, 9:15 pm
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Actually, at the risk of sounding unfashionable, I am pretty OK with the French. They have made some valuable contributions to the world such as the food, they are capable of much better wine than the Americans can *currently* produce (though some is admittedly overpriced IE: a 2000 Margeux sells for around $450 a bottle which is insane), and also a generally relaxed happy way of life. France is a beautiful country, and I have gotten on well with just about every French person I have ever met.
France is a pretty popular place for brits to buy second properties, and I think that if it wasn't for the tedious language thing a lot more Brits would end up there.
France is a pretty popular place for brits to buy second properties, and I think that if it wasn't for the tedious language thing a lot more Brits would end up there.
Aug 21st 2003, 10:27 pm
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I actually like France too. Nice countryside, pretty chateaux, good food (apart from the snails etc) and wine, sexy language, great fashions, laid back way of life (less workaholic than Brits) and most French people I've found quite friendly. I actually speak a little french and they love it when I try a little on them. They can certainly show us a thing or two about how to run trains!
All countries have good and bad points. I think jokes about the French are just a bit of fun, like blonde jokes etc. Noone really means it. I'm sure the French joke about us 'rosbifs' too.
All countries have good and bad points. I think jokes about the French are just a bit of fun, like blonde jokes etc. Noone really means it. I'm sure the French joke about us 'rosbifs' too.
Aug 22nd 2003, 2:35 am
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I think the Catalan region in the Southernmost part of France is the most beautiful place I've ever visited. But even so, that's no excuse for the French 
More reasons...
11. Being able to pretend not to understand anyone who doesn't speak perfect French.
12. A culture where a menage-a-trois is expected.
13. No need to feel shame about running away when placed in a war-situation (just doing what my father and grandfather did).
14. Claiming the highest subsidies in EU history to support the most inefficient farming system in the world.
More reasons...
11. Being able to pretend not to understand anyone who doesn't speak perfect French.
12. A culture where a menage-a-trois is expected.
13. No need to feel shame about running away when placed in a war-situation (just doing what my father and grandfather did).
14. Claiming the highest subsidies in EU history to support the most inefficient farming system in the world.
Aug 22nd 2003, 5:31 am
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12. A culture where a menage-a-trois is expected.
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Aug 22nd 2003, 6:30 am
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Re: Top 10 reasons for being French
Originally posted by Pulaski
You can save water by bathing annually, .... and only then if you really need to.
No toilets to clean as you just use a hole in the floor.
You get to sell wine of notoriously variable quality, and incompletely laballed, at excessive prices.
The European Onion subsidizes your peasant farmers no matter how inefficient they are.
Any industrial dispute with the French government means that now is the time to blockade the Channel ports, by land or sea, or both!
You can save water by bathing annually, .... and only then if you really need to.
No toilets to clean as you just use a hole in the floor.
You get to sell wine of notoriously variable quality, and incompletely laballed, at excessive prices.
The European Onion subsidizes your peasant farmers no matter how inefficient they are.
Any industrial dispute with the French government means that now is the time to blockade the Channel ports, by land or sea, or both!
How come no one mentioned French kissing, French letters and French toast.
Zut alors!
A bientot
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Aug 22nd 2003, 7:56 am
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That does it, I'm moving to France as soon as possible. I can't wait to meet some lovely French girl and get drunk on French wine. Now where did I put that English/French dictionary, I need to start brushing up on my French.
Aug 22nd 2003, 12:31 pm
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Originally posted by JerseyBoy
I think the Catalan region in the Southernmost part of France is the most beautiful place I've ever visited. But even so, that's no excuse for the French
More reasons...
11. Being able to pretend not to understand anyone who doesn't speak perfect French.
12. A culture where a menage-a-trois is expected.
13. No need to feel shame about running away when placed in a war-situation (just doing what my father and grandfather did).
14. Claiming the highest subsidies in EU history to support the most inefficient farming system in the world.
I think the Catalan region in the Southernmost part of France is the most beautiful place I've ever visited. But even so, that's no excuse for the French
More reasons...
11. Being able to pretend not to understand anyone who doesn't speak perfect French.
12. A culture where a menage-a-trois is expected.
13. No need to feel shame about running away when placed in a war-situation (just doing what my father and grandfather did).
14. Claiming the highest subsidies in EU history to support the most inefficient farming system in the world.
Also, don't tell the Maquis that they ran away from any war.
Aux armes, citoyens.
Aug 22nd 2003, 12:50 pm
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15. Refusing to import British beef when its perfectly safe and the EU says so, when BSE and Foot & Mouth came from France in the 1st place
16 Having 273 outstanding charges from the EU for non-complicance with EU directives, all of which were voted for by the French, but which they can't be bothered to enact because it doesnt suite them, and sticking 2 fingers up to the judicial process.
16 Having 273 outstanding charges from the EU for non-complicance with EU directives, all of which were voted for by the French, but which they can't be bothered to enact because it doesnt suite them, and sticking 2 fingers up to the judicial process.
