At the Dating Beyond Borders channel, we don't just guess
We fact-check
Today we have Britain VS France
Let's see who does it best
Oh yeah that's true - they're honest
That's good, that's a good point for them
Definitely us; yeah they're not even arguing
They can't even argue with that
I appreciate the honestly, yeah, no like, yeah
I don't know though - you rely a lot on bread and cheese
Like what else have you got other than that?
I mean - accept the defeat: you just lost
I mean if you have the choice between croissant, pan au chocolat
baguette and beans?
I'll choose the beans --
They turned our croissant into a horrifying
stuff with ham.. Yeah, that's honestly I think I'm not usually pro-war
but I would start another war because of that
But your food is quite smelly though as well
Smelly's good
Do people think the food's so good because there's lots of wang?
and people are just really drunk?
Are you so drunk that you're like: Oh my god, this snail is gorgeous?
No, that's you guys
But you have good chefs
you have a different caliber of food
Cheese, wine...
Like you would go out for French cuisine, you wouldn't go out for
English cuisine.. you don't have people in Paris being like
I want English food tonight
I think we have good affordable food
maybe that's the difference
Yeah, cheap food
You know - we're easy-going as well
We can just have a bit of chicken for dinner; it doesn't need to be fancy
Give us like a sausage roll on a Sunday morning
We're simple people, with simple pleasures
Simple is good - not just for us though, but for you it's perfect
Oh hello, 100%, oh honey
In what world?
In the world
Hm, although no - I will have to agree with you guys
Benjamin - I would agree with them on that
They know how to make fun of themselves
and if someone makes fun of us we get offended easily
I think British people don't take themselves seriously
I think that's what makes us -- we can laugh at ourselves
We can be really offensive and dry
And you have good, dark humour which I think
French people really like so
The Office.. English version is better
(Gasps) Oh yeah it is
We can give a joke and we can take a joke
So we've got the best of both
I don't know - we have sarcasm
which is like a smart humour, like we're actually smart and funny
which is like a double win
Maybe the average French person has more pride
and won't make fun of themselves as the British do
You know what - because we're gonna a couple of this battle
we can give you this one
A sense of humour goes to them
We just have the food; we're gonna have plenty of them after
Exactly; we'll have a laugh, you can enjoy your food
Thank you
I mean it's just low standard again
No, no - put it down
The only fashionable people you'll see in London are French
They're different types: you're quite chic
We're pretty basic b*tch - we've got it sorted
I think obviously there probably are areas in London like probably Chelsea
you can go to and it'll be like great fashion
London is obviously fashion central
But if you go to like Newscastle..
In France, it's the kind of country where you
when you go and buy your bread, or go to the supermarket
you actually dress up
I'm from Northern France, we don't take this
fashion thing really seriously
because we're not from the big city
But it's still in the education
I feel like there is an expectation of French people
to be stylish
Definitely gonna present yourself
You have a different -- set the bar higher
We have codes - you know when not to mix too much colour
you know, if you wear low here and high here
It goes with the judgement
Cause we're really judgemental people
I do feel kinda the pressure to dress up
when I'm in France
I think especially Paris
but even going around
It's a package of -- competition
And obviously you're not that funny as well you know what I mean
No, come on - let's not go back there
I was being nice, see? I was being nice. This is why I don't do nice
Anyway, back to the battle. Thank you
I think after that!
I'm pretty sure we've established this yeah
No, honey, no-no
Yeah I can't deny that
Not Paris, but most of France
is welcoming!
Like, we are nice people
Why do Paris, why do they hate everyone?
They don't - they just don't like themselves
I used to live in France and when I was trying to speak French there
I find that they were almost offended either if I do
try and speak French, but I mispronounce
They're like - you're butchering my language kinda thing
But if I don't try at all, then it's like - you're in France and you're
not trying to speak French kinda thing
Yeah, you can't win
Yeah you go to Edinburgh, even in Manchester
and they'll be like - hey, how's it going? not like (flips him off)
Are you guys friendly or drunk?
Both
Parisians think that Northern French people because we are
like more welcoming, they think we have a problem with alcohol
See - the question was valid
Brittany is same; people think that French people in Brittany are alcoholics
What is this problem with alcohol?
beause they don't like nice people, Parisians
So if you're nice, you're automatically an alcoholic
I think London is different cause it's a big city
but when you go around
it's like only friendly people
and you can go to the pub and they'll welcome you
That's cause we're drunk most of the time
There is that, but I love it that when you go to the store they say
Hi love, darling, I just love it
If you go to Newcastle or something, they are very friendly up North
I think French people are more reserved
maybe they take themselves more seriously
yeah maybe they're just - what do you want first and then they welcome you
and then they decide to be friendly or not
Yeah we can't...
Yeah I don't know if we're proud of that, but...
I think it's like a different way to party
You look so disappointed; yeah you look down
Did you guys have a meeting before this?
Cause it's weird - it's been three points for them
I don't like this
I thought you're gonna win all the points
It's also a cliche that British people are more welcoming
they party a lot, they like their beer,
where is it from?
Because we do
In the UK, it starts really early
and you guys get drunk really quickly
whether in France it's gonna go first for the aperol
which is right after work, you get some wine or beer and stuff
and some platters of cheese
and just enjoy the company of your friends
then you move on to dinner, where you keep drinking
the pre-party, maybe then going to a club
It starts around 6PM
and it can end around 6AM the next day
You start drinking at 5PM?
That's a long time -- no sometimes sooner
Are you drunk right now?
We had a beer this afternoon; it was great, it was like 1 o'clock, twas lovely
Not even lying; I thought the French liked the noon wine
It's wine, it's not alcohol though
Oh sorry, it's just juice
But we're not gonna end up crazy drunk
Sitting on the side of the road
I think we have pretty good parties as well
we're less classy
I wouldn't say we're good at hosting proper dinner parties
and drinking in that sense
I think you guys would probably win there
But in terms of like having a good night out
We do it often, but that means we've refined the process
we know how to have a good night out
because we do it so much
Do you know what though?
No, no, no.. No girl
the French stuff's too French
I'm sorry -- you're like Oh la la
and I'm like - oh, get away
Definitely the French but I think in general
I don't know
I think your technique, like the French flirting technique
probably works on French people
and wouldn't work on us and vice versa
our technique wouldn't work on you guys
cause we're very like banter, we take the mick
and I feel like that wouldn't work - and you guys are more classy
and you look beautiful
and I'd be like - no, I don't want you to do that
I want you to take the mick out of me, kinda thing
It's our preference - I want someone to take the piss out of me
to the point where it's like the same humour
I feel like the Scottish or English people I've dated
100% you can go on the date
and straight away you've got the rapport
cause you're just slagging each other off
and making fun of each other
and to me that's attractive; I'm like ooh
call me a stupid idiot, that's sexy
The French accent: it works internationally
It does help in a lot of situations
So we have that advantage I'd say
that works for you guys
I'm not sure how much that would work if you went up
to someone from California and you were like - oh you look so beautiful
Been there, done that, it works
Give me some just now, show me, go on
So what do you do in life?
That's pretty sexy
I'm a bit flustered already
French people are generally sexy, that's like a cultural thing
France is sexy -- we are, we are
We take that
I think we should have all the, yeah
I think we will go for a tie
We're trying to be friendly neighbours
I think we need to go for a 100 years before we have a winner
We are the most sexy, classy, romantic
We're the most drunk and fun apparently
I'd rather be drunk -- you're sexy; I'll take that
We'll take the tie - we already beat them at sport most times so
We have to leave them something
We won - in terms of quality, maybe not quantity