The French

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by recycled sixtie

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....

Sorry, but I wouldn't be ordering any Beer in France,, too many Wines to sample...

[wdfifteen]

And, one of life's greatest pleasures is having a cute French waitress place a beautifully broiled plaice on your table saying, "Voila Monsieur!" in that little sing-song voice they commonly use.

[Jrboulder]

The French

Can't fly airplanes

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by kundensport

i love France;

24 Heures du Mans
Renault A 110
Renault 5 Turbo
Gordini
Sauterne wines
fois gras
Bob Wollek
Henri Pescarolo
Sonauto
Guy Ligier
Gérard Larrousse
tour de france (car or bicycle, doesn't matter)
Bugatti
Matra V12
french foreign legion (just ask Gen. Schwarzkopf)
Coco Chanel
photography (invented by Niepce)
parachute
first modern Olympics (initiated by Pierre de Coubertin)
Renoir, Cezanne, Gauguin, Monet

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

Agreed. But I would also add:

Burgundy wines
Baguettes
Sitting in a café in the 5th Arr on a warm day
French cheese

Ian

[Dottore]

Driving a rented Renault at full tilt through the French landscape, occasionally stopping at some little village for a meal that will convince you there is a God and that he's French...I can think of few finer ways to waste time.

[RWebb]

I agree with the pro-French comments above; however, many French foods can be improved -- you add some Spanish, Caribbean, and African to them, some red pepper (from So. America), mix and wait 300 years. This also works with French women...

[patssle]

The French were right on Iraq. So much for those freedom fries.

[Racerbvd]

Real or not, I have always loved this..

[kundensport]

Rendezvous, +1
good call Byron

[Moses]

Many people resent French cultural arrogance. Having spent a fair amount of time in France, I believe their cultural arrogance is richly deserved. Beautiful people, beautiful country. Amazing food. Ahhhh... France.

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by Moses

Many people resent French cultural arrogance.

Gee. some other country comes to mind when I think of arrogance . . . but I can't quite remember which one . . . now, let me think . . .

Ian

[Moses]

Originally Posted by imcarthur

Gee. some other country comes to mind when I think of arrogance . . . but I can't quite remember which one . . . now, let me think . . .

Ian

Ah, Canada. America's hat.

[imcarthur]

No oil for you! (Spoken in my best Soup Nazi voice)

Ian

[Flieger]

Canada? Oh, that is where Rush came from.

[john70t]

Wiki: "While two-piece bathing suits had been worn on the beach before, the modern bikini was invented by French engineer Louis Réard in 1946. He named it after Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, the site of the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests in July that year."

Of course they have the topless beaches as well

[Aurel]

Damn, you guys are so right. What the heck am I doing in Albuquerque, New Mexico? Ohh, I remember now, saving for retirement in France...Dads house is waiting for me.

[stuartj]

Originally Posted by Moses

Many people resent French cultural arrogance. Having spent a fair amount of time in France, I believe their cultural arrogance is richly deserved. Beautiful people, beautiful country. Amazing food. Ahhhh... France.

And the the charming confidence to not give a **** about what we think....

Id live there in a blink. Paris is, just well, Paris....

[Moses]

Originally Posted by stuartj

And the the charming confidence to not give a **** about what we think....

Id live there in a blink. Paris is, just well, Paris....

I love Paris. And every other part of France I've visited.

[Paul K]

The English invented arrogance.

The French perfected it...

[creaturecat]

Originally Posted by Moses

I love Paris. And every other part of France I've visited.

Same here. Fantastic.