"Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote
in nk.net:

> Fifo wrote:
>
>> Some people certainly choose to not have sex before marriage and
>> some even choose never to have any (not to be confused with those
>> who don't get any but would very much like to). Some people also
>> choose to not drink wine because it is alchohol. Some people only
>> eat salads with diet Ranch dressing. So it certainly doesn't
>> surprise me that someone will choose to drink fine wine from
>> Iowa, vacation in Minetonka and eat process cheese in an effort
>> to hurt the French. What irritates me a lot is WHY IS IT ALWAYS
>> THE FRENCH THAT GET THE BEST DEAL???? They certainly seem to be
>> fine with the issue of sex, they drink wine like crazy, they have
>> the best food and now they even got rid of the annoying tourists.
>> How is that fair??
>
>
> But the frogs are the biggest America - wannabees on the face of
> the earth, that is a fact. The fact that they are merely French
> and not American really has to rankle them.

I think you're confusing longtime Anglophilia of *some* Frenchmen
with USAphilia, which is non-existent, at least not under the current
terms.

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