The English have a real love/hate relationship with France, despising their garlic, Gauloises and Frogs Legs yet many spending their holidays in France and romantic weekends in Paris.
In many years of selling French wines I have come across all sorts of prejudice, even to the extent of pouring French wine down the drain in protest at the French refusal to buy British Beef or other implied insults.
But for once the English nation is united in support of the French in beating the nasty Portuguese in World Cup Football. (For those of you not following this story, those rotten, sneaky Portuguese robbed the England team of victory in the quarter-finals, mainly through cheating, diving and forcing Wayne Rooney to commit a foul which led to him being sent off!)
However, tonight the French thrashed the fiendish Portuguese (well, just beat them by 1-0 to be honest). Tonight the Entente Cordiale is as strong as ever - you could even imagine Tony Blair giving Jacques Chirac a hug! I almost wish I was selling French wine again!!
ALLEZ LES BLEUS!!
Comments
It goes beyond an England France rivalry. This was a struggle between God and Evil. In the end God won to show young viewers that crime and misdemeanour does not pay. Portugal is a complete disgrace and will need to live with the consequences that will go beyond a football match. The game was watched with hundreds of millions of people. Would you trust a portuguese in a business transaction after witnessing their matches?
Posted by: Wanton Smithers | July 5, 2006 11:13 PM