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- From: 4224_5201@uwovax.uwo.ca (John LaRocque)
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- Subject: Re: Pro British is not anti French (Was: Legalized ...)
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 21:55:53 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.214845.902@spxtech.qc.ca>, steven@spxtech.qc.ca (Steve Potter) writes:
- > Pro-British education is not anti-French.
-
- No, but it is not nice to kick somebody when their down and say, "hahaha,
- you lost 1759 and we're proud of it"...
-
- > Anti French sentiment in England may come from other sources:- ( :-) )
-
- > Brits, in their homeland, may have a general feeling of nausea for
- > people who eat things like snails, pigs feet, frogs legs,... :-)
-
- Just thinking about it makes me wheezy. Say, what do you think about
- poutine? Personally, it's gobs of fun....
-
- > I remember going into a French restaurant, looking for something
- > "safe" to eat, knowing I would be crossing the channel within 2
- > hours (I'm a landlubber!), deciding that the safest thing on the menu
- > looked like ham omelette, and being served uncooked pork slice with a
- > decidedly raw egg thrown over it. Uurrgghhh! I might not have made it
- > to the ferry terminal if I'd eaten it. :-)
-
- I'm glad I don't live in Europe. Besides, they don't have enough
- McDonald's there :-)
-
- > As for "French" "breakfast" - typically stale, dry white french loaves
- > and "bidet"s of sometimes re-heated coffee. Uurrgghhh again! :-)
-
- Yuck! I prefer thick pancakes (and not those wimpy thin crepes) - just
- slopping over with maple syrop. And if I can't get that I'll settle
- for Frosted Flakes with orange juice.
-
- > "Bathrooms" in French "Chambres-d'hote"s!?
-
- Hey, how come their Stop signs say STOP and Quebec's say ARRET. Who is
- more French anyways.......
-
- > I digress.
-
- Moi aussi.
-
- > I wonder how many times the phrases "Bloody French Peasants!" and
- > "Maudites touristes anglaises!" are muttered on French soil in an
- > average summer? :-)
- >
- > Please don't misunderstand me. These comments are intended simply
- > as a (hopefully) humerous diversion. I enjoy going to France. I
- > have considered emigrating there.
-
- My uncle visited France two years ago. Just think about this one...
- pay-toilets. And once times up, the door opens wide and everyone can
- see that you are not finished your job. Real embarrasing.
-
- > --
- > ///==================================================================\\\
- > ||| Steve Potter: steven%spxtech@CAM.ORG |||
- > ||| Expertise/Experience: Computer Systems Engineering / Real Ale / |||
- > ||| Politics in Education in Quebec |||
- --
-
- John P. LaRocque
- vader@uwo.ca
- University of Western Ontario
- London, Ontario
-
-
- "Urk..urk..."
- "Apology accepted, Captain Needa", Darth Vader
-