Found on the interwebs

Obviously written by a Frenchman (not me, but a stupid sheep) as it is full of typos. I feel too lazy to correct them:

You know you're French when...
- When you think that French fries aren’t French at all, but from Belgium

- When you think that yogurt is from Bulgaria

- When you call a baguette sliced in two and filled with a steak and French fries « un sandwich américain »

- When the easiness of parking is on the top list of the pros when you buy a new car

- When you think that Coca Cola and Mac Donald’s are “just for kids”

- When you consider a Coke with whisky as a suitable drink for teenagers

- When a President becomes popular after it has been proven that he has several mistresses

- When you welcome immigrants… just as long they eat cheese, drink wine, and play pétanque

- When you can tell the political views of anybody by the cheese he / she prefers

- When you call an 80 miles drive “a journey”

- When you think that having a vacation in Paris during the summer is nonsense

- When you think that a 50 mph speed limit means that you can drive at 70

- When you’re able to guess the nationality of a tourist by his clothes

- When you consider the Champs Elysées the worst avenue in the world

- When you think that a good evening meal with friends must have at least one big argument

- When you can’t think of a translation in French of the sentence “That's you’re opinion, and I respect that”

- When you can't think of translation in French for TMI 'Too Much Information', because, I mean really, do you ever say too much?

- When you think that the French are “stupid sheep”

- When you can’t stand any foreigner saying that French are “stupid sheep”

- When you avoid French tourists in foreign countries

- When you think that a glass of white wine at 10 am is good for the health

- When you call "an affair" "un flirt"

- When you go on strike to preserve the right to go on strike

- When Lafayette means “big store with affordable sexy lingerie” to you

- When you think that Quebecois are “courageous and strong people with a funny accent”

- When you think the only food outside France that’s acceptable to eat is Italian

- When you say “That’s the worst haircut I’ve ever seen” when you meet somebody with a bad haircut

- When you only see a movie after having read ten different critics who liked it (and saying "two thumbs up" does not qualify)

- When you think that people interested in the American culture are dorks

- When you think that you know the USA when you have traveled one week to New York, one other week to San Francisco

- When you consider an air rifle as a lethal weapon

- When you think that “un libéral” is a neo-con and “un républicain” is a Democrat

- When you think that somebody giving you a compliment wants something from you… That he won't get !

- When you think that saying “You’re right” is a sign of weakness (you should say “You’re not wrong”).

- When you’re used to seeing pictures of naked, or halfnaked women on billboards

- And, above all, you know that you're French when you think that France is the most beautiful country in the world… sadly occupied by the French !

Comments

What about if you’ve lived in France for five years and still don’t know what pétanque is? Also, why go to the Lafeyettes when there are about 480 parisian lingerie boutiques?

Is this how you know you're an irredeemable expatriate?
François Luong said…
nicholas: you know, after seven years in the states, i still don't know the rules to american football or baseball.

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