Ten things you will see in the U.S. but not in France

10.  TV ads for restaurants (very few TV ads of any kind, in fact; French TV is subsidized by the government)

9.  Gun stores

8. Men driving without shirts

7. Seedless grapes and watermelons, year round

6. All-you-can-eat buffets

5. Politicians criticized for extramarital affairs

4. American wines other than Gallo, and beers other than Budweiser

3. Size XXXL (see #6 and #10 above)

2. Pick-up trucks driven by someone other than a farmer

1. Minority politicians (of all the mayors and 555 deputies (congressmen) of continental France, none are black or Muslim)