SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE BBC

(Thanks to son of the s.b.)

Comments

[revenant]

sacre bleu!

[sookeyjane]

what's shocking is that no one has commented on judi's above and beyond the call of duty posting so late on friday night!

of course, if overtime is asked for, judi will probably get fired again.

still...

[plus loin une fois]

Pourquoi faut-il que j'apprenne votre langue, hein? Le français, c'est la plus belle langue et la langue internationale (autrefois, au moins).

[Unemployed]

"US tourists also got top marks for generosity, as the biggest spenders and tippers."

Spending is easy for us because we have a good teacher.

[nursecindy]

So true unemployed. plus loin une fois, yes french is a beautiful language, I speak it myself, however it wouldn't kill ya'll to learn some Spanish and English. I know the most used phrase in French is; Nous nous rendons ! Don' ; t tirent svp !
Loosely translated means, We surrender! Don't shoot please!

[Loudmouth]

Just say something cranky to them and they'll surrender. Lots easier to get along with them once they get it out of their systems.

[MartiniShark]

If you think the Parisians are rude now just wait when they find out about Freedom Fries, and the Croissandwich.

[Horace LaBadie]

Dave is upholding the American flag for bad dressers!

[nursecindy]

I kind of like the Croissandwich Sharkie. Of course I'm not French.

[MartiniShark]

So do I Cindy, but when those Rhine-os see that we crammed a cheezeburger in their beloved pastry there'll be hell to pay - meaning they will surrender, of course.

[Annie Where-but-here]

They're generally rude as merde. I used to speak pretty good French and Spanish. If I spoke Spanish to a Spanish-speaking person, they were always flattered I tried. If I spoke French to a French person, they would give me a look like I was peeing on the Eiffel Tower. With two exceptions - Agnes Varda, the filmmaker, and Marie from this blog.

[frodolives]

"Whinge"???

[Annie Where-but-here]

It means "whine & cringe at the same time." And yes, its entymology is French.

[frodolives]

And Annie, for any American tourists in Paris, I'm glad you weren't peeing OFF of the Eiffel Tower... jus' sayin'...

[frodolives]

Annie, did you mean etymology or entomology???

[Annie Where-but-here]

Merde. I meant etymology. Although the French always make me think of entomology.

[danceswithvowels]

Plus loin une fois? Pas assez loin, plus triste. Or not.

> Annie, did you mean etymology or entomology???

Obviously. It's a modified limited bugout gambit.

[danceswithvowels]

Perhaps it's a nasal infix, non?

[Horace LaBadie]

"We fart in your general direction."

[Siouxie]

Le pffffffffffft! zat eees all!

[frodolives]

It's been a LONG time since French class, so if I get this wrong, I accept whatever correction anyone provides... But Annie, *SNORKS!* and Je pense ils abandonnere...

[Marvin]

I like how the BBC couldn't even find a picture of french tourists to go with their japanese tourists, so they just threw in the tower...er, towel.

[Mot the Hoople]

Whenever I've been in Europe I've been asked if I'm Australian or American and therefore, to avoid those insults, I speak Afrikaans. This confuses the hell out of them and I tend to get better service.

[Meanie le Bleu]

*Le finger*

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Pourquoi faut-il que j'apprenne votre langue, hein? Le français, c'est la plus belle langue et la langue internationale (autrefois, au moins).

Posted by: plus loin une fois | July 10, 2009 at 09:42 PM

Why should I learn your language, eh? French is the most beautiful language and the international language (used to be, at least)

[nursecindy]

To be fair they did give us the Statue of Liberty. Of course we gave them freedom from the Nazi's.

[Clankazoid]

They also gave us Guy Gadbois.