Luring American Tourists with Free Champagne

Reuters ^ | 7-3-2003

[Cagey]

Champagne? More proof the French really don't know us. Americans prefer .........Beer!

[OpusatFR]

They can hose all the dog feces off the sidewalks in Paris with it for I care.

[AmericanInTokyo]

We ought to reciprocate and spread the offer throughout the Parisian media and travel industry that you can get two free hours paintball session in rural West Virginia if you visit the USA! That'll drive 'em nuts.

[TomGuy]

While in other areas of France, they are still dissing Americans:

Normandy Museum Bans American Flags and Symbols.

[EuroFrog]

My husband and I went to France for lunch about 2 years ago, and even then were treated very rudely. No way I would go back even if they had supported us in the war.

[Cagey]

LOL! With a complimentary pouch of "chew" thrown in.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Followed by scrapple and grits at the local Waffle House.

[old patriot]

The French think that champagne in Paris will dull the American tourists away from the French removal of all symbols of America from the Normandy Museum where they have banned the American flag (see my post).

Maybe the free-flowing of French chanpagne and wine will remove the stain that American soldier's blood left on French soil during the past two World Wars. The only sparkling water that I now drink is a happy-fizzy party from OZARKA.

Let the French "EAT CAKE."

OLD PATRIOT

[gaspar]

That France would chose to use Woody Allen as a representative makes about as much sense as Hillary Clinton using Ken Starr as a flack for her book tour.

[areafiftyone]

SCREW FRANCE!

[AmericanInTokyo]

ah, the good life. or as Frenchie would say, "ah, zee gud laif!"

Many of them would consider West Virginia "below themselves".

[sarasota]

The French just don't get it. We will continue to show them just how much we don't care.

[MissAmericanPie]

It would be nice if some Boston area freeper's had a little media event and poured French champaigne into the Boston Harbor.

[sticker]

But, but it wouldn't be Paris without dog feces on the sidewalks. Crass American

[whereasandsoforth]

Next week it will be stinky cheese tied to a stick.

[wayoverontheright]

A great alternative is Ireland. 'Just got back and it is an absolutely wonderful place to visit.

I hope it'll take longer for us to forget the French backstab than it did for them to forget our dead boys buried on French hillsides.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Or, spend a half an hour on my Pachinko machine.

[shiva]

Spouse and I just got back from vacation. We were looking for a room to stay in and saw The Red Roof Inn. It looked really nice but we passed it up because I remembered it being on the list of boycotts.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The wife and I went to a fancy little gourmet cheese store yesterday. She asked me if I would like to buy some bleu cheese. I answered, loud enough for everyone to hear, "Sure, as long as it isn't from France." That got me a few smiles, a few smirks, and one or two scowls from the Birkenstock crowd. F--- them, too.

[CholeraJoe]

I pick my nose in the general direction of France. Now go away or I will taunt you a second time.