I have notice that there are many postings against France on this message board. I would like to tell against them.
I have live in France from since my birth (except for one term in Washington dc, your great capital city! ha ha!), so perhaps I shall know best how splendid is my home country than the big USA.
Someone in an other section complained that french are dirty because they do not bath every day and because in Paris there is dogs making toilet on the ground. I am not to disagree, but instead to say “why is this so bad?” It is a symbol of true liberty (something America does not understand though we presented them a statue for their New York) that we do not degrade ourselves with picking up the dog’s toilet with our hands in bags like I have seen in the USA. THIS is dirty! I am rather to have it in my shoes than my hands, to be honest. And it is also the liberty that allows a man to smell like a man in France with a perfume to attract the girls, not always a shower. When I play football I shower, but that is at the sporting club, so I don’t see where is the problem if there is not bath at your home?! (I have a bath at my home.)
Frankly, I feel that Americans are just jealous of France and the “seduisant” nature that we have. Perhaps that is why they are to mention a war that happened to our grandparents to prove why they are so big! I will let them eat their MacDo and I will take our great french cuisine for a dinner.
I admit that I am jealous of France. I’ve always wanted to step in dog shit and watch men pee on the sidewalk, but I can’t due to petty local ordinances.
Sometimes I pretend that I am a Frenchman. I aim my nose at the heavens as I saunter lazisly down the street, refusing to say words like “hotdog” and “weekend”. Vive L’Académie Française! Yes, I run into poles and buildings from time to time, but it’s worth it. Since I can’t throw dog crap on the sidewalk, I throw banana peels instead. It gives me a warm feeling as feet go flying in the air and I hear the cracking of backs on the pavement.
I like sitting in restaurants with my cloud of stench hanging over me. I lift up my arm to inhale the powerful vapors while I eat my slugs. I pick fights with Germans in the restaurant because I always know there will be plenty of Americans who will bail me out. And when they do, I like to fart on them and tell them “Merci pour rien!”
Thanks for this thread, LoftStory. It’s high time a Frenchman spoke his mind.
Gr‰ce ˆ la mondialisation j’ai le privilge d’utiliser un ordi amŽricain qui ne sait Žvidemment pas traiter notre langue comme il le faut et je ne devrais pas tre obligŽ d’utiliser vos caractres amŽricains pour exprimer mes pensŽes, moi je prŽfre conserver l’usage de “la plus belle langue du monde” dans son forme originale plut™t que subir.
Clair, would you rather I use English subtitres? And the other 'Ricain makes my point with his ignorance comments of Germany.
Mon Computer non comprends pas le francais but it can do é, è, ê, í etc and they display tres bon because Bill Portes (a Frenchman) invented “fenetres”, the System Operatif we all use. But I still think someone has a baguette up his cul-de-sac.
We’d pick on Belgians but it’s not as much fun because they have a sense of humour.
I see. So you lived in DC for one term of school(I presume) and you know everything there is to know about America from that single experience? Spoken like a true frenchman.
As a Canadian living in the US for many years now and having benefited from living in many different places in the US (including DC), I can tell you with all certainty that you’ve seen almost nothing of America. Certainly not enough to make an informed opinion.
Ah, yes. France. The land of canine liberty and smelly shoes.
Well, it’s not pleasant and I certainly wouldn’t want to do it which is part of the reason I don’t own a pet. On the other hand, it’s not dirty if done right and if you wash your hands with soap afterwards. It’s also considered common courtesy for fellow human beings. Being responsible for your animal and to your neighbours is something that is considered to be a good and descent thing…to…do… I’m wasting my time here, aren’t I?
I see, so shoes full of dog shit and lack of personal hygene passes for perfume to attract french women? No wonder all the famous perfume designers are french. It’s not luxury but a matter of survival for the french women.
Perhaps you should show a little gratitude because if America didn’t help out your grandparents then you would not be here to whine about Americans. Or perhaps you would, but with a German accent.
Look I like French cuisine as much as the next guy but you guys did not invent food so stop acting like you did.
You’re forgetting some rather nice clothes, some splendid wine and some pretty good dance music just now. And don’t even get me started on pate or cheese.
Other countries design nice clothes. Most clothes are actually manufactured in the far east. Plenty of other countries in the world that make a very fine wine. Pate and cheese are commonly manufactured everywhere.
But only Germany makes the Porsche.
Me too actually. But I’m feeling argumentative and out of sorts today and LoftStory is asking for it.
Of what are you talking? If you don’t know, Canada was a french colony. In fact, I know several Canadiens here that all tell me how splendid it is to live in Paris. I have went to Canada myself and people there were very nicer than Americans! Maybe you should read a book about your north nieghbors to understand. Oh no, Americans can’t read, I nearly forgot. ha ha
I am leaving work now…when I am at my home eating delicious cassoulet I will think of you and your big macs!
Why am I getting a mental picture of LostStory wearing a Marseilles sailor shirt and a beret with a pencil-thin moustache and a baguette under one arm?
Anyway, judging by the writing style, I’d be highly dubious if he is posting from a French ISP.
