I thought you mimed daintily drinking a cup of tea with the pinkie extended while winking ?  No wonder people avoided me in London....

you know back in 1994 when I visited London, there was no call for obscenity, every one wa sproper and helped me as an American  bumbling about and even took me to the front of the que. Very proper manners.
 
The French, in Paris, were another matter, and I extended the American middle finger to them at every opportunity, which, then was about every time I interacted with them .

musicman100
you know back in 1994 when I visited London, there was no call for obscenity, every one wa sproper and helped me as an American  bumbling about and even took me to the front of the que. Very proper manners.
 
The French, in Paris, were another matter, and I extended the American middle finger to them at every opportunity, which, then was about every time I interacted with them .

LOL... in Paris you could ask them, "sprechen Sie Deutsch"?

musicman100
you know back in 1994 when I visited London, there was no call for obscenity, every one wa sproper and helped me as an American  bumbling about and even took me to the front of the que. Very proper manners.
 
The French, in Paris, were another matter, and I extended the American middle finger to them at every opportunity, which, then was about every time I interacted with them .

 
George, your taste is impeccable

SteveStrummerUK

musicman100
you know back in 1994 when I visited London, there was no call for obscenity, every one wa sproper and helped me as an American  bumbling about and even took me to the front of the que. Very proper manners.
 
The French, in Paris, were another matter, and I extended the American middle finger to them at every opportunity, which, then was about every time I interacted with them .

 
George, your taste is impeccable

Seriously for a moment.. I was always told the British were stuffy and cold, I found it to be just the opposite.
I was never made to feel more at ease and welcome than my visit to London.
Seriously shopkeepers, the trains, the "Broadway" shows I saw, I was made to feel welcome and at home.
 
The Germans where I lived, took me in since my ancestry was Hungarian  and I was swarthy, plus I made every attempt to speak German first, and followed their rules.My greatest compliment, among others was to be invited to the family only birthday celebration, which I was told later comprised of two celebrations, the family only, then everyone else. Plus during my wedding celebration my landlords came and partied with us.
 
Now the french....
 
I made every attempt to dredge up my high school french to speak to them .. they ignored me, made fun of me,
and generally made me wonder why in the hell did we liberate their arese sin WW II.
Other than the Louvre, which was nice , they an kiss my derriere , (is that a french word???)
 
 

musicman100
you know back in 1994 when I visited London, there was no call for obscenity, every one wa sproper and helped me as an American  bumbling about and even took me to the front of the que. Very proper manners.
 
The French, in Paris, were another matter, and I extended the American middle finger to them at every opportunity, which, then was about every time I interacted with them .

And we would do the same to you ;-)

French don't like queues, but they know how to spell (blague or in english : joke)

And BTW, don't judge all French by Parisiens (where i live we think they are aweful people). Some of us are ok !!!

Paris is NOT the best of France. And don't get me started on Paris taxi drivers ...................

Cheers,
Jerry

joakes

musicman100
you know back in 1994 when I visited London, there was no call for obscenity, every one wa sproper and helped me as an American  bumbling about and even took me to the front of the que. Very proper manners.
 
The French, in Paris, were another matter, and I extended the American middle finger to them at every opportunity, which, then was about every time I interacted with them .

And we would do the same to you ;-)

French don't like queues, but they know how to spell (blague or in english : joke)

And BTW, don't judge all French by Parisiens (where i live we think they are aweful people). Some of us are ok !!!

Paris is NOT the best of France. And don't get me started on Paris taxi drivers ...................

Cheers,
Jerry

merci mon ami I did not mean to belittle all the French, in fairness I visited other cities who were very hospitable to me and my guests .and i certain Parisian stops I was afforded  hospitality. Generally in public by public employees I was looked down upon.In private Hotels and brasseries I was doted uopn.
 
So accept my apologies if I offended   you as a French national, that was not my intent.

musicman100

SteveStrummerUK

musicman100
you know back in 1994 when I visited London, there was no call for obscenity, every one wa sproper and helped me as an American  bumbling about and even took me to the front of the que. Very proper manners.
 
The French, in Paris, were another matter, and I extended the American middle finger to them at every opportunity, which, then was about every time I interacted with them .

 
George, your taste is impeccable

Seriously for a moment.. I was always told the British were stuffy and cold, I found it to be just the opposite.
I was never made to feel more at ease and welcome than my visit to London.
Seriously shopkeepers, the trains, the "Broadway" shows I saw, I was made to feel welcome and at home.
 
The Germans where I lived, took me in since my ancestry was Hungarian  and I was swarthy, plus I made every attempt to speak German first, and followed their rules.My greatest compliment, among others was to be invited to the family only birthday celebration, which I was told later comprised of two celebrations, the family only, then everyone else. Plus during my wedding celebration my landlords came and partied with us.
 
Now the french....
 
I made every attempt to dredge up my high school french to speak to them .. they ignored me, made fun of me,
and generally made me wonder why in the hell did we liberate their arese sin WW II.
Other than the Louvre, which was nice , they an kiss my derriere , (is that a french word???)
 
 

Er you didn't the Brits did, check your facts. You only helped them.

But i will shut up and please note i have't made nasty remarks about yanks ..... So far.

Bise mon cul is probably what you want to say.

Cheers
J

Looking at a response from a Brit(in jest)  and an Frenchman (in earnest) ...
 
I attempted to put my broad brush away
 
I stand by my first antiquated observations of 1994, perhaps things have changed  ..
 
I would love to revisit both countries again , of course in anon, and post my reception..
 
now granted then I visited a major city in  England and a major and somewhat minor city in France, also
Austria, Hungary, Belgium, and all of Germany......
 
I will shut up now and avoid a major diplomatic tete a tete