A Daily Thing

A few years back I was having a conversation with a gallery owner and a photographer.  The photographer asked me a question (what it was I can’t remember) and it lead to telling him I was French.  Pause – then:

‘I wouldn’t have guessed you were French.  You don’t look like a typical French person.’

Gallery owner jumps in: ‘Were you expecting someone from ‘Allo Allo‘ instead?’

Photographer admits: ‘Yes.’

Really?  English actors doing their best exaggerated French accents, dressed in bérets and trench coats with ankle socks and little shoes?  Is that what people really imagine the French look (and sound) like?

By the way, Allo Allo is now one of my favourite shows.  And to think someone has it as a mental reference for my people – hilarious.

(Image is from here).