"I'm French, F--k you!"

[Mr. Laser Beam]

This guy should have threatened the flight attendants not with violence...

...but with a really nasty taunting!

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8yjNbcKkNY[/yt]

Also, I feel this is the time to bring out an old joke.

IN HEAVEN:
- The English are the cops
- The French are the cooks
- The Italians are the lovers
- The Germans organize everything

IN HELL:
- The French are the cops
- The English are the cooks*
- The Germans are the lovers
- The Italians organize everything

*seriously though. "Toad in the Hole"? "Spotted Dick"? "Kidney Pie"? What the HELL?

 

[Franklin]

Aren't we overlooking the fact that somehow this person was able to bring either a lighter or matches on a plane undetected?

Pardon the thread interuption, but according to the TSA, you can take a disposable butane lighter and/or one book of safety matches onto a plane.

Thank you.

Oh, and while I'm here, why did he think yelling, "I'm French, f**k you!" counted for anything in the first place? Is he stereotyping himself?

"Hey, Phil. This guy's French," one marshal says. The other marshal responds, "French? Oh, geez. Sorry, buddy. We didn't know." He lets him go then turns to the rest of the passengers and says, "It's OK folks, he says he's French."

 

[Lookingglassman]

Ah, an entire nation distilled into one irate passenger.

'I'm French, f--- you!': smoker on flight charged with assault

A criminal complaint filed in New York says that Franck Lebrun "did knowingly and intentionally assault and intimidate a flight crew member and flight attendant of the aircraft" during a flight on Saturday.

In the incident on Delta Air Lines flight 83, crew members suspected that someone had been smoking cigarettes in one of the lavatories and confronted Lebrun, telling him not to smoke.

"When Lebrun was observed walking toward the bathroom he was again instructed not to smoke," the complaint said.

"Lebrun appeared intoxicated and smelled of cigarettes and alcohol. Lebrun then approached a female flight crew attendant in an aggressive manner and pushed her away with both hands. When the airline attendant instructed Lebrun not to touch her, Lebrun pushed her away again with both hands."

[....]

A federal air marshal on the plane intervened and "instructed Lebrun to return to his seat," and two other air marshals confronted him later but Lebrun "continued to scream and yell expletives and then aggressively positioned himself toward one of the federal air marshals in a fighting stance.

This prompted the air marshals to handcuff and place him in the rear section of the aircraft.

Lebrun nonetheless "continued to verbally abuse individuals around him, yelling in substance 'I'm French, f--- you!'" the document said.

Also: three air marshals on the flight?

I'm amazed he admitted that! I wouldn't.

 

[scotpens]

I give a cigarette to zee baby. Fuck vou.

That's vous. But it seems strangely formal for an insult. Actually, I believe there's no exact equivalent of "fuck you" or "go fuck yourself" in French.

Why are the French the only Europeans to receive all the negative stereotypes in America? Maybe its just my personal life experience but I always hear jokes about the French being cowards and other nonsense. I never hear mean jokes about other Europeans, just the French.

Every American knows that all English people have bad teeth, all Germans are uptight and humorless, all the Scots are tightwads and sheep-fuckers, all the Irish are drunks, and the Italians can't do anything right -- but everything they make looks great.

Give me a few minutes and I'll think of some more.

"Hey, Phil. This guy's French," one marshal says. The other marshal responds, "French? Oh, geez. Sorry, buddy. We didn't know." He lets him go then turns to the rest of the passengers and says, "It's OK folks, he says he's French."

"We'll just show him a Jerry Lewis movie and he'll be happy."

 

[Switch]

Oh, and while I'm here, why did he think yelling, "I'm French, f**k you!" counted for anything in the first place?

(Also, he was intoxicated)

 

[Shaytan]

I give a cigarette to zee baby. Fuck vou.

That's vous. But it seems strangely formal for an insult. Actually, I believe there's no exact equivalent of "fuck you" or "go fuck yourself" in French.

Va te faire enculer, sale fils de pute ! (c) Nicolas Anelka

That'd be a great signature too

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Ah, an entire nation distilled into one irate passenger.

I suppose people should go and find something about an obese, loud, gun-toting, flag-waving arsehole and judge all Americans because of it.

They already do. Or perhaps being Italian, you're too busy eating pasta and avoiding work to have noticed?

 

[Count Zero]

Oh, and while I'm here, why did he think yelling, "I'm French, f**k you!" counted for anything in the first place? Is he stereotyping himself?

I think that was his way of explaining why he definetely needed to smoke on the flight, the French being traditionally seen as a nation of smokers.

 

[PsychoPere]

Why are the French the only Europeans to receive all the negative stereotypes in America? Maybe its just my personal life experience but I always hear jokes about the French being cowards and other nonsense. I never hear mean jokes about other Europeans, just the French.

Every American knows that all English people have bad teeth, all Germans are uptight and humorless, all the Scots are tightwads and sheep-fuckers, all the Irish are drunks, and the Italians can't do anything right -- but everything they make looks great.

Give me a few minutes and I'll think of some more.

Polish people (in the form of "Polock/Polak") are stupid.

 

[Canadave]

Why are the French the only Europeans to receive all the negative stereotypes in America? Maybe its just my personal life experience but I always hear jokes about the French being cowards and other nonsense. I never hear mean jokes about other Europeans, just the French.

Every American knows that all English people have bad teeth, all Germans are uptight and humorless, all the Scots are tightwads and sheep-fuckers, all the Irish are drunks, and the Italians can't do anything right -- but everything they make looks great.

Give me a few minutes and I'll think of some more.

Polish people (in the form of "Polock/Polak") are stupid.

Or Newfies, if you're Canadian.

 

[Franklin]

Oh, and while I'm here, why did he think yelling, "I'm French, f**k you!" counted for anything in the first place? Is he stereotyping himself?

I think that was his way of explaining why he definetely needed to smoke on the flight, the French being traditionally seen as a nation of smokers.

So that means he thinks if they know he's French, they'll understand and let him go to the lavatory to smoke. So maybe he also thought they'd give him a bottle of red wine, some nice cheese, and send a woman in there to be with him, too?

 

[Australis]

If Switchbk is Australian, I am embarrassed for my nation.

 

[TorontoTrekker]

And as I mentioned above there are countries where you can smoke in the airport.

There's actually still a smoking room at Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta. Concourse D, if memory serves. (I was last there in September.)

I've also been in a couple of airports in the last year or two where a few of the restaurants/bars had smoking areas. (Though they might be in Atlanta too - my memory's not as clear on that point.)

 

[Captain_Nick]

Lebrun nonetheless "continued to verbally abuse individuals around him, yelling in substance 'I'm French, f--- you!'" the document said.

I like the cut of this guy's jib

 

[Roger Wilco]

If Switchbk is Australian, I am embarrassed for my nation.

Go strangle a crocodile then or whatever Australians do all day long.

 

[Australis]

Drink beer, eat barbecue, get caught in floods, that bushfires, then have sex with your women. It's all awesome.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Actually, I believe there's no exact equivalent of "fuck you" or "go fuck yourself" in French.

Va te faire enculer, sale fils de pute !

"Va te faire foutre!" also works, usually accompanied by the usual "bras d'honneur" gesture -- or so I'm informed.

 

[Amaris]

Comment tu viens a l'ecole? Je viens en voiture!

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Comment tu viens a l'ecole? Je viens en voiture!

Je suis arrivé dans mon aéroglisseur, qui, malheureusement, est plein d'anguilles.

 

[Shaytan]

My tailor is rich but my English is poor.