Commenter Scott M. has some nice things to say about the French. The rest of you feel free to hold sway on whatever….
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Scott M….Threedonian and proud of it
Thank you for the forum,Floyd…I just wanted to contradict this myth that French people hate Americans
My Yuliya and I spent an entire week there,and never once did we feel slighted or unwelcome
Last Sunday(May 24th)we went to the Arch Of Triumph,and had the honor of meeting some French Army veterans…fought in Indochina and Algeria
The Grave of the Unknown Soldier…moving beyond belief…
My theory is that French people don’t dislike Americans, but Parisians do. And since most people only visit Paris and meet the arrogant ultra-liberals that live there, they don’t travel through the rest of the country and meet the rest of its citizens, who are much more conservative and US-friendly.
I remember watching some travel show (Rick Steves’ or something) and he was in rural Normandy at Christmas time and I was struck by how traditional everyone was… taking meals to invalids, singing carols, going to Mass, etc. It was downright — gulp — conservative. Not at all Paris.
CONSERVATIVE?!?!
Tell those liberals in Frisco.
Oh God. Parisians hate everybody, probably even hate other Frenchmen just a tad more than Americans. So you might have a good point there.
Paris is one of my favorite cities in the world. I dreaded going on my first trip and surprisingly fell in love with the city almost instantly. Yes, the people there are rude, very, very, very rude, but I doubt I got treated any worse than a Frenchman running around New York, Chicago or Philly would. It’s a big, crowded city and people are on edge. Crowded conditions tend to do that to people. The overall nicest folks I’ve met were in The Phillipines, Mexico and Ireland. People in The Phillipines smile at complete strangers like they are long, lost friends. It’s a bit off-putting at first. Especially because they tend to be very tiny people and as I wandered around Manilla I felt a bit like Godzilla. I honestly don’t know if it’s coincidence, or not, but The Phillipines, Mexico and Ireland are also very, very Catholic countries. I never felt a connection with the religion and the inhabitants friendliness, but I can’t think of anything else. They are three, very different cultures otherwise.
Don’t be ashamed for liking France, Scott M. It is a wonderful country and Paris is a jewel. As Sam Clemens wrote, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.”
Thanks,Rufus…unlike some people here,I can tell that you have actually been to Paris
I went to France 9 years ago. 2000. It was beautiful.
Best part: The Hot Chocolate.
Missed that,Kit…I hate sweets
un-american
I was going to do an essay on Field of Dreams and why it’s not only a great movie but a great BASEBALL movie. But now I hear that Rufus is wusing out and blaming Mike. Where is the arrogant never-say-wrong(except to someone else) know-it-all Rufus?
He’s sitting in his Fiat watching Field of Dreams at a drive-in.
Look, my reasoning was infallible, and now, having been enlightened by yours truly, all here finally see “Field of Dreams” for the left leaning, pabulum that it is, but Outlaw is away from home, being battered by sand and artillery fire in a foreign country, trying to bring up http://www.threedonia.com on a Commodore Vic 20, using a pie tin for a satellite dish. What kind of a heel would dump on him at a time like this?
Floyd,how do you get a Fiat to go 60 miles an hour?
You don’t!
It takes 4 hamsters and a bottle of malt liquor.
I’ve been to Paris as well. It is not exactly Parisians in Paris, but how they act when they visit any other place in the world. In Paris, they are feeling great, perfectly comfortable.
Having worked with and having friends who are Parisians and having visited old family in France and hearing their tales of Parisians, they suck. Period. Sure, you can say ‘everyone always complains that nothing is as good as home’ and to an extent that is true. No one does it as loudly, rudely, arrogantly and constantly. Seriously, I could not figure out how they could breathe during the length of their many tirades. New Yorkers come in a close second.
When I was in NY City it seemed to me that NYers have a corner on the rude and obnoxious market.
I once spent a weekend in Buffalo, and I thought the people there were very odd. As I passed them on the sidewalk they’d make eye contact, smile, and say hello.
Bunch of freaks, if you ask me. How are you supposed to ever get where you’re going if you have to keep acknowledging people?
I’m a busy man!
My experience in NY has varied and I have been there often (being from NY and my sister living there). Mostly though, my experiences have been good. Like Parisians, however, once they get out of NYC its ‘well in NYC we have this and that and blah and whine and cry’ oye vey!
I went to school in Buffalo, thoroughly enjoyed it. Except it was in the years where they lost four times in the Superbowl and I’m a Cowboys fan.