French court American tourists

Scotsman.com ^ | 1 Jul 2003 | SUSAN BELL IN PARIS

[mdittmar]

to show Americans that France has no lingering ill-feeling towards the United States

Well,that's nice.

Thanks,you CHEESE EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS!

[arkfreepdom]

Woody Allen? These people are terminally stupid.

[ctonious]

IN A desperate attempt to show Americans that France has no lingering ill-feeling towards the United States,the main Paris tourist bureau on the Champs Elysées will be decked out in the stars and stripes this Friday.

What a bunch of absolute idiots. Like as if Germany advertised..."Come visit, our Nazi war criminals now forgive you!"

[clamper1797]

to show Americans that France has no lingering ill-feeling towards the United States

Well ... that's nice .. I actually hold no ill feeling towards the back stabbing cowardly slimy weasels ... french either.

Feck The Frunch

[Between the Lines]

Les grenouilles et les 4èmes ne se mélangent pas.

[lainde]

What you said!

[McGavin999]

Well, the government may well work on the relationship, but the American people will take a lot longer to forgive and they may well never forget.

The french have been anti-American for a long time and we always laughed about it, but now that they have endangered our lives, we don't think it's funny anymore. I know that I won't ever forget it.

[lowbridge]

US travellers, who previously topped the French capital’s league of foreign visitors, have been overtaken by the British. The French have reacted by launching an intensive marketing and public relations drive, optimistically entitled "Let’s Fall in Love Again", to bring them back. It includes a video in which the Francophile comedian and filmmaker Woody Allen talks about his love affair with France

You had a better chance with Jerry Lewis, Froggy.

and declares: "I don’t want to have to refer to my French fry potatoes as freedom fries, and I don’t want to have to freedom kiss my wife, when I really want to French kiss her."

Ugh. Thats an image I could've done without.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

France has no lingering ill-feeling towards the United States

LOL Well I have plenty of lingering ill-feelings towards the French, the Germans, the Canadians, and the Mexicans. I refuse to purchase any good from these lands, I don't care what it is.

I just purchased 9 bottles of wine for a post 4th gathering. Not one of them is from France. And yes...I bought from our allies, even the Sake. :0)

[ETERNAL WARMING]

The french have been anti-American for a long time and we always laughed about it, but now that they have endangered our lives, we don't think it's funny anymore. I know that I won't ever forget it.

Nor will I. I just shrugged it off as stupidity. But when they made it personal, that's when I had enough. It's now personal, France. You've received your last Euro from me.

[Ronin]

*snicker snicker*

[I_Love_My_Husband]

I sat here blinking at the screen.

Woody Allen!

LOL! I love it. That is just soooo ....French I suppose!

Most likely they tried to call Jerry Lewis on the phone and he was probably "out of town" at the time (ie, not taking their phone calls).

[Trace21230]

Despite an upbeat assessment by the US ambassador in Paris, many political and business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic believe it will take time to patch up French-American relations following the war.

Yes, eternity sounds about right.

Trace

[SwinneySwitch]

"...many political and business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic believe it will take time to patch up French-American relations following the war."

Maybe, when hell she freezez ovair!

[Ronin]

LOL. You beat me too it.

Using Woody Allen to promote France is like using Janet Reno to promote Penthouse. Yeeeeeeeecccchhh!!!!

[ex-Texan]

No thanks, you French @ss&ipes. I will stay home and you can stay home, too. Keep your over-priced wines over there as well. Your hotels will stay empty unless they fill up with Iraqis staying under forged passports courtesy of your intelligence service and Syria. Then we may decide to bomb them too. Or send the Mossad over to say howdy.

The arrogance of the slimy Frogs still amazes me.

[auntdot]

What French genius came up with the idea to use Woody Allen and his appalling comment?

If there was any ad that reminded me why I ignore French goods, that was the perfect one.

What must scare the French is that this boycott is nothing official. It is each person acting on his or her own.

Thus it is tough to defeat.

I have learned many of the French companies and avoid their products scrupulously.

Funny thing though, I have not heard of any French soaps.

Imagine.

[Drango]

"It’s a symbolic gesture of friendship..."

Stick it where the sun don't shine...

[ntnychik]

Here are some lovely Finger Lakes wines for your enjoyment:

http://www.fingerlakeswineries.com/db/wineries.asp?ViewAll=True