Rue Claude Chappe, 21h05
19 January 2010
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HOW NOT TO IMPRESS YOUR FRENCH DINNER HOSTS : (Volume I)
1.) Don't eat the delicious stew your kind host has prepared because you're a "vegetarian."
2.) Don't eat the delicious looking beans in the stew because as a such "vegetarian" you're worried about unfortunate gastroenterological effects of eating something cooked in beef fat.
3.) When describing your reasoning for not partaking in this kindly prepared food (or meat at all ever),* be sure to throw in friendly slip of the tongue which you can blame on your linguistic inexperience in the second language but which still serves to make everyone feel adequately uncomfortable. (Allowing, for example, the translation of preservatives to be préservatifs, subsequently turning the conversation to an explaination of why you no longer support the use of condoms in your food).
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*Though the explaination in the experience noted above was prompted by a dinning companion, the author of the list notes that initiating an I-[heart]-Veg-fest oneself is even more effective route toward alienating others.
19 January 2010
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HOW NOT TO IMPRESS YOUR FRENCH DINNER HOSTS : (Volume I)
1.) Don't eat the delicious stew your kind host has prepared because you're a "vegetarian."
2.) Don't eat the delicious looking beans in the stew because as a such "vegetarian" you're worried about unfortunate gastroenterological effects of eating something cooked in beef fat.
3.) When describing your reasoning for not partaking in this kindly prepared food (or meat at all ever),* be sure to throw in friendly slip of the tongue which you can blame on your linguistic inexperience in the second language but which still serves to make everyone feel adequately uncomfortable. (Allowing, for example, the translation of preservatives to be préservatifs, subsequently turning the conversation to an explaination of why you no longer support the use of condoms in your food).
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*Though the explaination in the experience noted above was prompted by a dinning companion, the author of the list notes that initiating an I-[heart]-Veg-fest oneself is even more effective route toward alienating others.
only you would eat condoms...i joke i joke...I'm sorry you had an awkward dinner, but everyone loves you so I wouldn't worry!
ReplyDeletethat's making a dangerous assumption.... but i was talking about how we all need to eat less préservatifs/condoms !! tout le monde étaient d'accord de toute façon :)
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