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The French

They're overrated if you asks me. Do we really need them?

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As a collective they are a major pain in the arse but get one or two alone and they are very engaging and interesting. The women are fun as hell if you can get past the whole 'I'm so much better than an American girl' thing.
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As a collective they are a major pain in the arse but get one or two alone and they are very engaging and interesting. The women are fun as hell if you can get past the whole 'I'm so much better than an American girl' thing.
But they are better than an American girl. Have you been there? The women are awesome!
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The high end ones, braid their arm pit hair.....
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Their movies used to be good but lately they're typically about damaged people and gay sex.
What's with that?
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Those French! They have a different word for EVERYTHING!
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But they are better than an American girl. Have you been there? The women are awesome!
Sorry, will take a German or Dutch lady any day first... but the Ukranian women are on top!
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Those French! They have a different word for EVERYTHING!
Well not everything. The know about our words for champagne and fancy high faulting wine names like Bordeaux and even croissants & souffles. But they LIKE to eat snails.
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Sorry, will take a German or Dutch lady any day first... but the Ukranian women are on top!
This! Though I know some awesome Brit chicks.
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Yeah me too! Built "Brit chickhouses"......
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I suggest you guys back up your ass-ertions with pics of the women to prove you point
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Those French! They have a different word for EVERYTHING!
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It helps if you speak French. I worked 2 summer holidays there - once on a farm and the next year as a guide in a Chateau. French beer not good, French wine great of course. French women? Well I was 16 then and....
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i love France;

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Renoir, Cezanne, Gauguin, Monet

every nation contributed to a better world.... and for worse,
i just like thinking positive,
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