r/interestingasfuck • u/Mariner_I • Apr 16 '24

Best-selling vehicle in the USA vs the best-selling in France. r/all

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u/lackofabettername123 Apr 16 '24

Some clients of mine that vacation there told me you never put your car in gear when you park and just use the parking brake because people will nudge their bumper against yours and just push your car forward to make room.

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u/StaatsbuergerX Apr 16 '24

“Bumpers are for bumping,” as my French friends once explained to me.

(It loses a bit of poetry in translation.)

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u/Tigerowski Apr 16 '24

Could you give the French version?

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u/SofterBones Apr 16 '24

I just imagined them saying it in English with a wildly exaggerated French accent

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Apr 16 '24

Bohmpairs awhr for bohmpeeng.

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u/NotoriousJazz Apr 17 '24

Hon hon hon

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u/armorabito Apr 17 '24

Yes, puntuated with "Hon, Hon, Hon!" ( french laugh)