FRENCH DISSING IN THE U.S.A

Daily Mirror (U.K.) ^ | 03/17/03 | Tony Parsons

[mhking]

I have the feeling that America might just tell Europe where to go.

Yep. And the horse you rode in on, too...

[valleygal]

I plan to e-mail this to a few folks, as well. Hopefully, this article will get spread around to many not fortunate enough to be here at FR!

[Beck_isright]

Thanks Pokey and a great article. The writer is 100% correct there is a geniune hate locally for the french, germans and belgians now. If you are seen in a local grocery store picking out a bottle of frog wine, someone will say something rude to you. They have no idead what happens when the U.S., the giant of the world, is awakened and angry. They watch our idiot protesters and think that that is "America". Bad news Euroscum. Real America is on this board, working in factories and on farms, trying to make a living and make the world a better place today and tommorrow. 9-11 changed all that. And we are now filled with a resolve and anger that will not subside until all of our enemies are smited, into ashes and into oblivion.

[xJones]

Dang, Ivan, I forgot to ping you to this thread.

[July 4th]

You walk into a Banana Republic store and people are so keen to make you happy that you feel you could say, "Any chance of a blow job?" and nobody would bat an eyelid.

So that's why that place is so popular.

[joesnuffy]

Telling the truth about the French is hardly "dissing"

[valleygal]

I was surprised by the pizza delivery story as well. When my sister was UPS driver a few years ago,, she saw a very bad accident on 495 in Washington involving a delivery van. The man in the van was near death, his skull all smashed and she sat cradling her head in his lap for a while waiting for the ambulance. I think he died while she was with him.

When she left the scene her uniform was covered in blood and she was near hysterical (but, later, she was able to tell his family what happened and offer them comfort.) She went back to the UPS center and UPS sent out another driver in her place and gave her time off.

I think most Americans will bend over backwards to help someone in need and we'd probably still go to the rescue of all the countries giving us a hard time now, because that's the way we are.

[Grampa Dave]

Lets help this deranged and mentally ill country of frogs commit social suicide.

Just $crew the Frogs with buycotts for the rest of this decade. Here is a simple list of products not to buy:

A little list of French companies and their products to avoid for the rest of this decade"

*New additions to the list thanks to Freepers. If you have an addition, Freepmail me with the URL showing French ownership.

Air France
Air Liquide
Airbus
Alcatel - Based in Paris France
Allegra (Allergy Medication) - Produced by Aventis Pharmaceuticals based in Strasbourg, France
Aqualung (Including: Spirotechnique, Technisub, US Divers, and SeaQuest)
AXA Advisors
Bank of the West - Owned by BNP Paribas
Beneteau (boats)
BF Goodrich - Owned by Michelin
BIC (Razors, Pens & Lighters) - Started in 1945 by Marcel Bich. Originally based just outside of Paris. Began trading on the Paris Stock Exchange in 1972. 40.5% Publicly traded. Bich family still owns 33.5%.
Biotherm (Cosmetics)
Black Bush
Bollinger (Champagne)
*Browning Firearms**
Car & Driver Magazine
Cartier
Chanel
Chivas Regal (Scotch)
Christian Dior
Club Med (Vacations) - Owned in part by Paris based CDC (Caisse des Dépôts
et Consignations)
Culligan (owned by Vivendi)
Dannon (Yogurt & Dairy Foods)
*Decatholon Super Sport Stores or MVP Sport Stores*
DKNY - LVMH acquired 100% of Gabrielle Studio Inc., the privately owned licenser of Donna Karan trademarks back in 2001.
Dom Perignon
Durand Crystal
Elle Magazine
*Emile Henry French Cookware
Essilor Optical Products
Evian
Fina Gas Stations
Fina Oil - Billions invested in Iraqi Oil fields
First Hawaiian Bank
George Magazine
Givenchy
*Guerlain Fragrances
*Grey Goose Vodka
Hennessy
Houghton Mifflin (books)
International Herald Tribune - 181 ave Charles-de-Gaulle - F-92521 Neuilly - FRSource:World Business Council for Sustainable Development '00 [Domain Registration], [Corporate Profile]
Jacobs Creek - Owned by Pernod Ricard since 1989
Jameson (wiskey)
Jerry Springer (talk show)
Krups (coffee and cappaccino makers)
Lancome
Le Creuset (Cookware)
L'Oreal (Health & Beauty Products)
Louis Vuitton
Marie Claire
Martel Cognac
Maybelline
Méphisto (Footwear & Apparel)
Michelin (Tires & Auto Parts) - Their phone number is: (33) 1 45 66 15 53 in France
Mikasa Crystal and Glass (purchased by ARC int'l in 2001)
Moet (Champagne)
Motel 6 - 33, Avenue du Maine- 75755 Paris Cedex 15 France
Motown Records
MP3.com
Mumms (Champagne)
Nissan (Cars) - Majority owned by Renault
Nivea
Normany Butter
Parents Magazine
Peugeot (Automobiles) - Pronounced "Pooh Joe", must be French
Pierre Cardin
Playstation Magazine
ProScan - Owned by Thomson Electronics, France
Publicis Group (Including: Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising)
RCA (televisions & electronics) - Owned by Thomson Electronics, France
Red Magazine
Red Roof Inns - Owned by the Accor group based in France
Renault (Automobiles)
Road & Track Magazine
Roquefort Cheese - All Roquefort cheese is made in France
Rowenta (Toasters, Irons, Coffee makers, etc)
Royal Canadian
Salomon (Skis)
Seagram's Gin
Sierra Software and Computer Games
Smart & Final
Sofitel (Hotels) - Owned by the Accor group based in France
Sparkletts (Water) - Owned by Danone, based in France
Spencer Gifts
Sundance Channel
Taylor Made (Golf)
Technicolor
T-Fal (Kitchenware)
The Glenlivet (Scotch
Total Gas Stations
UbiSoft (Computer Games)
Uniroyal
Uniroyal Tires - Owned by Michelin
Universal Studios (Music, Movies & Theme Parks) - Universal Studios is owned by Vivendi-Universal, headquartered in Paris France
USFilter
Veritas Group
Veuve Clicquot Champagne
Vittel
Vivendi - Vivendi Headquarters, Paris France
Wild Turkey (bourbon)
*Winchester Firearms (US Repeating Arms)**
Woman's Day Magazine
Yoplait - France-based Sodiaal owns a 50% stake of Yoplait
Yves Saint Laurent
*Yves Rocher Cosmetics
Zodiac Inflatable Boats

*New additions to the list thanks to Freepers. If you have an addition, Freepmail me with the URL showing French ownership.

** Sad news but these two companies are owned by the Belgian Company Herstal, (French Light)

I'm asking for volunteers to create a good product list of alternative products. If you are an expert in a category or would like start a list of American or Ally products/services, let me know. I will list the alternative category and have your freeper name as the list keeper. That way people can freep you for your list. Once you get it set up and have a master copy in your FreepMail, you can just copy it for each reply to the request.

[George W. Bush]

No matter what happens over the coming days and weeks, it is true what they say. The English Channel is far wider than the Atlantic.

Great conversational piece from the standpoint of a working Brit. Wonder if he's Tory or Labor? Not that it matters, given his perspective.

[Mister Baredog]

This weekend why did Big Media only run stories on the few antiwar protestors and ZERO on the hundreds of Rally's for the Troops?

However that right wing network FOX covered both sides. CNN is the anti-war network and continues to ignore other voices.

[MrConfettiMan]

ping

[lavaroise]

weak, very weak.

[sit-rep]

Ummmm... Another Milosevic??

What did he do?

[Radix]

I see that you have added the Grey Goose Vodka to your list since I last saw it yesterday!

 

I do not drink much Vodka, but when I did it was the Grey Goose!

 

Oh the sacrifices that we make.

 

Oh the Humanity!

 

Keep up the good work!

[Grampa Dave]

One of our freepers sent me a freep mail about Grey Goose Vodka. Sure enough it is a French product made by a French Company. I don't drink hard liguor with the exception of a margirita every once and awhile. So I had no idea. The low kick is that Wild Turkey is owned by a French Company.

[kaylar]

I'll bet he read about the incident-scanned it-and thought it happened in the US because he was reading a US site.

[Salman]

Telling the truth about the French is hardly "dissing"

Sure it is. Dissing == disrespecting. Telling the truth in this case requires disrespecting.

[Warren_Piece]

For America has been reminded that Britain is the best friend it has in the world, joined by blood, language, history, instinct and culture.

On September 11, 2001, I sat in shock, watching the events unfold. No tears, no anger, just shock. I didn't snap out of it until many sleepless hours later. When the news showed the Brits playing 'The Star Spangled Banner' at the Changing of the Guard, the dam burst. I wept uncontrollably. It is a moment that is seared into my brain forever. Just thinking of it, even today, brings me to tears.

God Save the Queen, indeed.

[MissouriForBush]

I am back in the US now after working for 2 years in Germany. I can assure you that the best friends of American expats working abroad, in Germany or elsewhere, are our fellow British expats. We Americans shared many a good time with our British friends at pub quizzes and other social activities in Munich.

[Library Lady]

The British convention of scratching cars out of pure spite does not exist in America. They might steal your car. Or they might ram it and rob you at gunpoint. But nobody is going to scratch it out of petty jealousy.

Not exactly, unless the jerk who did that to my car last summer was British.