In France, where there is a king with a small stature and a queen with a fair face on the throne, the fear of swine flu has lead the government to proscribe la bise-the annoying thing where some odiferous French person pretends to kiss you on both cheeks. Quel horreur, as French people are wont to say when they are not busy fake-kissing each other. Will this outrageous attempt to take away what makes the French their Frenchiest really (unlike French people) pass the smell test? It says here non.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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If I may quote the Meatmen from their 1986 hit "French People Suck":
French people suck/I just gotta say/Made the jet fighter pilots/Go out of their way/Hating Yankees too much/Those beret-headed nuts/They can stick the Eiffel Tower/Straight up their butts.
Infoslap: la bise is not "fake kissing" - we do actually kiss each other on the cheeks over here, resulting in actual lip-face contact and so imminent death of the entire population (were it not for Sarko's heroic stand now). Perhaps you are thinking of the fake Anglo-Saxon version also called "air-kissing" or "mwah mwah, darling"?
Love gets dangerous.