Tell the truth, though. Every few years, when they come out with mens skirts, aren't you the least bit tempted....?
Posted on 05/20/2006 6:46:39 AM PDT by martin_fierro
French are rudest, most boring people on earth: British poll
Sat May 20, 3:17 AM ET
LONDON (AFP) - The French have been voted the world's most unfriendly nation by a landslide in a new British poll published. They were also voted the most boring and most ungenerous.
A decisive 46 percent of the 6,000 people surveyed by travellers' website Where Are You Now (WAYN) said the French were the most unfriendly nation people on the planet, British newspapers reported.
The Germans have no to reason to celebrate the damning verdict. They came second on all three counts.
WAYN's French founder, Jerome Touze, told the papers he had been stunned by the thumping condemnation of his compatriots and sought to blame it on Gallic love-struck sulking.
"I had no idea that the French would emerge as such an unfriendly country," he said.
"I think our romantic 'moodiness' is misunderstood and I will be sure to pass on the message to my family and friends back in France to be a bit more cheerful to tourists in the future."
Italy was voted the world's most cultured nation with the best cuisine, while the United States was named the most unstylish with the worst food.
The British did not feature in the top 10 of any of the categories.
"The British fit in nowhere -- good or bad. It appears that we are so completely average that the voters did not include us in any category," the tabloid Daily Express commented.
"And to our shame, four percent of respondents -- all British of course -- said they would only talk to other Britons when they are abroad."
This unwillingness to talk to the locals appears to go hand in hand with respondents' perceptions of foreigners.
While most said Spain was the foreign country where they would most like to live, they said the Spaniards were nearly as unfriendly and ungenerous as the French.
To add insult to injury, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph put the boot in on Saturday by saying in an editorial that the French stank.
"The French may like to think that Chanel No 5 is their scent but we all know that garlic and stale Gitanes are much more representative."
Re your post #33, I'd say they are both equally tasty.
This looks like it's already been eaten and digested, if you know what I mean and I think you do.
Tell the truth, though. Every few years, when they come out with mens skirts, aren't you the least bit tempted....?
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I would never disagree with a poll.
Ivan probably doesn't think too highly of kidneys and cow brains either. LOL
Scorpio: Homer, whats your least favorite country, Italy or France?
Homer: France.
Scorpio: Nobody ever says Italy.
Spielberg could use that in one of his movies.
But avoid the mushy peas, that is a crime against vegetables.
Uh oh! You done it now. You just highjacked this thread. Didn't you know that you will be put on "the list"? The ACLU, FBI, CIA, INS, and DEA will be notified and cross-referenced to Interpol for immediate capture, dead or alive.
Now just wait a doggone minute...!
Unstylish...well...uh...okay.
But the worst food??? And this from the Brits--of all people???
My mother was of English origins--well it was a few centuries back, but she was English through and through. She was proud of it. She looked like it, and she cooked like it. She was the worst co...! Believe me, I know what I'm talking about. I've spent lots of time in England--and the rest of Europe too.
American food is the third worst in the world. English is second worst. And the absolutely worst food in the world has gotta be Irish cuisine. (Sorry 'bout that all you Erinophiles. Ireland's got lots of things to brag about, but food ain't one of 'em.)
No, I take it back. American food is the fourth worst. German is in third place. (Sorry, Germany. I love ya', but--well, you of all peoples like to tell it like it is. Nicht wahr???.)
This is news?
The females don't bother to shave and very few need a brassiere, but strut anyway like little boys in uniform.
I agree. I spent 6 months in Antwerpen Belgium and worked with a wide variety of Europeans. And even France's neighbors disliked their French brethren.
Neither are French.
Glad I save Grandpa Boogers sustenders, I always knew they come back to style.
And HEY! yep still have Aint Prissy's skirts too!
Finally, I followed my wife's suggestion and went to one of those places that advertise "Thirty Lovely Hostesses."
A very likeable young woman approached me. Her name was Pasquale.
I said, "All I want to do is practice speaking French."
She said, "As long as you buy drinks for me, I'll sit here and talk with you."
It worked out great. I spent a reasonable amount on drinks. We were drinking "champaigne".
"This is not champagne," I said to her, in French. (It was cheap wine.)
She laughed. "This is what they call "champagne," she said, "Actually, I'm drinking water. You are drinking "champagne."
We talked for a long time, in French.
She told me how the place worked. "They know exactly how much you are drinking and how long we have been sitting here," she said in French.
A "friend" of hers joined us to have a glass of "champagne." "She's also drinking water," Pasquale whispered to me. After drink or two, the friend left.
"What if I wanted to sleep with you?" I asked Pasquale.
"Well, you have to buy two bottles of "champagne," she said en francais. "Then I am free to go. Then you must pay me."
By now we were saying tu to each other.
"Do you like to do that?" I asked.
"No," she said. "I am afraid of getting AIDS."
"Me too," I said. "That's a good reason not to do that sort of thing--among other good reasons."
We talked for a while in French. Then I thanked her. I didn't have to explain that I had no intention of sleeping with anyone other than my wife. I kissed her gently on the cheek, said, "Au revoire," and left.
The price of the drinks was well worth the French lesson.
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