At 19:19 02 February 2011, Walt Connelly wrote:

Apparently you did not see the humor in my post? However I must admit
that my experience in France was not quite as was yours. I met a few
nice people but for the most part I was amazed at the snobbery.

Well, I at least got a chuckle out of your original effort.

OTOH, I visited friends in Europe in October of 2011, while
the pile of rubble in downtown NYC was still smoking. The
airport in Paris (or maybe it was the train station) was the
only place where someone went out of their way to mock
me for being an American, and laughed because the WTC
was no more.

Jim Beckman