"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:PHUzj.10925$TT4.3866@attbi_s22:

Your hypersensitivity aside, I'm trying to explain to you WHY the
French are the butt of jokes in America.
But they aren't the butt of jokes in America. At least not where I
live.

They have been both places I've lived.

I've lived in two states (Side note for Martin: Both states are bigger
than most European countries), and many different cities. I've worked
in Chicago, Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids. I've
worked for and with the New York Times, the Racine Journal Times, the
Chicago Tribune, and the Cedar Rapids Gazette.



Wow, a man of the world.



In every locale, in every position, the French are AT BEST chuckled
at. Maybe it's a Midwestern thing, maybe it's a generational thing --
I don't know -- but it's pretty much universal, and was especially
prevalent with my dad's (WWII) generation.


Bull****.


Bertie