Now, since that great triumph of
human liberty, the French have changed Republics more times than
the average Parisian changes his underwear in a week. Now you might
think this is an unfair potshot. Well, here are the results of
various studies culled from news accounts, including Le
Figaro. I am not making these up:
·
40% of French men, and 25% of
women, do not change their underwear daily.
·
Fully 50% of the men, and 30% of
women, do not use deodorant.
·
Average British citizen
uses 3 pounds of soap annually. The German uses 2.9 pounds, and the
average Frenchman uses 1.3 pounds. This means the average Frenchman
uses four or five bars of soap a year. Since this is an
average, that means some French use more soap than that, but some
use a lot less.
·
Of those surveyed 67% of French
respondents said they brush their teeth twice a day. Le
Figaro did the math. If that were true, sales of toothpaste
should be more than 240 million tubes a year, and not the current
(1998) 198.5 million.
·
Le Figaro cited experts who concluded that
"more than one French person in two does not respect elementary
rules of body hygiene."
Okay, so anyway, where was I? Oh,
right. The French keep changing their Republics, but not their
underwear. Remember that for your tests; Republics: many, underwear
changings: few. The writer James Cameron wrote in 1954 that "The
simple thing is to consider the French as an erratic and brilliant
people, who have all the gifts except of running their country."
Maybe this is why they keep handing the keys to the
Germans?
http://article.nationalreview.com/266846/the-french-are-revolting/jonah-goldberg
