On 7 Feb 2005 20:19:37 -0800, nancree > wrote:
> Ha! It worked! Our boycott of French products. In today's Drudge
> Report there was a headline "France calls for fresh start in
> relationship with USA."
> I haven't bought French wine, or other products for a year and a
> half. I even found a Canadian Brie cheese. And "Rouge & Noir" Brie and
> Camembert cheeses are made in Petaluma, California, (despite their
> French name) and are rated equal to, and even better than French
> cheeses. I won't forget the image of the French president hugging the
> German Prime Minister and laughing. (Middle Eastern money planted in
> French banks is said to be one reason.)
> My daughter and I used to spend 2 weeks in France every year. No
> more. And she and her husband are world travelers, and they skip
> France now, too.
> NY City restaurants have made pleas to customers to please help them
> unload French wines that are just sitting on their shelves. Good!
> Now they want to be "friends". Hm-m-m!
> Nancree


Oh, dear. I guess I will have to increase our brie and camembert consumption
to make up for your absence, then-- good thing you informed the whole
newsgroup of your deadly boycott!

The trip to France is already scheduled for this spring. I expect we'll have
a wonderful time.

Ariane