Maybe there is something to the phrase "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" after all.  Maybe the French are not wimpy, they all just have a bellyache from too much bread and cheese.  Probably why they have national healthcare.  Entire country doesn't feel too good.  Epidemic.  If you really think about it, look at the kind of culture a diet with staples of lactose and grain engenders.  People cannot work more than 30 hours a week.  They need "siestas" in the middle of their day to lie down for a bit.  Always having to lie down, these people.  They drink a lot of wine, probably to numb the pain of a poor diet.  I bet gathering in parks and plazas is some left-over tradition from the middle ages where they quarantined everyone who had a belly ache, convinced they were possessed by the devil.  They do lots of painting, poetry-writing, philosophising, and other things to pass the time while in bed with a tummy ache.  Ack! They're a miserable lot!  Someone should tell them to stop eating bread and cheese.  Then they'd be happy and full of life, finally!

(If milk or bread gives you a bellyache, I don't think you should drink it.  I don't want anyone here feeling sick.  I'm a nice person.  I just like making fun of making fun of the French!)


"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.