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10 Things They Dont Tell You About France

by bob

1. In France, everybody stops for lunch from 11am to 3pm. During these hours it is illegal to operate machinery.

2. It is essential to say ‘Bonjour Monsieur/Madame’ when entering shops. If you do not do this the owner can legally throw you out their shop.

3. Drink driving is not illegal, and is encouraged in some areas.

4. The French driving test is very simple and basically involves driving a car in a straight line.

5. The French are serious about the onion, which is considered to be holy. Some churches hold onion festivals.

6. The police (Gendarmes) are not there to help you. Do not call them, they will probably arrest you, unless you speak French.

7. Wearing a beret in certain towns can be used as a signal to show you are a homosexual.

8. It is illegal to call a pig Napoléon, or Jean-Pierre.

9. In the small town of Chalon-sur-Saône, it is against the law to wear frilly underwear on Sundays.

10. Adultery is encouraged and couples often stray from their partners, often with animals.

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Posted on Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 at 11:04 am and under naughty, ridiculous category.



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8 Responses to “10 Things They Dont Tell You About France”

  1. *makes note to test the frilly underwear rule at the soonest opportunity*

  2. What rubbish!! I’m not French but I know France as I’m living in Paris!
    these three things: “”3. Drink driving is not illegal, and is encouraged in some areas.

    4. The French driving test is very simple and basically involves driving a car in a straight line.

    5. The French are serious about the onion, which is considered to be holy. Some churches hold onion festivals.”"
    are really non sense!!

    You better to listen Sarkozy and his laws ….

  3. @Rmat

    Just those three???

  4. God that was the worst thing I read about my country for a while. Sure we’re not perfect, but it’s not that bad… Total rubbish!

  5. I’m french (parisian) and i just can say :
    1. Wrong
    2. Wrong
    3. Wrong
    4. Wrong
    5. Wrong
    6. Wrong
    7. Wrong
    8. Wrong
    9. Wrong
    10. Wrong

    Ok, next time you’ll make a list like that, visit this country plz.

  6. @zhack

    I’m English (not parisian) and have lived in France.

    Actually, one of these points is true, I thought you may have picked on that. There’s clearly a lot of rubbish also.

    It’s the pig thing.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7081038.stm

    SOME French people have found this post funny, believe it or not.

  7. I am French and found it hilarious. Parisians don’t have much of a sense of humour anyway.

  8. If I had a pig I would call him Napoleon.

    Maybe Orwell knew more than we do (note to Zhack) and was being fruity with the French!

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