To be fair I have known perfectly reasonable people choose the risk of malaria over taking that vaccine. Don’t know if they have changed it since I was a kid, but that vaccine was guaranteed to make you feel awful.

Unless they are Breton

That would be more like “bo------r, (nods vaguely toward the croissants)” the “s’il vous plaît” is implied, but definitely there somewhere. The “merci” will be a slight nod backwards.

True, but so do the Bordeaulais

Source: wife is parisien, but her family are al Bordeaulais

Or the office version

• Alright?
• uhu
• mm