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100 things I learned from watching Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis...

posted 16 years ago by DoubleUK
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I liked the movie a lot. Too bad this forum is not well-visited. Like Bergues...

Still, let's try this popular iMDb-game. I'll start with a few examples and you take it from there.

100 things I learned from watching 'Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis':

1
It's best not to know what's inside a fricadel...

2
Delivering mail is a bad idea if you want to stay sober.

3
People in the North of France sometimes skate in april.

4
Handicapped people get transferred to all the nice sunny places!

5
Picking up a French dialect is quite easy. HEIN?

6
Don't let co-workers do your interior design. You'll end up with some horrible 70's lampshades.

7
Cats are perfect for a BBQ.

8
Always be honest to your wife. Or else she comes over to stay with you and ruin your perfect life in the North.

9
Selling stamps while you are drunk is a bad idea.

[–] pol-edra 16 years ago

10. Never, ever antagonize your subordinate's mother.

I'm a Sidekick and proud of it.

[–] phe_de 16 years ago

11
The weather service manipulates the report so that northern France looks better than it does.
(NOTE: My experience with French news makes me think it's really the other way round. )

§ Everything is possible, and nothing is sure.

[–] 16 years ago

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[–] George_Tunee 16 years ago

15 Stop the movie if it sucks and don't wait an hour thinking it will become any better (german version)

[–] Shutterbug_aLiTa 15 years ago

12. Playing the bell tower (not sure what the english name is) is just like playing the piano. Everyone knows at least one song.

13. Don't ring the bell right behind you. Ever.

14. your co-workers and the town inhabitants are more than happy to help you scare off your wife after you admit to them that you told her they were all drunk, poor and stupid so she wouldn't move there.

[–] frederickelliot 15 years ago

15. If you treat your staff with indifference, sneer at their food, customs and speech, ofcourse they'll want to be friends with you and welcome you into their lives

16. When you do become friends with everyone, spend all your social time with your staff, eat out everynight, breakdown all the barriers and treat them as equals, they'll definitely be worried about the threat of an official reprimand when they punch you in the gob

[–] dhbemis 14 years ago

17. You'll know you're in the north because it will suddenly start raining violently.