Chapattis and tortillas are pretty similar.

Quote from: FierceKitty on 27 May 2020, 01:32:31 AM
Chapattis and tortillas are pretty similar.

I suspect that Native Americans was ment - rather than people from the sub-continent

Eye sea. Ore dew eye?

Dat a attempt at a mreicn accent ?

Nope. Essaying the strange dialogue of forumites.

They ALWAYS win! 
Except for 'The Alamo'...but, you know they will  get 'teary eyed' watching the Lady and kid walking oot with the music...and 'kick some ass' shortly! 

As Brits, we can understand this. WE always LOSE...but muddle through...and, (sort of), win in the end  It's a strange sort of propaganda, but it seem to work! 

Quote from: FierceKitty on 26 May 2020, 01:53:03 PM
Things I have learned from watching French films:

*   Every second man is Gerard Depardieu.
*   French cameras are like Schmeissers; when you have activated them, they just keep going until they run out of bullets or film. NEVER have a take of less than 90 seconds.
*   Frenchmen do seem to get more attractive as they age.
*   Their proverbial obscenity notwithstanding, French people swear less than Americans.
*   The Frogs appear proud of their execrable coffee.

OMG !

May be you should watch GOOD french movies   

*   Every second man is Gerard Depardieu.      I'd like examples...
*   French cameras are like Schmeissers; when you have activated them, they just keep going until they run out of bullets or film. NEVER have a take of less than 90 seconds.  see my first sentence above 
*   Frenchmen do seem to get more attractive as they age.  If only this could be true ....        ( And look at G Clooney, he's not french)
*   Their proverbial obscenity notwithstanding, French people swear less than Americans. Oh no ! We have many bad  words that may have not been translated.. And we have many rude film makers too. 
*   The Frogs appear proud of their execrable coffee. Of course, it's REAL coffee !    ( When I used to go to the USA, that's the thing I missed the more !)

It was fun, tell us more about the french !

The most distinctive thing about French mise en scene is that it avoids rapid cuts and goes for a long, more theatrical take. For M. Dep, just Google him. As for the coffee, I've even heard French people confess that the habit of mixing in chicory and then allowing too much water in the mix makes it trail hopelessly behind Italian (I wasn't aware I was praising American coffee) - and it takes a LOT to get the French to admit the Italians do anything better!

Quote from: FierceKitty on 29 May 2020, 02:19:08 PM
it takes a LOT to get the French to admit that anyone does anything better than they do

Actually - I don't know how Ian will distort this - I think the French got as undeniably important as they are by doing nothing best, but everything well.

There is a very simple answer - who won the Napoleonic, French Indian and countless other wars, it werna the French, but they claim that Napoleon was the World's greatest general. 

Quote from: FierceKitty on 29 May 2020, 02:55:20 PM
Actually - I don't know how Ian will distort this - I think the French got as undeniably important as they are by doing nothing best, but everything well.

Outrageous! Suggesting the French are better at doing nothing than anyone else............ I'll have you know I have spent an entire career earning that title!

Vous etes un vrai grenouille, m'sieur!

(Any real French speakers, forgive me; I've never really learned your lingo.)

Having sex in abandoned mental hospitals generally leads to bad things happening

Something I have learned from watching German movies:

* There was no German history before 1937.

Things I have learned from watching Swedish movies:

* Swedish cinema exists to push up the suicide rate of the rest of the world until it matches that of Sweden.
* Other Swedish cinema exists to demonstrate that it is physically possible to ***** **** ***** ** * **** even if you *** ***** ********* or for that matter *********. But it's important to get the goat's consent first.

Quote from: flamingpig0 on 30 May 2020, 11:17:34 AM
Having sex in abandoned mental hospitals generally leads to bad things happening

Excuse me..?  Did you wrote this about the main topic or about our french way of life ??

Quote from: ronan on 30 May 2020, 04:40:41 PM
Excuse me..?  Did you wrote this about the main topic or about our french way of life ??

I have a feeling it might be universally applicable

A teen computer hacker/genius can do ANYTHING in 2 minutes...so why bother with al the other stuff?      

There are many local, state and federal agencies involved in police work usually known by three letter acronyms. They just seem to interfere with each other and at least one is evil.

A good clue is that if it is run by one of the Baldwin brothers, then it is definitely evil.