English invaders told to leave - in French letters (“Brits only want the French to cook!”)

The Telegraph, London via SMH ^ | January 6, 2004

[Mears]

Better the Brits than some of the immigrants that have pouring into France in recent years.

The Brits are paying their own way at least.

[Hodar]

I don't know if I want the French to cook ... but I would appreciate them to bathe every week or so.

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[FFIGHTER]

ping

[SAJ]

Oh, they're not so bad to cook. Saute in Reisling wine and butter with shallots and mushrooms, then broil until nice and brown and just a bit crispy. Baste every so often with a dash of Lysol.

[FReepaholic]

>>...only want the French to cook....<<

I didn't know they could do anything else.

[theDentist]

The French and English haven't warred upon each other in a long time. It's practically overdue! My money is on our British friends.

[katana]

only want the French to cook

...and the other activities they are known to be good at? Wait, never mind, Monica is after all a "French" name.

The French they are a curious race, who fight with their feet and (ahem) with their face.

[Bad Dog2]

Seems the French only want around those that they can fell superior to, i.e., any third world islamist.

Brits kicked their a$$ at Waterloo,
So they won't do.

Yanks bailed 'em out twice,
So that ain't nice.

"France - a legend in its own mind"

[RepoGirl]

I didn't know they could do anything else

Well, the do run away very well...

[MissAmericanPie]

They don't object to Muslims, just the English? Not very far sighted are they.

[Cobra64]

"My message to the French people of Chamonix is, 'Don't sell to the English'. It is the only way to stop the destruction of our identity."

"Only sell to radical Muslims. We only have 20% of pur population that are killers. We must try harder!"

The French. What a bunch of spineless dolts.

[dead]

If they object to the Brits, they will only be laughed at.

If they object to the Muslims, the Muslims will kill them.

So they object to the Brits. (It's all very French.)

[richardtavor]

"Mr Prud'homme is the town's director of tourism. He would like the English to come on holiday and then go home."

In other words, leave their money with the French, and then just leave.

[rockrr]

"The problem is both sides are chauvinists," Pietro Caputo, an ITALIAN estate agent says."

This last line cracked me up ;'}

[dead]

That made me laugh out loud too.

[Snuffington]

Oh yeah. This "Eurozone" thing is going along swimmingly.

One big happy Europe to rival the U. S.? Or the same old squabbling? Ask the French in Chamonix.

In any case at least they've all essentially gutted their militaries (except the British), so we won't have to get sucked in to pull them apart when they try to slaughter each other once again.

[dead]

One big happy Europe to rival the U. S.? Or the same old squabbling? Ask the French in Chamonix.

Actually, this story reminded me of the Floridians who are constantly bitching about the New Yorkers moving down there!

[Winniesboy]

Actually, this story reminded me of the Floridians who are constantly bitching about the New Yorkers moving down there!

Quite. You could also read the same story in virtually any local newspaper here where I live in the South West of England: just substitute rich Londoners for 'the English' and any town or rural area here for Chamonix. The complaint is always the same: because of artificially inflated property prices in London and the South East, the incomers have the capital to push up local prices and make it virtually impossible for young local people to get on to the property ladder. And they're only here for the holidays, and make no contribution to the local community, etc etc....

So it's not that this is a non-story: rather it's just another example of a pretty widespread and long-established phenomenon. Incidentally, the English invasion of Chamonix isn't new, either. For years there's been a large community of British climbers and climbing guides who spend their summers there.