From: "Travis Morien" 
Newsgroups: aus.invest uk.finance aus.politics aus.general aus.science
Subject: Re: FITLHY AS A FRENCHMAN
Date: 14 Jul 2005 21:53:01 -0700
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MI Wakefield wrote:
> "bidul"  wrote in message
> news:neCBe.10043$6e3.633454@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > Allan: racist
>
> bidul ignorant of the truth ... from the St. Petersburg Times:

Here is the original article:
http://www.sptimes.ru/archive/times/421/eye/

>
> France stinks.
> But don't take our word for it - check out this week's report from Paris'
> own Le Figaro, which published the results of five government surveys on
> national hygiene under the brutally honest headline, "The French Are
> Unclean."
>
> The studies showed that less than half of all French folk take a daily
> shower or bath, The Guardian rather gleefully reports. This compared to 80
> percent of those squeaky clean Dutch and even 70 percent of the British - a
> people not historically renowned for their addiction to a good soapy scrub.
>
> The French are smelly, Figaro says, even though they use more perfumes and
> beauty products than any other country in Europe. What's more, scientific
> calculation shows that even the paltry 47 percent who claim to wash every
> day are lying: if this percentage were true, scientists say, then the
> nation's annual soap consumption should be at least 1 kilogram per person,
> instead of the current .6.
>
> "One is shaken to observe that even in the higher classes, bodily hygiene
> leaves a great deal to be desired," a French doctor told Figaro. "When I
> discuss this with my colleagues, they all report daily incidences of dubious
> underwear and powerful odors.