主题：【原创】旁观英国 之 法国是英国的春药 -- 风雨声

英国人是真小人,凡事利益当先,所谓"只有大不列巔永久的利益".但是,也只有坦率的英国人会在大庭广众说出这种话.

就象英国卫报在欧盟公投失败后,公开地说"1975年前我们就想拆散欧盟,因为一个强大的欧洲不符合大不列巔的利益.可是,法,德两国誓死捍卫欧洲统一的梦想.当然,他们从二战中得到了教训.所以,我们在欧盟门外难有作为,这就是为什么我们要加入他们,在内部搞事总是容易多了.我们要成为欧盟扩编的旗手,一个组织越庞大,就越虚弱,纷争就越多,法德手上的两票就越没用, 我们搞事就越容易......明年要把土耳其带进委员会."

我想,德国人读到此必是冷笑,毕竟是世仇,没得化解. 法国人读到此处,只有吐血三升,手指西北,大呼"过河!过河!杀贼!杀贼......"

被窝放屁，能文能武。

这个Dutchoven嘛，就是被窝。。。了。虽然真正的Dutchoven是那种非常重的，有盖的大炖或烤锅。但是这个词我不和道是加拿大的俚语还是英国英语里也有的。

两个国家也近，坐个欧洲之星过去很快。好烟酒的，开车过海峡过去买的都不少。

至于有关法国的英国笑话实在太多了，和有关比利时的法国笑话差不多吧。

法国人的小聪明人际关系嘴皮子确实是民族特色，但最烦人的还是无可比拟的小气。所以几乎没有一家法国企业在国际竞争中获得成功就是顺理成章。

小弟现时正在公司的墨西哥分公司出差，此墨西哥分部应该说只是美国总公司的一个production center，管理层还是以老美居多，尤其是高级管理人员。到达那天自然要拜会一下在Mexico这边管事的老总，跟他约好周末去打Golf。就在分手说拜拜的时候，他突然说：“Saturday 9am, I will pick you up in the hotel! 9am, US time not Mexican time!! OK?”我当时还没反应过来，就随便答了一声:“OK!”但回去一琢磨不对了，这美国时间同墨西哥时间应该是一回事，没有时差的呀！后来随便找了个美国同事一问才了解，原来墨西哥人素以毫不守时出名，跟他们说9点，他们一般10点以后才会show up，这令非常value守时的老美十分鄙视与恼火，因此才会有US time not Mexican time这一说！！！

这不是照抄英国80年代电视剧“是大臣”的台词嘛，就根据时代把土耳其加进去了:

Don't the Foreign Office realise the damage to the European idea?

Well I'm sure they do. That's why they support it.

The Foreign Office is pro-Europe, isn't it?

Yes and no. If you will forgive the expression.The Foreign Office is pro-Europe because it's really anti-Europe. The Civil Service was united in its desire to make sure the Common Market didn't work.That's why we went into it.

What are you talking about?

Minister, Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years: to create a disunited Europe. In that course, we have fought with the Dutch against the Spanish, with the Germans against the French, with the French and Italians against the Germans, and with the French against the Germans and Italians. Divide and rule, you see. Why should we change now, when it has worked so well?

That's ancient history, surely?

Yes, and current policy. We had to break the whole thing up, so we had to get inside. We tried to break it up from the outside, but that wouldn't work.Now that we are inside, we can make a complete pig's breakfast of the whole thing. Set the Germans against the French, Set French against the Italians, the Italians against the Dutch. The Foreign Office is terribly pleased, it's just like the old times.

But surely we're all committed to the European ideal?

Really, Minister...

No? But why are we pressing for an increase in the membership?

Well, for the same reason. It's just like the United Nations, in fact. The more members it has, the more arguments it can stir up, the more futile and impotent it becomes.

What appalling cynicism.

Yes. We call it diplomacy, Minister.

钻石恒久远，一颗永流传。

现在总算知道French fries这个词大概是什么时候产生的了，花一个。

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