Le Monde's French Favorites Awards

[Dan Neely]

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Today, Le Monde released this year's list of French Favorites Awards. The annual list highlights the preferences and tastes of the world's most stylist culture.

This years choices were:

General Awards
Favorite Dance: Goose Step
Favorite Oppressor: Germany
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Garment: Turncoat
Favorite Footwear: Flip-Flops
Favorite Headwear: Jackboots
Favorite Animal: Weasel
tied
Chicken
Favorite Beverage: Whine
Favorite Breakfast Food: Waffles
tied
Milktoast
Favorite Pet: Pussy Cat
Favorite Illegal Oil Trading Partner: Iraq
Favorite Liberator: United States
Favorite Rebuilder of Nation After Being Decimated in Two World Wars: United States
Favorite Nation to Protect Entire Continent Against Josef Stalin and Nikita Kruschev: United States
Favorite Nation to Call On When We Screw the Pooch in Southeast Asia: United States
Favorite 225-Year-Old Ally to Completely Dick Over for Short Term Political Gain at the Expense of World Peace: United States
Favorite Flavor: Chunky Surrender Monkey
tied
The Bitter Taste of Humiliating Defeat
Favorite Day to Surrender: June 22, 1940
Favorite Time of Day to Surrender: Morning
Favorite Place to Surrender: Rethondes
Favorite Surrender Outfit: Pierre Cardin (turtleneck, slacks, sport coat)
Favorite Car to Drive to Surrender Location: Citroen C3
Favorite Pen to Sign Surrender Treaty: Montblanc Noblesse Oblige (blue ink)
Favorite Meal After Signing Surrender Treaty: Humble Pie
Favorite Activity After Surrendering: Call United States for Help
Special Music Awards
Favorite Cheap Trick Song: Surrender
Favorite Cede Song: Surrender
Favorite Chemical Brothers Song: Surrender
Favorite Dave Lubben Song: Surrender
Favorite Debby Boone Song: Surrender
Favorite Diana Ross Song: Surrender
Favorite Greg Buchanan Song: Surrender
Favorite Heikki Silvennoinen Song: Sweet Surrender
Favorite James Johnson Song: Surrender
Favorite Joe Strock Song: Surrender
Favorite John Lomacang Song: Surrender
Favorite Jonathan Butler Song: Surrender
Favorite Joshua Song: Surrender
Favorite Joshua's Trumpet Song: Surrender
Favorite Kut Klose Song: Surrender
Favorite Lisa & Anthony Testa Song: Surrender
Favorite MK featuring Alana Song: Surrender
Favorite Michel Colombier Song: Surrender
Favorite Roma Song: Surrender On Demand
Favorite Rosie Gaines Song: I Surrender
Favorite Sarah Brightman Song: Surrender
Favorite Sarah McLachlan Song: Sweet Surrender
Favorite Seek Song: Surrender
Favorite Single Gun Theory Song: Surrender
Favorite Surrender To The Air Song: Surrender to The Air
Favorite Sydney Mohede Song: Surrender
Favorite Tracy Lyons Song: Surrender
Favorite Twice Song: Time to surrender
Favorite Vineyard UK Song: Surrender
Favorite Working Week Song: Surrender

[LaPalice]

Things change, Dan Neely, things change. Look at the British, they were our worse enemies during centuries, and became our best allies in WW1 and WW2. At present our favorite ally is Germany, our favorite oppressor is America. Things change, this is the law of History…

Our favorite liberator is Charles De Gaulle, that’s well known.
Our favorite Americans : the Quebeckers.
Our favorite greatest American artist : Jerry Lewis.
Our Favorite 20th Century victory : Algeria War (Oh well, I’m not sure there, I’m currently asking to myself if a military victory on the ground can avoid real results in peace treaties).
Our favorite perfidious friends we love to bash : no, it’s not the Americans (stop thinking you are the center of the world), it’s the British (more particularly the English).
Our favorite other culture (i.e. the best culture after the French one) : oh yes, maybe the American culture. I hope God will pardon us.

Favorite 225 Years Old Ally : the United States !? You are kidding there, aren’t you ? You became our ally during WW1. We were alone during Revolution and Napoleon wars, or during 1870 War. One thing is sure, we were your best ally during your Independence War.
225 is the number of years waited by Lafayette before receiving honorary citizenship of the United State (July 2002).

Favorite song : “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” (Edith Piaf).

I’m not going to make a response to each term of your list, moderation is my favorite luxury. Even if I could speak about Eurodisney or McDonalds “restaurants”, our favorite tortures.

La Palice.

[tigersqn]

Originally posted by LaPalice

Our favorite Americans : the Quebeckers.

La Palice.

Ahem! I'll take that as a personal insult.
:D

Quebecers are Canadian:cheeky:

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Originally posted by Dan Neely
Favorite Heikki Silvennoinen Song: Sweet Surrender

Thanx for the info! I didn't know that this popular Finnish comedian had made another blues record. :surprise:

[Sheik Yerbouti]

And, btw, where is Rainbow's "I surrender"? :violin:

[Tex]

Originally posted by LaPalice

Favorite 225 Years Old Ally : the United States !? You are kidding there, aren’t you ? You became our ally during WW1. We were alone during Revolution and Napoleon wars, or during 1870 War. One thing is sure, we were your best ally during your Independence War.
225 is the number of years waited by Lafayette before receiving honorary citizenship of the United State (July 2002).


Bah, you ingrates! We helped fund your conquests by taking the Louisiana Purchase off your hands for a tidy sum. Our continued trade with France was a partial cause of the War of 1812 and I think there was even talk about giving Napoleon asylum in New Orleans.

As for the war of 1870, you didn't even give us enough time to help save you. ;)

[LaPalice]

Originally posted by tigersqn


Ahem! I'll take that as a personal insult.
:D

Quebecers are Canadian:cheeky:

I spoke about the continent.

La Palice.

[Tzar]

Originally posted by tigersqn


Ahem! I'll take that as a personal insult.
:D

Quebecers are Canadian:cheeky:

Quebeckers usually put their Quebec identity first. And secondly they are Canadian. One identity does not exclude the other, but they are of varying degrees of intensity :)

The Quebeckers are the French nation of North America, I think that's what La Palice meant by saying Quebeckers are their favorite "Americans", i.e. favorite North Americans.

[Marko]

Originally posted by Tzar


Quebeckers usually put their Quebec identity first. And secondly they are Canadian. One identity does not exclude the other, but they are of varying degrees of intensity :)

The Quebeckers are the French nation of North America, I think that's what La Palice meant by saying Quebeckers are their favorite "Americans", i.e. favorite North Americans.

So your like...French Americans ? Nice mix. :p Ha ha ha

[Tzar]

Originally posted by Marko


So your like...French Americans ? Nice mix. :p Ha ha ha

Well, yes and no :)

We speak French but we have been separated for so long from France (since 1760) that we don't have that much in common culturally with the French. We are really North Americans, with a francophone culture :)