Well thats good. My friend exchanged with a french student a couple of years ago and he said the family he stayed with showered once a week. It seems like a pretty popular stereotype in American pop culture too.
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Well thats good. My friend exchanged with a french student a couple of years ago and he said the family he stayed with showered once a week. It seems like a pretty popular stereotype in American pop culture too.
Prince, your country calls on you to do us all a favor. From here on out, tell no one that you are a citizen of the USA. I don't care where you claim to be from, just don't associate yourself with the rest of us.
And to everyone else, just for the record on stereotypes, no, Americans are not all a buch of closed minded bigots. Consider the source here... :dizzy2:
I went to Paris in April. Given that I am a genial young Englishman with little to no French it was okay. There was too much gilt on the architechture, it was expensive and it didn't smell great. On the upside the Louve was lovelly, the food was good and the coffee was very good.
Havent ever been to Paris, but I have heard the comments about french waiters and the like. Says quite alot about the japanese though. Naming a syndrome over visiting a city :inquisitive: .
Really if you want rude people, go to New York. Honestly worste place I've been, rude people.
If you want a good tourist destination with kind and friendly people Texas calls for you.
Truth is, a lot of Europeans do shower less then once a day, which seems to be the bare minimum for Americans who perpetuate these stereotypes. Many older people still wash themselves at the sink most of the time, something to do with the good old days I presume.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prince of the Poodles
What's a shower?
Ah yes the sink, although I still have fond memories about washing myself in a bucket in the backyard. Now that is getting in contact with mother nature.
Besides BigTex, what has Texas to offer for us European tourists?
You do know that showering too often is bad for your skin, do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by doc_bean
I usually shower every second day and wash myself at the sink the other days, that is if I didn't sweat heavily or became dirty otherwise.
Oh the good old days when real men could be smelled from a few hundred meters away, what has mankind come to that we are now expected to shower several times a day, then put on some gels and deodorants and shave away all the manly hair...:thumbsdown:
Wait, it doesn't stop there, we are then expected to proceed with pink shirts and other clothes that look like they come out of the female department and style our hair with so much artificial stuff to make it look wild and mild...:wall:
Where have the real men gone?:viking:
HOW Y'ALL DOIN?Quote:
Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
I BEEN TO SPESHUL PLACES ALL AROUND MY BEEYUTIFUL NAYSHUN. MY UNKLE HAS A STEREO AND IT IS GRATE! BUTT NOW HE HAS A EYEPOD THING THAT HE STIKS IN HIS EERS.
OMG, TIME TO GO TO KFC FOR LUNCH... PEECE OWT!
I beilive the word everything is applicable in this suituation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peasant Phill
Maybe, All of your Hopes and Dreams?Quote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
Texas is the greatest place on Earth. I wouldnt move anywhere else if you paid me 100 million pesosQuote:
Originally Posted by Wakizashi
Pesos...is that the official currency in Texas?Quote:
Originally Posted by Strike For The South
I believe thats a goal!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pannonian
Seriosly though, I usually shower every day but thats usually it, and its because it wakes me up and loosens my bad shoulder. I only shave every other day and I wear BLUE shirts. I cut my hair when it starts to irritate me and I never style it or use gel.
I think the Frnech do wash less than the English or Americans but to be honest we're quite obbsessive.
I tend to shower myself everyday, but it certainly happens that I skip a day. The only dry-skin problems I have are around my eyes, comes from working on a computer too long I guess. I do know people who 'can't' shower everyday because their skin is too dry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Husar
What the hell? I said Id never been to France. I wasnt making some broad insulting statement, just asking a question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Corleone
This thread is dealing with some stereotypes about the french. Ive heard the hygene thing on several different occasions.
HOw is it close minded and bigoted to ask about it in an appropriate setting? I would think its the direct opposite. Im trying to learn to truth straight from the source.
And BTW, some have confirmed that their bathing habits are different from your typical american's. I would say most americans shower at least once a day, and none of that sink stuff either.
That doesnt make us better or worse, but like a lot of stereotypes, it does seem to be rooted in a distant truth.
PS. Whats this "Consider the source here" supposed to mean?