Posted on 05/04/2009 11:22:21 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
PARIS (AP) - The French are living up to their image as lovers of food and can add a new love to the mix, sleep, according to a survey released Monday. In fact, the French excel at the two leisure activities, spending more time at table and in bed than many other nations.
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development looked at the use of leisure time among 18 of its 30 member countries.
Norwegians spend the most time at leisure, just over a quarter of their day, while at the low end, Mexicans spend just 16 percent of their time having fun.
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And running away.
you mean, Dropping what is in hand and then Running.
They also excel in “stinking.”
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Ah, I want a recount. Did Casa del Maryland do this research?
Eat, Sleep, Surrender....
Sounds like my cats
Can we make foie gras out of the French?
And whining.
I thought the same thing. Maybe we should call them cats instead of Monkeys or Frogs. If you try to get a cat to chase a stick, he’ll give you a gallic shrug.
while at the low end, Mexicans spend just 16 percent of their time having fun.
Mexicans have no fun?....who knew?
“..the French haven’t the nature for war. Their Gallic laziness combines with their Latinate voluptuousness with the result that they would rather eat and make love with their faces than fight.” -Gen. Webb, THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992)
Mexicans—16% of their time having fun? Now would that be Mexico’s Mexicans, who have to work in order to eat, our OUR Mexicans, who just have to go through a lot of paperwork before receiving welfare/social security checks?
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