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Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: GRUNHERZ on December 17, 2005, 08:42:02 AM

Visiting France (http://www.gdargaud.net/Humor/French.html)

A good background on French culture, what to see and what to expect.  :)

Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: beet1e on December 17, 2005, 09:27:03 AM

Old.

The population is given as ~54 million. It's actually in excess of 60 million.

Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: GRUNHERZ on December 17, 2005, 10:03:44 AM

Fascinating factoid beetle, fascinating.

Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: Dowding on December 17, 2005, 11:40:05 AM

That says more about America and Americans than it does about France... maybe that was the intention.

Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: GRUNHERZ on December 17, 2005, 12:55:32 PM

It's hillarious and personally I think it pokes fun at both sides - which makes for my favorite kind of humor.

Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: SOB on December 17, 2005, 01:28:37 PM

I want that five minutes back.

Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: weaselsan on December 17, 2005, 02:56:50 PM

:rofl

Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: deSelys on December 17, 2005, 03:37:17 PM

:rofl thanks, Grunherz :aok
I found it very funny. Of course, I'm not really french...You should search Straffo or Saw's opinion.

Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: storch on December 17, 2005, 03:42:21 PM

ya I want to see what saw has to say, afterall he does come from the french capital.

Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: Nilsen on December 17, 2005, 06:15:02 PM

Quote

Originally posted by SOB
I want that five minutes back.

will you spend it in the ogame?

if so.. give imajeep some more special attention and dedicate it to the five mins you got refunded here.. he will blow another gasket.


:)

imaweep.. a big blob of retardation and the source of great entertainment. :rolleyes:

Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: Ack-Ack on December 17, 2005, 07:09:42 PM

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Originally posted by Dowding
That says more about America and Americans than it does about France... maybe that was the intention.

It's a rather amusing parody of the U.S. State Department Travel Notices but I'm pretty sure that it was written by a Brit.  We don't spell colorful with a U and the jab at Germany as well as the humor smacks of a Brit.


ack-ack

Title: The American tourist's guide to visting France
Post by: SMIDSY on December 17, 2005, 08:03:42 PM

loved this bit...
"One continuing exasperation for American visitors is that the people wilfully persist in speaking French, though many will speak English if shouted at."

and this...
"American travellers are advised to travel in groups and to wear baseball caps and colourful trousers for easier mutual recognition."