French Have No Backbone/No Sense Of Humour.?

[Atheist]

I've heard such comments. I'm reading Verdun 1916, and I live part-time in a French village. It seems to me that they have both. They certainly have a sense of humour, although people who don't understand French wouldn't know that. They certainly have backbone; we weren't occupied by an invading army and they were. How would the English have got on if Churchill and Dad's Army had failed? The spivs and right-wing profiteers would have had a field day.

[ynnafymmi]

It was always said that de Gaulle hated the British and the Americans because we had the temerity to liberate France from the Germans in two world wars.de Gaulle never forgave us for saving his sorry ***.

[ynnafymmi]

***=posterior.

[johnny.5]

my only french joke

"Frapp! frapp!"
"Qu'est-ce?"
"Los"
"Los qui?"
"Oui!"

followed by Ha Ha Ha HA

Am I Right ?
I'm Not Wrong !

[Atheist]

ynna, and some would say that America saved us!

[Atheist]

Sorry, johnny, I didn't get it.

[JimF]

Johnny is attempting to make a "knock-knock" joke in French. Such jokes don't exist in French - their equivalent would be, I suppose, the Monsieur / Madame jokes.

But, johnny, if you insist:

"Toque! Toque"
"Qui et là?"

Etc.

[AuntPollyGrey]

This reads like a reverse script of 'Allo Allo' lol

If you want grumpy Francophiles come to Quebec :-)

[Atheist]

Jim, I don't know the monsieur/madame jokes. Can you post an example?

[Buenchico]

If you want grumpy French-speakers, APG, go to Belgium!

;-)

[JimF]

https://frenchtogether.com/french-jokes/
https://blogs.transparent.com/french/french-knock-knock-jokes/

[ynnafymmi]

Both the Brits and the Yanks saved Europe from Stalins murderous socialist ideals.Never got any thanks for it.Next time Germany goes on the rampage us Brits will save a lot of bother(and a lot of blood)by staying well out of it.

[Buenchico]

Monsieur et Madame jokes are the basis of much of the humour in "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue's" 'late arrivals at the balls' section, Atheist ;)

https://learn1.open.ac.uk/mod/oublog/viewpost.php?post=201853

[Old_Geezer]

de Gaulle couldn't possibly have hated the British. He did his best to save us from the EU (as it became) while he could.

[Mamyalynne]

Not a fan of Sean then APG?

[Atheist]

Merci, tlm. J'aime les blagues Monsieur/madam!, et j'ai vu les blagues de Toto dans notre journal Centre Presse. You are helping me with my French language skills.

[tonyav]

de Gaulle couldn't possibly have hated the British. He did his best to save us from the EU (as it became) while he could.

Of course he couldn't hate us, after all we let him live here while the krauts ran France.

[JimF]

Je fais de mon mieux. Et je te remercie pour la meilleure réponse.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Sean Bean? Oui s'il vous plaît ;-)

007 James Bond? non merci :-(

[AuntPollyGrey]

J'ai fait de mon mieux