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A lot of overly patriotic Americans hate the french because they didn't want to take part in our invasion of Iraq. Many saw this as some form of cowardice or betrayal, and not the common sense it was in my eyes. Hence the "Freedom Fries" and so on and so forth.
I just went to france not too long ago. The people there were generally nice but where I went smelled really bad. Probably because of this old guy with a beard who was homeless that layed in front of an air vent leading to the street with his wet golden retriever. It smelled like crap. But yeah- french people are nice. And hey- thats a Texan saying that.
Yeah. Sorry, France. Most of us still love ya, but unfortunately we have a bunch of bandwagon jumping retards that can't think for themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Azar
There's a kid I had a few classes with that would immediately blurt out "GOD I HATE THE FRENCH" anytime the country was mentioned. I was ready to bust his face open :mad2:
Stereotypes... I mean when you hear French you think pointy-bearded, cigarette smoking, aristocratic, hairy people. Just like when you hear American people think obese, beer hat wearing, smelly, patriotic people.
They dont shave
1. they dont shave their armpits
2. they suck at fighting (the US has bailed them out many times)
3. they are big headed
4. they smell bad
5. napoleon
6. they smoke all the time
7. pepe le pew
8. the french revolutions (since they had like, 50 of them)
9. did I mention they dont shave their armpits
p.s. this is a joke, im not being serious. I just listed as many french stereotypes I could think of, so dont jump on me, you crazy french lovers
Not everyone hates the French it's just that the people who do are nothing but racist morons and every single race and religion gets slagged off all the time. That's life for you
There was a recent study in Europe, it was found that in every country, the general consensus was a major dislike for the French.
That of course, is countered by the fact that the French hate everyone else as much as every other country dislike them.
I dislike the French from experience, walking into a French shop and trying to buy something in the best French I could muster, I was laughed at and ignored. When I tried in English, they started slinging back insults in French, yet as I was leaving I could hear them speaking perfect English.
The same happened in numerous other shops, and just in general around the country, not exactly fun.
Now, every other country I've been to in Europe, people were quite happy and helpful if I tried even just a little of the language, the Greeks love you for it, the Germans are certainly more friendly, and the Belgians I met just started speaking perfect English from the off.
The French seem to mostly be annoyed at the fact that Europeans speak English over anything, when they expect everyone to speak French, but why would you ever want to speak French? The sentence structure is so overly complicated, I mean, verb positions for tenses? Why?
I don't hate them, per se, I just carry a dislike that has yet to be proved wrong.
HEY
I LIKE Pepe Le Pew.
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Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
Pepe le pew was a crazy molester... the way he was always grabbin on those cats, kissing them, chasing them...ALWAYS showing up when you thought the coast was clear. Settle down pepe or you are gonna get 10-12 years in a dirty french jail cell.
just my thoughts...
I stopped liking him after that cartoon where he stalked and RAPED a cat.Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
Well, he didn't rape it per se, but you could see it coming.
This has been my personal experience in France as well - I know some amount of French, and I can get my point across, but they (Parisians, esp.) just saw it as an opportunity to screw me over. I got everything from wrong directions to wrong food. :\Quote:
Originally Posted by Lindy
See, Lindy, your case against them is at least legitimate and based on first-hand experience. I guarantee that if you ask any American why they hate the French, they would just yell out "BECAUSE THEY'RE PANSIES THAT'S WHY."
I don't hate the French...
Though I might be a little biased as I'm PART French...
Stop assuming everyone loves or hates stuff. Just because some people hate them doesn't mean everyone does.