you might be french

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Vote if you like it! A few insights picked up from studying abroad in France. In fact, I love the French and all they stand for... no harm intended.

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You know you might be French

if…

uddenly, you just can't find a good enough reason to go to your one class of the week, come back from lunch anytime before 2pm, or work for a full 40 hours a week

SS

ou think bread's natural shape is long,

YY

awkward, blunt objec

t

fter walking into a pizza place, you check

the menu to see

AA

which pizzas have camembert cheese

and which have eggs

ou borrow words from the English language, but aren’t

happy about

it <=

YY

ou keep a sandwich board in

your closet that says ‘Protest!

Pas content’ to be ready for every occasion

YY

I don’t even remember what

I’m against!

our regular weeklyschedule looks a bit like:YY

Monday: classTuesday: general strikeWednesday: half of classThursday: soireeFriday: leave the citySaturday: take a well-deserved break after a long weekSunday: nothing at all, and how dare you suggest such a thing

ou carry a lighter around just to make friends

YY

I wish zey hadn’t banned smoking in

ze café.

ou are no less than 20 minutes late to every rendez-vous. YY

(and explain it with a simple

“Exception Française.“)

American meeting

French meeting

our wardrobe consists of one day outfit and two nightoutfits.

=> Period.

YY

And so, I am repatriating!

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