[Marie007]

I don't want to pertube you, but near where I live in France, there is a great place where many americans buy houses and properties.
About soap you are always doing the same joke, but you know when I went to the USA, I have not only see cleaned persons in your country.

[Bandaneira]

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

[Grzegorz 246]

"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 .

[Mustng959]

I only got to visit France once. I was on temporary duty at a place called Orange, France (close to Marsailles). The military there on the base seemed nice and the food was pretty good also.

[Publius6961]

Marie, the bottom line is pretty simple: only truly inferior people work so hard at maintaining a "superior" image.

Having been to France more than a few times for extended periods I know there is something terribly wrong there, and soap has nothing to do with it.

Granted, away from Paris and those trendy cities in the south of France, people are normal, friendly and a pleasure, but had I not had family to expose me to that side of France, I would have never experienced it.

The casual tourist doesn't stand a chance!