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Question: Which country do you prefer?
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« Reply #25 on: December 27, 2013, 08:29:13 PM »
« edited: December 27, 2013, 08:56:49 PM by RosettaStoned »
 The country with the more interesting history. (France)
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« Reply #26 on: December 28, 2013, 06:42:53 AM »
I really cannot fathom anybody preferring Italian food to French food.  I suspect that such people have never really had much exposure to French food.
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« Reply #27 on: December 28, 2013, 06:46:15 AM »
Quote from: opebo on December 28, 2013, 06:42:53 AM
I really cannot fathom anybody preferring Italian food to French food.  I suspect that such people have never really had much exposure to French food.

Sorry to contradict you, but...
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« Reply #28 on: December 28, 2013, 06:51:45 AM »
Generally speaking the further south in Europe you go, the worse the place.  This is especially true on the Italian peninsula.  France narrowly beats N.Italy and destroys S.Italy.
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« Reply #29 on: December 28, 2013, 07:34:56 AM »
Quote from: Il cavaliere decaduto on December 28, 2013, 06:46:15 AM
Quote from: opebo on December 28, 2013, 06:42:53 AM
I really cannot fathom anybody preferring Italian food to French food.  I suspect that such people have never really had much exposure to French food.

Sorry to contradict you, but...

To be fair some people like a lot of starch - pasta, pizza - but I just don't.  I prefer fat and meat.
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« Reply #30 on: December 28, 2013, 08:50:42 AM »
Quote from: opebo on December 28, 2013, 07:34:56 AM
Quote from: Il cavaliere decaduto on December 28, 2013, 06:46:15 AM
Quote from: opebo on December 28, 2013, 06:42:53 AM
I really cannot fathom anybody preferring Italian food to French food.  I suspect that such people have never really had much exposure to French food.

Sorry to contradict you, but...

To be fair some people like a lot of starch - pasta, pizza - but I just don't.  I prefer fat and meat.

Here for you. Smiley
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« Reply #31 on: December 28, 2013, 08:53:30 AM »
Very tough choice. If forced to choose, probably France since I know the language.
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« Reply #32 on: December 28, 2013, 08:56:07 AM »
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I'm telling you, if you put your salad on my piece of driftwood and I'm going to throw a huge chunk of pork on it.  Then who is going to look stupid?
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« Reply #33 on: December 28, 2013, 09:52:13 AM »
I guess France for reasons of emotional and ancestral attachment, and because it's still generally a cool country. But Italy definitely one of the best countries in Europe, with the coolest people, an awesome language, some of the most beautiful places in the world and awesome food.

re: Italian food - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruschetta
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« Reply #34 on: December 28, 2013, 10:14:50 AM »
Quote from: Il cavaliere decaduto on December 28, 2013, 08:50:42 AM
Quote from: opebo on December 28, 2013, 07:34:56 AM
To be fair some people like a lot of starch - pasta, pizza - but I just don't. I prefer fat and meat.

Here for you. Smiley



Yes, there are some meaty-steaky dished in Italian cuisine, certainly.  However, French food is considerably more 'in that style'.


Bruschetta leaves me cold..
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« Reply #35 on: December 28, 2013, 10:33:03 AM »
France easily
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« Reply #36 on: December 28, 2013, 11:06:08 AM »
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« Reply #37 on: December 28, 2013, 11:09:04 AM »
Do Republicans still hate the French for opposing the invasion of Iraq? (yes, I'm aware they disliked them before that as well, but the hatred of the French reached new absurd levels in 2003-05). Wonder if that's why so few have chosen that option.

Not really sure which one to prefer. Great food, weather, interesting history in both countries. Horrible football teams. Both have messed up politics, though France not nearly as much as Italy.
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« Reply #38 on: December 28, 2013, 12:03:30 PM »
I love Italian food, and I find Italian history/culture more interesting than French overall.
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« Reply #39 on: December 28, 2013, 12:08:16 PM »
Quote from: RogueBeaver on December 28, 2013, 08:53:30 AM
Very tough choice. If forced to choose, probably France since I know the language.
True, but given the snobbery which you might find in Paris, it might be better not to know the language than to know a form of it upon which many people will look with contempt. 
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« Reply #40 on: December 28, 2013, 12:50:17 PM »
Quote from: Lurker on December 28, 2013, 11:09:04 AM
Do Republicans still hate the French for opposing the invasion of Iraq? (yes, I'm aware they disliked them before that as well, but the hatred of the French reached new absurd levels in 2003-05). Wonder if that's why so few have chosen that option.

Not really sure which one to prefer. Great food, weather, interesting history in both countries. Horrible football teams. Both have messed up politics, though France not nearly as much as Italy.

I highly doubt that Iraq has a major influence on this poll. Still, I find it amusing that RogueBeaver is the only Republican to vote for France. Tongue
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« Reply #41 on: December 28, 2013, 08:18:16 PM »
Quote from: Peter the Lefty on December 28, 2013, 12:08:16 PM
Quote from: RogueBeaver on December 28, 2013, 08:53:30 AM
Very tough choice. If forced to choose, probably France since I know the language.
True, but given the snobbery which you might find in Paris, it might be better not to know the language than to know a form of it upon which many people will look with contempt. 

Please. Parisians are horrible,but not the rest of France (like Nord-Pas-De-Calais)
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« Reply #42 on: December 29, 2013, 08:04:04 AM »
France gets my vote, though I do have a preference for Italian food.
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« Reply #43 on: December 29, 2013, 02:52:55 PM »
Woaaaaaaah, republicans really dislike France!
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« Reply #44 on: December 29, 2013, 06:56:33 PM »
Quote from: MW Archduke windjammer on December 29, 2013, 02:52:55 PM
Woaaaaaaah, republicans really dislike France!

Francophobia has been a constant in American conservatism since the days of Hamilton.

Anyway, France is actually leading now, 27-26.

Quote from: politicallefty on December 29, 2013, 08:04:04 AM
France gets my vote, though I do have a preference for Italian food.

This.
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« Reply #45 on: December 29, 2013, 07:06:50 PM »
I voted Italy due to the food and also because French people are often god awful.
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« Reply #46 on: December 30, 2013, 02:39:03 AM »
France.
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