ON behalf of those of us who aren't this woman...

[lagilman]

we, the non-ignorant, only mildly arrogant Americans apologize.


Overheard in the store this afternoon:

(a woman who won't buy French wines) "I've been over there (to France). I know how they think."


Uh-huh. Because of people like YOU, they all think we're bigoted idiots. Thanks bunches, sweetie.


(you know you're in trouble when the local French Defamation League is looking at someone and saying 'honey, you need to chill for a bit...")


Yes, there are very rude people in France, especially in Paris. There are also very rude people in the States. Really. Okay, not in Nebraska. Nebraska is the home of Midwest Nice. But everywhere else, yes. And elsewhere in Europe, too. Except Italy. Nobody was ever rude to me in Italy. But I think you get the point.


No, I did not bitchslap her. One does not bitchslap the customers, even when they say things like "if you were my woman I wouldn't let you (lift that box)." Especially when they're on the far side of 60. That gives them the benefit of 'gentleman of his generation' instead of "arrogant sexist pig-dog."


Now I'm going to go out and get some fresh air...

Comments

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

In the newsgroup fr.rec.cuisine (French-language, mostly French, devoted to cookery), someone suggested countering boycotts of French wines by boycotting maple syrup.

That's when some Canadians came out of lurking. And there were others who explained that the US isn't the only country which produces maple syrup.

[jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com]

Funniest thing I ever saw... bottle with huge letters saying "VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP" and in small print on the back, "Product of Canada".

The maple forest that they tap is mostly in Vermont, and the sap is boiled down to syrup in Vermont, but some of the trees are on the Canadian side of the border.

[debg.livejournal.com]

yeah, it's definitely been That Sort Of Day, hasn't it? Here, have some 1990 Veuve Cliquot and some terrine de champignon. Vive la France!

Oh, in re the if you were my woman thing?

I believe the phrase you want is "testopig".

[lagilman]

I believe the phrase you want is "testopig".


Heh. I like. Although awfully unfair to pigs, who are actually okay critters...

This woman was truly, um, delightful. /sarcasm. She didn't want a French wine, didn't want to spend more than $10, and threw a fit when shown wines with screw caps (I don't like 'em much either, honey, but they're the wave of the under-$10 wine future, especially from New Zealand, and the wines are no less enjoyable for it...).

[vincam.livejournal.com]

She won't drink French wine, and yet she is obviously the sort who would drink sulfuric acid if it came in a gin bottle.