Funnily enough, I recently attended the Mayfield Agricultural Show

[Burney]

This was just a field in the middle of nowhere. I don't think I've ever been to Mayfield qua Mayfield.

American. Imagine waking up to find that you've become American.

Or French.

I could hack being French more easily than American. I've been thinking about it since my last visit to the states and there's definitely something about being in a place where there's just nothing old that really fúcks with your head if you're from a place where you take the presence of old stuff for granted. It gives me a strange feeling of unreality.

[IUFG]

I could hack being French more easily than American. I've been thinking about it since my last visit to the states and there's definitely something about being in a place where there's just nothing old that really fúcks with your head if you're from a place where you take the presence of old stuff for granted. It gives me a strange feeling of unreality.

France? Awful food. They do a good line in wines and cheeses though, I'll give them that.

[Sir C]

France? Awful food. They do a good line in wines and cheeses though, I'll give them that.

You cannot diss French food. Consider the following dishes:

Chips fried in duck grease.
Le Welsh Complet
Ouefs en meurette
Rognons de veau, sauce moutarde

These are some of the finest dishes available anywhere on earth.

[Burney]

You cannot diss French food. Consider the following dishes:

Chips fried in duck grease.
Le Welsh Complet
Ouefs en meurette
Rognons de veau, sauce moutarde

These are some of the finest dishes available anywhere on earth.

It's very important to have chips with your Welsh Complet imo.

[Sir C]

I could hack being French more easily than American. I've been thinking about it since my last visit to the states and there's definitely something about being in a place where there's just nothing old that really fúcks with your head if you're from a place where you take the presence of old stuff for granted. It gives me a strange feeling of unreality.

Oh I wouldn't mind the 'being in France' part of being French; there are all sorts of things that make up for the population. It would be the being French bit that would be the disappointment.

[Burney]

Oh I wouldn't mind the 'being in France' part of being French; there are all sorts of things that make up for the population. It would be the being French bit that would be the disappointment.

Yes. To be fair, it was all going pretty well up until about 1759 and there was a high point during the Napoleonic era, but in general it has to be a hard row to hoe.