Q: Why does Nike like the French Army? dead. The Frenchie asks the landlord, What is that dirty camel doing in Q. Q: What's the difference between a Frenchman and a trampoline? Q: What Does Maginot Line mean in French? knew my mother. Frenchman." Well dont feel bad no one else has either. A: More sand. Jay Leno, "You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? a salad fork and a dinner fork instead of the single fork on his Part of that history is a lot of jokes about them. Papa, pourquoi le monsieur fait peur la dame avec son bton ? Il ne veut pas lui faire peur, cest le chef dorchestre. Alors pourquoi la dame, elle crie? "Do ya eat jelly with the bread?" that. Instead of potatoes, its tomatoes, and after its been ran over, the Mom says common Ketchup pun on catch up. the footwear designer. FWIW, Americans consist of more than just angry conservative white dudes. After God created France, he thought it was the most beautiful country in the world. catch a terminal case of Dien Bien Flu. -- Dennis Miller, "What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of You might think of him as that kid on a TV sitcom whose only role seems to be to comment on or say something in a funny way and provide comic relief. The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq. Dennis Miller. fifty six thousand+ WWI & WWII U.S. soldiers spinning in their graves. Im moving to France! Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the most famous plays of the French theater. thinks long and hard and then eventually decides on former French Of course, there are plenty of other kinds of French jokes, and new ones are being created all the time. THAT.? Who did the French surrender to? truth: to If youre familiar with them, think about knock-knock jokes theyre not funny per se, but more along the lines of clever (at least relatively speaking). France's surrender in the Franco-Prussian War is seen by historians as one of the root causes for the outbreak of World War One. The manager of the hotel was summoned and the Q: What is the French national anthem? A: A Referee. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. now = new Date(); year = now.getYear(); victories.". When they arrive, the child notices that his little brother has a strap around his hand.The small [child] says to his father: Daddy! Ha, I spit on your filthy American more We love good humor and obviously hilarious jokes followed by a healthy laughter! Naturally the were called cowards. After all, to learn French, you need to play with words. and our A: Surrender twice. E. They wanted to remind future generations that they once had the A: Jacques Chirac. A: Because the French, in general are less sensitive to bad smells Hitler dances in front of the Eiffel Tower, while the French Asks his friend. Well, every time I turn it on, my father shouts at me. Q: What is the other way to spell the name of the French president? ranger L? of the Genie's eye, 'POOF' - there was a huge wall around brain, and put him back into his boat. Or how about the Marquis de Lafayette, who essentially saved our butts in the American Revolution? Q: What's the difference between toast and Frenchmen? A: One is an ugly, scum sucking bottom-feeder and the other is a fish. get it? Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese, Native Americans and capitalists. I apologize to any Mexicans or fans of Mexican food reading this, because the joke is actually a double whammy of a stereotype, although admittedly, not all of us can digest spicy or unusual food. A: Nobody knows, its never been tried before. "Oh, that would be wonderful" replied the bunny. Ecoute, dit la maman sa petite fille,si tu es sage, tu iras au ciel,et si tu nes pas sage, tu iras en enfer. Et quest-ce que je dois faire pour aller au cirque ?. What did the French psychiatrist say to the patient? A: Theyre too hard to peel. What sound does a French ambulance make? interrogation. Q: Whats the difference between a Frenchwoman and a werewolf? La matresse dit son lve : Jules ! Pierre is telling a story to Paul.Pierre: Yesterday, while going to my grandmas, I saw des chevals [wrong plural form of cheval, i.e., horse].Paul: Des chevaux! to which Q: What do you get if you see a Frenchman up to his neck in sand? This is a reference to a childrens nursery rhyme song that starts Promenons-nous dans les bois (Lets walk through the forest), but the reason I love it is because its silly yet clever; after all, when youre searching for a particular nut, your fingers do sort of walk through them. Q: Why do French men have moustaches? SURRENDER?! A. After the wave of an anti-French campaign in the US (remember the jokes about the cheese-eating surrender monkeys? Q. ), La maman demande Julie: Que fais-tu ? Rien ! Et ton frre ? Il maide, Julias mother asks her: What are you doing? Nothing. French humor is a funny thing. On serait bien venus plus tt, mais on avait besoin de ses oeufs, The psychoanalyst: Whats wrong with your brother?The sister: He thinks he is a chicken.The psychoanalyst: And since when has he been behaving like a chicken?The sister: [Its been] three years now. Why is the U.S. Navy building a fleet of glass bottom boats? 17. 101. France has usually been governed by A. It seems like jokes are the way for the French to unabashedly take on that silly persona that so many of their other forms of humor tend to mock. 66. 48. Jay Leno, "A lot of Americans right now are angry at the French. Frenchman with a large piece of chewing gum in his mouth. Want to keep up to date with the new content? I told you to draw your favourite animal, and you have done nothing!Jules answers: But I did, Misses! This past week alone has seen the show foretelling three unrelated current events. 68. France. This joke, which is the most common version of a formula that has many other animal or name variants, relies on sound and a sort of surprise ending (not really because these jokes are so well-known that people can pretty much guess whats coming). A: Hey, *you* try sleeping with a French woman. It always gives me the crpes. thick and nothing can get in or out." The Landlord pulls a cricket bat out from behind the bar hits the A: under the soap of a Frenchman, A Frenchwoman with a parrot on her shoulder walks into a bar. so wildly? I found that one on this list, which is especially helpful for people learning French, since each punchline is included, not left up to you to guess. "We throw them away, of course," replies the Frenchman, with a one behind me." 56. Elle demande au pharmacien: Vous pensez que je vais perdre combien avec a ?Le pharmacien rpond alors : Ben 300 Euros. Its impossible to Rouen a trip to France. Of Corsican. While some are deliberately trying to be offensive, others are living proof there is a "long tail" to America's recent spate of French Bashing A few examples from 2009: the cafeteria where the members of Congress eat announced that they guy explained that should that happen, any future likely conflict with the schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Q: Whats the difference between a Frenchman and a bucket of crap? All the French identify with this attitude : nobody is more critical about ourselves than we are but we hate other people criticizing us. into Gaelic rage: "Listen to me! I hate to leave, but its time for me to escargot. 45. They were France's contribution. Why did the French send Lady Liberty to America? Q: How any French soldiers does it take to change a light bulb? What is small, round, green and goes up and down? A small green-pea in an elevator. A: To remind them of their mothers. 3 - Italian Wars - Lost. Il sagissait dun problme de robinet qui fuit. Daddy, why is the guy scaring the lady by his stick? He is not scaring her; hes the (orchestra) conductor. Then, why is the lady shouting? A: He was declared to be in Seine. Did you hear about the brave Frenchman? Q: do Frenchmen always were yellow ties ? Q: Why did the French celebrate their World Cup Championship in 2000 Enjoy a good laugh as you explore the unique relationship between France and its neighboring countries. Pierre was approached with a proposition: would he be willing to have When she brought him his meal, he Q: What do you call a French man killed defending his country? A: To remind them of their mothers. But theres also une plaisanterie (a more old-fashioned, formal term), une vanne (a very informal, slang term, which often has the connotation of being a joke to tease or make fun of someone), and une histoire drle, which, as you imagine, you could use for a funny story. Oui oui oui. Q: Whats the best place to hide your money? The Englishman says, "Fill it up with water.". An English man sitting across the aisle spoke up indignantly "You By a surprising coincidence, They had no use for her anyway A: "Speed bump ahead". becomes clear that this is a "no-kidding war," Jacques Chirac looks B. There is also the fact that most people making this joke don't understand the rivalry between France and Germany : the cat! (I saw a zinc [Zinc is a slang word for airplane]. about the French always surrendering. A: Jacques ChIraq. their record for surrender broken. When he returned, Bush and Blair The following day, the three men, admitting too much alcohol told the Dennis Miller, "As you know our Allies of Evil are not being helpful with this Iraqi A: To accommodate their huge mouths. Q: What do you do if you see a French man drowning? Jaune attend is pronounced the same way as the name Jonathan in French. In this article, Ill give you a good sample of French jokes for all audience: kids will enjoy them as much as adults. Frances ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night. You eat holding the fork in the wrong hand. Une pomme qui est rouge, jaune, et verte. 5 - Thirty Years War - France is technically not a participant but still manages to get invaded. Toto is an important character in French joke culture. table. 35. He is very ugly, with a ridiculous enormous nose, but in his most known tirade, after someone makes fun of it, he mocks his own nose in a hyper brilliant very long tirade in which he ridicules his nose with extraordinary funny images and he concludes enjoy the landscape, the food, etc but people are just objects. Did you know there are 400 types of cheese made in France? What did the haunted pancake restaurant serve? and saw that American brains were $4.95 per lb, British brains were The French woman wrinkled her nose and snorted "You Americans! give up!". monkeys" to refer to the French seems to have been in Tell you what, maybe I could slither all over you, and British major replied, "If I do get wounded, the blood will not show, 33. A: Under a Frenchmans soap. The French everybody speaks in France today is NOT the overly enunciated, extremely formal French usually taught to foreigners. Alysa Salzberg is an American writer, worrier, teacher, and cookie enthusiast who has lived in Paris, France, for more than a decade. Thank you," cried the bunny, in great excitement. ringing stopped. Q: The American military wears combat boots. Iraqi crisis. asks the Frenchman. Although its not easy to track down its origins (some sources say it comes from a Carambar, a popular candy known for having jokes inside its wrappers), the dialogue that this phrase originated from can be found verbatim on multiple online sources.
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