French Culture Fanatic Gifts

'Him? He's the first French astronaut. No mission, he's up here purely for enjoyment.'

"It's a gift from the French."

Victor Hugo

Jean-Paul Sartre

Fabrique en Francais (Made in France).

'You can just forget about the cake.'

The Euro-Trash Trashcan

Trilby - 'Je prong!'

'As Chuck's definition of terroir dragged past the 20-minute mark, Suzy concluded, the longer the explanation, the less likely you know what the word means.'

French Early Bird

'Been toying with Bordeaux futures again, have we?'

Voltaire

French Army knife

Charles Baudelaire

'Yes, I speak perfect English, I have to 'cause you English are too bloody lazy to learn French!'

"I'd like to book a wild and crazy party on the French Riviera."

Eugene Delacroix

"The worst is behind us!"

"Is everything ok with your Emile?"

François Guizot

French beggars (the one with a 'Merci mille fois' sign has the most money).

French Animal Noises.

"Richelieu, Voltaire, Napoleon...no wonder you know so much about these people. I'm sure you met them personally!"

Jean Cocteau

Culinary Culture.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but by any chance do you happen to have a copy of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal on your person?"

Notre Dame Phoenix

Two books from the crime passionel section in a library having sex

"Says here that 50 baboons escaped from the Paris Zoo! I think this explains the Nutella riots!"

Frenchman Speaking to Englishman

'I'll be talking gibberish to you in a moment. There's a big tip in it for you, if you pretend I'm speaking French.'

Marcel Proust 1811-1922

"I don't see this as a rejection of all thing French."

Department de Philosophie

Emile Durkheim