The French

[den]

I'm sick of French Bashing. It is hackneyed, cliched and not funny. The fact that it keeps showing up is annoying, and to my mind using it is a waste of space that could have been better used to be amusing in.

Comments

Re: Inept?

[targaff.livejournal.com]

Flooding the pitch, now that's an idea...

Bitter about what, the match or the war? I'm not too bothered about either, to be honest - the match was a fluke, although they'd played better overall, and the war, well, I thought that was singlehandedly resolved by the then-uninvolved Americans? Or are we not allowed to mock them now, either?

Or, indeed, are you just bitter about the lack of recognition given to the Australian contribution? ;)

My point, reached by going around the houses somewhat, is that they're not above it with anyone else and their quintessential Frenchness sets them up to be mocked in turn. I hope people will mock me for being British; so long long as they can identify the difference between a people and a person, I don't really care. Generally there are good reasons for the stereotypes that exist and there's no real harm in reiterating them as long as people recognise them for what they are. They help maintain an entente cordiale far more than uptight aloofness ever would.

Bruce.

Re: Inept?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

You are a pommy, of course, and therefore eminantly mockable. Mock mock mock, I say!