A FOUL FOWL... OR, WHY THE FRENCH STINK

EZ ^ | Nathan Porter

[houston1]

Correct, having been there myself, I never found any odor/hygiene problems with the French, contrary to popular belief. From my experience, it's the Spainiards who need to learn to bathe now and then. Nor were the French anti-American, as I had heard, but don't like being dictated to by the U.S. They treated us as we treated them, but many American (and German) tourists are loud and obnoxious, and think they are in Disneyland, not someone else's country. Then they wonder why the Europeans dont "like Americans".

[gcruse]

One of the best comedy series I ever saw on
television was on the CBC, a French (?) show
about a town called Clochemerle.

(Vaux en Beaujolais)

"Gabriel Chevallier's delightful novel Clochemerle satirizes the titanic
confrontation of secular and religious forces in a small wine-growing
village in Beaujolais. The eruption begins when the socialist mayor
decides that he wants to leave behind a monument to his
administration's achievements. He takes as his model the ancient
Romans, who were famous for two things--hygiene and noble edifices.
Thus, he decides to unite the two concepts . . . by constructing a public
urinal in the center of town. There is one problem, however. The
chosen locale is next to the village church, and this outrages the ecclesiastical party."
  .

[pt17]

the erection of a new "pissoir"

LOL. Thanks for info.

[pt17]

My dear sir, may I suggest that you consult an otolaryngologist? Clearly you are nose-deaf, olfaction-impaired, or smelling-challenged (take your pick of terminology). In any case, yours is clearly a minority view.

LOL. After prolonged periods of olfactoring the odoriferous, you tend to not notice it. I learned this living in a small town in Germany, where "die Bauernvolk" kept a pile of "der Misthaufen" under the front bedroom window. After a month or two, you tend not to notice everything smells like sh*t.

[Ancesthntr]

Hey, why do you think that France makes all of the best perfumes? Hint: it isn't because they take regular showers or baths with soap.

[Victoria Delsoul]

But the only women in America who do not shave their armpits are those who want to be men and those who want to act French. The French stink. Why should we take seriously the opinions of people who have such little regard for personal hygiene?

LOL!

[TheExploited]

Homer Simpson: The French don't even have a word for "Victory."

[Victoria Delsoul]

"The national bird of France is a Rooster. How appropriate that the national symbol of French pride is a cock."

LOL!!!

[driftless]

Yes the German tourists of WWII were especially rude.

[The Raven]

HEE HEE ..That's funny