tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post10056701814805109..comments2023-10-19T12:56:09.574+00:00Comments on literascribe: French fries, Tess Gerritsen and literary traumaLorna Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10902741383469719107noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-30515595599336078272008-02-14T09:52:00.000+00:002008-02-14T09:52:00.000+00:00Thanks for this, muvva. I'm hearing loads of anecd...Thanks for this, muvva. I'm hearing loads of anecdotes about hard-to-please exchange students!Lorna Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902741383469719107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-32535028445630986122008-02-12T10:58:00.000+00:002008-02-12T10:58:00.000+00:00Thanks for the pointer to Tess's blog, Lorna - ver...Thanks for the pointer to Tess's blog, Lorna - very interesting.<BR/><BR/>In my experience, admittedly only secondhand, French exchange students snub any kind of English food on principle. In one infamous family story, a French girl turned up her nose up at sweetcorn, saying 'In France, we only give thees to zee cattle."<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately I can't subscribe to your theory about women having stronger stomachs. I get shooting pains down my legs if someone even so much as gets a paper cut, and often spend half the time at the cinema with my hands over my eyes. Pathetic, really!Muvvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14574239342485957108noreply@blogger.com