PAUL BOURGET: Life can never be entirely dull to an American. When he has nothing else to do he can always spend a few years trying to discover who his grandfather was.
MARK TWAIN: Right, your Excellency. But I reckon a Frenchman's got a little standby for a dull time too; he can turn in and see if he can find out who his father was.
Last week Bill O'Reilly interviewed Richard Chesnoff, author of The Arrogance of the French: Why They can't stand us and Why the Feeling is Mutual." It turns out the French can't stand the Brits, Spaniards, Germans, Italians . . . the list goes on. But when O'Reilly asked Chesnoff (who maintains a cottage in the French country side), "how do the French feel about themselves?" Chesnoff replied, "in my village, they say the worst foreigner's come from Paris."
I guess all we can conclude is if God ever gives the world an enema, He'll give it through France.
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