Top Five Jokes on the French
Oct 27th, 2009 | By Morgan | Category: English
Stereotypes, prejudices, clichés...one could easily view them as a reason to take up arms and protest, as they are often the sign of a lack of intercultural skills and the proof of a certain absence of knowledge on the part of the stranger.
However, stereotypes, if dealt with as such, can become a great topic for a funny and interesting discussion among people of different nationalities and from different cultural backgrounds.
Indeed, spending a night with foreign friends discussing and joking about the prejudices and clichés of your own countries can turn out to be hilarious.
Here is the Top 5 of jokes about the French to spice things up during your next conversation about stereotypes:
1- How do the French kill themselves?
They shoot 15 centimeters above their heads, right in their superiority complex
2- What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages?
-trilingual
What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages?
-bilingual
What do you call someone who speaks 1 language?
-French
3- Why did Disneyland Paris experience some difficulties at the beginning?
Because every night, after the fireworks, the French would surrender
4- Why do the French say "to go to the toilets" whereas the Belgian (the French speaking ones) say "to go to the toilet"?
Because in France, you need to try 4 or 5 to find a clean one
5- After God created France, he thought it was the most beautiful country in the world. People were going to get jealous, so, to make things fair, he decided to create the French.
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