>> I had the same experience as Padraig on many occaisions in France.
>> On one occaision I was stopped while hitch-hiking on a service
>> road to the Autoroute by the Gendarme and they asked for my passport.
>> I searched for my passport and one Gendarme muttered "Merde Anglais"
>> and when I produced my Irish passport he laughed, apologised and
>> gave me a ride to the nearest Peage (tollbooth).

>> The English are not received with warmth in France, probably due
>> to the attitude of the English to the rest of the world...
>> Paddy, Mick, Spic, Frog, Gerry, Septic Tank, Wop, Wog, Paki,
>> Camel Jockey, to name but a few of the labels bestowed on the
>> worlds populace by an invasive, arrogant country on whose 'Empire'
>> "The sun has finally set".

>He forgot Pom, and I didn't know they are Frogs also!  :-)

>-- Bob.
 No no no Bob, Poms is wot we get called by the boys darn under.
You don't think this person from the Erin Isles may have been ever so
slightly prejudiced do you?
But he is right, the English & Frogs don't seem to get on too well together
- which makes the whole idea of the Channel
Tunnel all the more ridiculous ! And the most bizarre thought is that
sooner or later, the Frogs will want to use it as
well !!!!

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