If you should vacation to France, be aware that your Visa and Mastercard will be of no use there. There is no french translation for the word Charge!
Back before the first Gulf War, the price of oil spiked beforehand, giving a warning to the astute that significant events were in the offing. This gave a financial analyst an idea, and after a little historical research, he found that he was onto something. Approximately three months before the beginning of any hostile military actions towards the French, Nike's sales to France increased by two standard deviations over the norm.
On my last vacation to France, I took in a soccer match and I thought it would be fun to get a 'wave' going. I was quickly informed to desist as this gesture is reserved and only to be used in France during times of war.
Barclays are apparently "fluent in Finance." Well, that's fantastic. It's just a shame none of the fucking Indians that answer their phones are fluent in English.
A little known historical fact for a friday. A French company was commissioned by the French gov't to build what we in the US call the Statue of Liberty. It was originally designed to be placed on the edge of Paris and facing Germany. When the gov't found that there was a major miscommunication on design, and that the company that built it had only placed one of the statue's hands in the air, instead of the requested two, they decided to just give the statue to the US. And now you know the rest of the story.
The makers of French's Mustard made the following recent statement: "We at the French's Company wish to put an end to statements that our product is manufactured in France. There is no relationship, nor has there ever been a relationship, between our mustard and the country of France. Indeed, our mustard is manufactured in Rochester, NY. The only thing we have in common is that we are both yellow."