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French get a rude French awakening
Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, October 13, 2004 | By Kim Willsher

Posted on 10/12/2004 10:38:19 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

PARIS — The French are arrogant, rude and surly to foreign visitors, said a leading French politician behind a scathing report on how the Gallic welcome leaves much to be desired. Bernard Plasait, a member of France's upper house of parliament, has concluded what millions of visitors have known for years. "Our bad image in this area, the arrogance we are accused of, our refusal to speak foreign languages, the sense we give that it's a great honor to visit us are among the ugly facts of which we should not be proud," reads the first paragraph of Mr. Plasait's report, which was commissioned by the government.

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To: Marie007
Yes simplistic stereotypes of French people are pretty boring.

P.S. Who would you say was the most influential Frenchman/woman out of the following ?

(a) Charles de Gaulle
(b) Jean D'Arc
(c) Jean Charcot
(d) Albert Camus
(e) Charles Martel
21 posted on 10/13/2004 3:29:43 AM PDT by Bandaneira (Vive La France !)
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To: Marie007
"About soap you are always doing the same joke..."

I know that this is just a stupid stereotype, but what about legs... ? I heard that French women don't shave their legs .
22 posted on 10/13/2004 4:03:04 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: JohnHuang2

Every since France made the U.S. pull out all of the troops from France in the late 1950's and pleated to the U.S. to get involved and protect them in Vietnam and then running out and leaving the U.S. and other Allies to fight in Vietnam, I have had no use for the French or every going there. I have had a couple of offers to go and I refused.


23 posted on 10/13/2004 4:05:22 AM PDT by AIC
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To: Grzegorz 246

My partner is French and has great legs.


24 posted on 10/13/2004 4:07:54 AM PDT by Bandaneira (The Third Temple/House for All Nations/World Peace Centre...Coming Soon..)
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To: Bandaneira
Your partner is a man or woman ?
25 posted on 10/13/2004 4:14:57 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: Grzegorz 246

It is not the true, french women shave their legs and others.........


26 posted on 10/13/2004 4:20:23 AM PDT by Marie007 (La politique dénature et ruine l'amitié)
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To: quantim
My wife has a friend who recently hosted a French boy as an exchange student. From the moment the young man arrived in their home he was rude, extremely demanding, thankless, and harshly critical of virtually "everything American."

I recall speaking about the boy with them at Church one morning, and it occurred to me the manner in which the boy was acting was virtually the same as I've experienced with every staunch liberal I've ever known.
27 posted on 10/13/2004 4:24:11 AM PDT by RavenATB
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To: Marie007
"and others........." ?
28 posted on 10/13/2004 4:26:19 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: JohnHuang2; MeekOneGOP; devolve; PhilDragoo
The 'Ugly Frenchie Franco' - ping.

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'Our bad image in this area, the arrogance we are accused of, our refusal to speak foreign languages, the sense we give that it's a great honor to visit us are among the ugly facts of which we should not be proud.'


29 posted on 10/13/2004 4:28:34 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (Just 22 more days until November 2nd.)
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To: Boiler Plate
Especially when everyone around you smells as bad as you do.

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For those here who haven't had the pleasure of the trip to Paree allow me to verify....they do not bathe regularly and they do stink, even the upper crust. I was astounded standing behind an otherwise elegant woman....worse than the locker room at Golds Gym.

30 posted on 10/13/2004 4:30:36 AM PDT by wtc911 (I have half a Snickers...it was given to me by a CIA guy as we went into Cambodia)
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To: JohnHuang2

It is wrong to be French! -Al Bundy reciting one of the 9 commandments of Iron Head Haynes.


31 posted on 10/13/2004 4:32:24 AM PDT by lowbridge (I wouldn't want to be a liberals caps lock key on election day)
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To: JohnHuang2

I loved France. I didn't notice all of the rudeness that some claim there was, but then again I was very respectful and attempted to speak french. I met some very very ugly Americans in England, and if that's how a lot of Americans behave abroad well then I'd be rude to them too.


32 posted on 10/13/2004 4:34:28 AM PDT by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: RavenATB

Sounds like a typical teenager.


33 posted on 10/13/2004 4:37:35 AM PDT by gracex7 (The LORD is not slack concerning His promise....but is longsuffering to us-ward. 2 Peter 3:9)
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To: Bandaneira
(e) Charles Martel

Unfortunately, his influence is in the process of being reversed. I'll never go back.

34 posted on 10/13/2004 4:39:42 AM PDT by Sal
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To: JohnHuang2
They're even worse when they come over here. Nothing spoils a trip to the Grand Canyon like being on one of the park buses with a bunch of French tourists. Even Germans finish a distant second. (Exception: German military personnel training in the SW, seem to me to embody the epitome of courtesy.)
35 posted on 10/13/2004 4:39:58 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
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To: JohnHuang2
Il n'y a pas d'honte être français. Il y a seulement l'honte dans rester de français.
(There is no shame in being French. There is only shame in staying French.)

Don't judge all of France from Paris. Many of the people in the rest of France don't like Parisians either. Go to the south of France.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

36 posted on 10/13/2004 4:40:48 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Grzegorz 246

I don't know the word in english


37 posted on 10/13/2004 4:44:37 AM PDT by Marie007 (La politique dénature et ruine l'amitié)
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To: LonePalm
The French helped the American Revolutionaries in the War of Independence. Why do some people forget this fact ?
38 posted on 10/13/2004 4:47:27 AM PDT by Bandaneira (The Third Temple/House for All Nations/World Peace Centre...Coming Soon..)
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To: Redcloak
How to bring American dollars back?

Vote out Chirac.

Send 10,000 troops to Iraq and chip in 25 billion for rebuilding costs.

Accept US authority over those troops until the mission is over.

Apologize at the UN to Powell and Bush and the American people for stabbing us in the back.

Ask for nothing in return in the way of contracts or oil.

Then it will be up to our discretion to ever trust you again.

39 posted on 10/13/2004 4:50:50 AM PDT by normy (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
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To: Sal

Vlad the Impaler had an effective way of stopping the Muslim hordes. When they kept crossing the river into his territory he counter attacked and sent them back over the river. The remaining stragglers who kept trying to kill his forces and wouldn't surrender were beheaded and their heads were put on spikes for the opposing army across the river to see. This act stopped the hordes and saved his territory.


40 posted on 10/13/2004 4:51:35 AM PDT by Bandaneira (The Third Temple/House for All Nations/World Peace Centre...Coming Soon..)
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