We are the champignons, my friend
I get confused over the French word for champion, le champion and the French word for mushroom, le champignon. While on a trip to France I was playing boule. I won and ended up embarrasing myself by saying 'I am the mushroom'.
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Which is also why the Rolls Royce Silver Mist never sold that well in Germany! Mist in German means 'dung' or 'rubbish'.
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I caused much hilarity by asking where the 'war' was instead of the station! Guerre, war, and gare, train station, an easy mistake to make!
When England won the rugby world cup final, I was in a sleepy French village with a belly full of beer. I gleefully told everyone I met that the English are the champignons of the world!
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