Then all the boys came back from Paris so it's France's fault.
But then the girls there were shaving to keep from getting lice from the boys on leave.
So it's the Keizer's fault.
But he wouldn't have gone to war if Archduke Ferdinand hadn't been assassinated by Gavrilo Princip.
So this is all Gavrilo Princip's fault.
Now who do we sue?
/sarc
“Until about 1920 women did not shave at all.”
Then all the boys came back from Paris so it’s France’s fault.
But then the girls there were shaving to keep from getting lice from the boys on leave.
So it’s the Keizer’s fault.
But he wouldn’t have gone to war if Archduke Ferdinand hadn’t been assassinated by Gavrilo Princip.
So this is all Gavrilo Princip’s fault.
Now who do we sue?
This chick!
Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Parlez-vous
Mademoiselle from Armentieres
She hasn’t been kissed for 40 years
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous
Oh Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Parlez-vous
She got the palm and the croix de guerre
For washin’ soldiers’ underwear
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous
The Colonel got the Croix de Guerre
Parlez-vous
The Colonel got the Croix de Guerre
The son-of-a-gun was never there
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous
Oh Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Parlez-vous
You didn’t have to know her long
To know the reason men go wrong
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous
Oh Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Parlez-vous
She’s the hardest working girl in town
But she makes her living upside down
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous
Oh Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Parlez-vous
The cooties rambled through her hair;
She whispered sweetly “C’est la guerre”
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous
Oh Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Parlez-vous
She’ll do it for wine she’ll do it for rum
And sometimes for chocolate or chewing gum
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous
Oh Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Parlez-vous
You might forget the gas and shell
But you’ll nev’r forget the Mademoiselle
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous
Oh Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Parlez-vous
Where are the girls who used to swarm
About me in my uniform?
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous
Oh Mademoiselle from St. Nazaire
Parlez-vous
The Mademoiselle from St. Nazaire
She never washed her underwear
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous
Oh Mademoiselle from Aix-Les-Bains
Parlez-vous
Mademoiselle from Aix-Les-Bains
She gave the Yankees shooting pains
Hinky-dinky parlez-vous
Oh Mademoiselle from Montparnasse
Parlez-vous
Actually it was the blade companies that put that one over.
They wanted more business and found a way to women to shave.
They got a phony government report that said shaving was a a hygiene thing, then they got the movie actresses and the women’s magazines to go for it.
That is the real story. Nothing to do with France and the war, those girls did not shave either, especially Eastern European women.