Article ZQZB An Englishman Living in Paris Shares His Frustration With the French Tradition of Cheek Kissing

An Englishman Living in Paris Shares His Frustration With the French Tradition of Cheek Kissing

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Lori Dorn
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Comedian Paul Taylor, a British man living in Paris, loudly shares his frustration with not completely understanding "La Bise" - the distinctly French tradition of kissing another person's cheeks as a way of greeting, farewell or thanking.

I live in France and one of the things that annoys me the most about living here is "la bise", the French way to say hello. For example if I meet a girl I've never met before I don't know what to do. Do I shake her hand? Do I give her one kiss? Do I give her two kisses? Do I give her three kisses? Do I give her four kisses? Do I give her five kisses? How many fucking kisses should I be giving you? "It's so complicated they had to create a website.

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