First a German man berates the French for hating Germans. Back
comes a French woman who hates the Germans for hating the French. Then she
turns her fire on the English for not teaching our kids about Dunkirk (which isn’t true) and the Americans
for forgetting that the French helped them kick the Brits out. Indignant American
replies by berating the French for accusing Americans of being poorly educated.
Then another American joins the Gallic ranks and claims that the average French
teenager is far more adroit than most Ivy Leaguers. And an Englishman enters the
lists by pointing out that the British two-fingered insult was designed purely
for the French (by mediaeval English archers) and rightly so.
Shouldn’t we be over all this by now? All you have to do is
think of Amelie.
(And isn’t it interesting that the whole conversation was in
English?)
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