Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
Okay, our turn to start an omg-quick-hand-me-some-Kleenex-because-they-all-hate-us whine thread.

I mean, disregarding the fact that we nuke islands in the Pacific, blow up Greenpeace vessels in Australia, colonized South-East Asia, install sick puppet regimes in Africa, abondon America in war, try to break-up Canada, extort money from Europe and piss-off the English for a national sport, what have we ever done to deserve the world's wrath?

Let's hear it, lads.

The French government blew up a Greenpeace vessel in New Zealand not Australia. Which was a terrorist action, and it was planned to kill more of the crew then it did... only a birthday party kept the crew up... I think the terrorists got promotions and medals on the return to France...

Along with testing nuclear weapons in an atoll... ie compressed coral... kind of porous... not a good place for long term storage of waste.

Colonized South-East Asia... thankfully not that much.

Installing sick puppet regimes in Africa... is there any option to do anything else there?

Trying to break up Canada... do the French Canadians speak modern French or some argot that died a century or two ago?

Pissing off the English for a national sport is an international game that the French don't even excel in.

As for Rugby... best team in the world one half, worst in the second. They are like elves in bloodbowl.

As for speaking French in France... fair enough it seems to be the logical place to speak it. Obviously a tourist will have an easier time traveling in Aus if they speak English, I have seen plenty of tourists who cannot speak English have Aussies help them out as much as possible to find their way.

I have trouble though figuring out why the French think they are so good... considering two tiny countries on their borders make such fine chocolate and are the preferred choice around the world, that Italian way of making coffee seems to be the prefered choice around the world, Dutch cheese seems to be the prefered choice around the world, Spanish and Italian olive oil seems to be the prefered choice around the world, English seems to be the seems to be the prefered choice around the world for business language, seems to be the prefered choice around the world for music, German engineering seems to be the prefered choice around the world.

I'm just curious to think what French things are the prefered choice around the world?