tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post254143958595812350..comments2024-01-12T00:35:16.941+01:00Comments on French Leave: A change is as good as a restthe fly in the webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-81684192082511832232009-10-31T12:11:09.497+01:002009-10-31T12:11:09.497+01:00Mary Anne Gruen, thank you very much indeed! Your ...Mary Anne Gruen, thank you very much indeed! Your blogs open up a different world for me...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-53882458384255795872009-10-30T22:27:24.274+01:002009-10-30T22:27:24.274+01:00I've given you "The Splash Award" an...I've given you "The Splash Award" and "The Icing on the Cake Award," the first at http://www.VaudevilleRose.com and the second at http://www.StarlightBlog.com<br /><br />Don't worry if you don't have time to do anything with them. Just wanted to say thank you!mary.anne.gruen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839396134411360643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-73379321584774674442009-10-30T08:28:17.989+01:002009-10-30T08:28:17.989+01:00Zhu, probably the French 'mission civilatrice&...Zhu, probably the French 'mission civilatrice' at work......<br /><br />nodamnblog, do you also wonder how it was that you never met people like them while living in the U.K.?the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-41418146220438389002009-10-30T07:04:19.287+01:002009-10-30T07:04:19.287+01:00I think you must live somewhere near us!
There a...I think you must live somewhere near us! <br /><br />There are some unspeakably horrible Brits in our area. Do other races produce quite such awful people?<br /><br />Luckily there are some extremely decent ones, too. But they are a minority. <br /><br />Shame Somerset Maugham is no longer with us; he'd have had a field day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-19864616351960857002009-10-30T01:49:13.464+01:002009-10-30T01:49:13.464+01:00I don't think working under the table is only ...I don't think working under the table is only a French habit... from what I've been in North America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-49900735897326084252009-10-26T20:52:16.854+01:002009-10-26T20:52:16.854+01:00Veronica, it can be difficult to keep a balance so...Veronica, it can be difficult to keep a balance sometimes...easy for us, as we are out in the sticks, away from everyone, not so easy for our friends who live on the edge of a village with plenty of foreigners in the area.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-48477835019008554792009-10-26T14:33:58.143+01:002009-10-26T14:33:58.143+01:00Well. I am very glad that if there is such a colon...Well. I am very glad that if there is such a colony where we live, we are blissfully unaware of its very existence, and likely to remain so. Why spend any time at all with people like that?Veronicahttp://www.larecettedujour.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-38092785850659432162009-10-25T20:29:29.792+01:002009-10-25T20:29:29.792+01:00Pueblo girl, I don't know what it is, but I...Pueblo girl, I don't know what it is, but I'll make a start on finding out once I'm home. Thank you.<br /><br />Mary Anne Gruen, yes, but why is it like that? What happened there is so obviously wrong, and yet the victims are treated as something beyond the pale. I know it can happen in the workplace too, I just don't understand the mentality.<br /><br />Jimmy Bastard, they would be comical if they were not so obnoxious...I wouldn't be inviting them either. What gets me is the contrast between the front they're putting up - the champagne, etc. - and the rotgut they offer their guests. Probably luckily the French will never encounter them...they can't be bothered to learn the language.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-48845685237993052822009-10-25T18:22:23.296+01:002009-10-25T18:22:23.296+01:00I'm a sociable person, a man who has good mann...I'm a sociable person, a man who has good manners, can behave in public, and is lucky to be part of a large circle of friends.<br /><br />We host quite a few dinner parties, but never would I allow such snobs as these people you have described, to get one foot over the threshold.<br /><br />I'm not a poor man, far from it... but that doesn't mean it gives me the right to boast about what I drink, or the company in which I drink it in.<br /><br />I am so glad that I am never described as British. Shame on them.Barlinniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555629852012324360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-58992325153379276562009-10-25T18:04:09.883+01:002009-10-25T18:04:09.883+01:00I feel sorry for the teachers. But I've seen t...I feel sorry for the teachers. But I've seen the group dynamic thing where there are perceived insiders and perceived outsiders. It's in a lot of areas in life.mary.anne.gruen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839396134411360643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-1236592590867549552009-10-25T16:16:01.594+01:002009-10-25T16:16:01.594+01:00The concept of Group Polarization (previously call...The concept of Group Polarization (previously called the "risky shift phenomenon"), might be a place to start.Pueblo girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904318623281033442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-13765299353313960022009-10-25T14:37:04.958+01:002009-10-25T14:37:04.958+01:00Pueblo girl, there are some really nice people who...Pueblo girl, there are some really nice people who have moved to France, lots of them....it's just that they seem to have become submerged by these unlikeable people. I would really love someone to make the study you suggest, though it would, as you say raise a few hornets' nests. The social control mechanism is something that I can observe, but I don't have the background to explain.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-69815614015062601502009-10-25T14:26:12.707+01:002009-10-25T14:26:12.707+01:00As always, I am shocked by the unpleasantness of t...As always, I am shocked by the unpleasantness of the UK immigrants you describe. Is there, I wonder, a particular type of British person who moves to France? It could be an interesting study, "The Personality Profile of British Immigrants in France". Doesn't sound like your packs would appreciate the results much, though.Pueblo girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904318623281033442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-85818510841266364632009-10-25T14:07:44.313+01:002009-10-25T14:07:44.313+01:00Mark, it is something that fascinates me here....n...Mark, it is something that fascinates me here....no downside, no criticism can be permitted. Is the 'dream' as fragile as all that? If this lot were to play rugby, it might improve their all round outlook on life.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-41931625642304066192009-10-25T10:15:41.904+01:002009-10-25T10:15:41.904+01:00The group vision sound like a strong force, as if ...The group vision sound like a strong force, as if denying its reality is somehow a declaration of failure. There are similarities in Wales, where the many communities malign each other daily, but come together when threatened by outsiders - no more so than on the rugby pitch.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.com