Sex In America (Burt Prelutsky Warns Our National Pasttime Makes The French Look Good Alert)

Worldnetdaily.com ^ | 03/29/06 | Burt Prelutsky

[goldstategop]

Only one thing can make the French look good. Our national pasttime called sex. It can make even reasonable people go all daffy. Just think of how undistinguished Bill Clinton and Paris Hilton would be if no one remembered them for their sexual exploits. As Burt Prelutsky would observe in good jest, if we avoided all that, the French wouldn't mock us.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[RippinGood]

Brandi Chastain, not Mia Hamm

[DeuceTraveler]

Good memory!

[Tzimisce]

Funny - I'm not getting any....

[Alien Gunfighter]

Brandi Chastain, not Mia Hamm

And she was hot!

[peyton randolph]

Many of the French don't bathe, wear deodorant, or wear underwear. 'Cologne' is used to mask their poor hygiene.

[durasell]

I seem to remember reading that guy soccer players pull off their shirts to trade them after a game or something...anyone know anything about this?

[Looking4Truth]

Funny - I'm not getting any....

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger on that one.

Do you think it might be related to the fact that we're sitting here on our computers posting to a forum at 3AM EST? Nahhh... couldn't be that, could it? :-)

[ozzymandus]

Looks like ol' Burt couldn't come up with an idea for a column.

[weegee]

The difference is the French don't get caught.

He did not "cheat" on Hillary. There have been too many bimbos for it not to be an accepted practice in their marriage. MAYBE Monica's age was an issue for her. Or that it was careless (too easy to get caught), or that it was like boffing the secretary (which NOW railed against even if the secretary consented to the sex on overnight business trips).

The Monica case showed the pattern of behavior by which the Clinton administration worked to silence those who knew the secrets. Get them to lie under oath. Pay them off with high paying jobs at friends' firms. Threaten them ("sorry to hear about your tires", "what happened to your cat?" "I saw your kids yesterday on their way to school").

Capone wasn't a notorious tax cheat. He was a notorious mobster.

Sure I'd rather see him serving time for accepting Chinese Communist money for his re-election campaign. There are lots of charges he got away with.

[Savage Beast]

As a very experienced French lady once said to me, in a thick French accent: "No Frenchman would ever believe than an American would be a better lover than a Frenchman...but you are."

[iopscusa]

RE: Funny - I'm not getting any...
Thanks I needed that humorous dose of reality. It was AFA(as funny as) this Freeper's byline;
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho (Marx?)...

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

Many of the French don't bathe, wear deodorant, or wear underwear. 'Cologne' is used to mask their poor hygiene.

A lot of Americans don't either. Except many of them don't even bother to wear Cologne.

Also, is this a fact or just your conjecture? Have you lived in France? Are there studies that prove this?

Actually it is, from my personal experience, true, but that doesn't change the fact that you didn't tell us the basis for your argument.

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

Sounds like you are tooting your own horn a bit there SB

[peyton randolph]

Also, is this a fact or just your conjecture? Have you lived in France? Are there studies that prove this?

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1. It is a fact...not conjecture.

2. Although I have not lived in France, I've traveled there many times. I also have friends there who confirm that what I've seen in my travels is the rule rather than the exception.

3. Yes. There are studies.

4. If you're trying to pick a fight, I suggest you STFU before you embarrass yourself further.

 

[Rennes Templar]

"They couldn't stop snickering over our bourgeois value system."

The author Burt chose the wrong word, bourgeois, to describe this aspect of our society. He meant moral, but he couldn't say it.

I think (and hope) that there is hope for our nation, as long as a segment of society continue to strive for some moral restraint, socially liberal conservatives not withstanding. France et al, for better or worse, will most likely go the way of the Roman empire.

[OpusatFR]

Have you seen French men? Ick...

The sexiest most eye-grabbing guys on the planet are Scottish, Aussie, and English.

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

First of all, thansk for the report. It was amusing.

I am tired of people on FR making blanket statements without evening offering to back it up with clear evidence.

It is like me stating that All Americans are fat.

Your language is absolutely uncalled for. Not only was I not trying to pick a fight, I was agreeing with you, but challenging you to back up your statement with at least something - at least personal experience.

So go have another cup of coffee and calm down before you bust a nut.

[austinTparty]

This is mid-century redux. They sell and use less soap in France because they tend to use shower gel instead. When I lived in Germany, it was the female unshaven pits and hairy legs covered in pantyhose that icked me out. And in Continental Europe in general, antiperspirant only became widely available quite recently. Actually, Western Europe hygiene standards are pretty much the same across the board, and people do tend to bathe and wash clothes less frequently than in the US, but not to the extent 50 years ago. Social class also plays a role.

Part of the issue is the high cost of doing laundry. Only 18% of the French own a clothes dryer, it's also less than 50% in Germany, if I recall correctly. Water and electricity are expensive, and if you go to a pay laundromat, you're out a good $12-15 a load. Yes, $12-15 a load. 1 Euro (about $1.25) per 10 minutes in the dryer, and 8 Euros a wash (about $10). And don't even mention the cost of drycleaning.

[manwiththehands]

Who needs sex when there is FR?

(MWTH thinks to himself: "smile? sarcasm tag? chortle?")