The paper says 650 people a year break bones or are hospitalized by slipping on the turds. In the Gare de Lyon, a major train station, I saw a Parisian calmly let his dog crap on the main concourse with thousands of travelers streaming by. Another disgusting habit of the French is smoking between courses of meals. In France, gastronomy is a high art. The French know that eating well is one of the delights of living.
French chefs make sure food tastes good and looks good when served.
But such pleasures are often ruined by smoking between courses whether at home or in restaurants. The noxious fumes destroy taste. Besides, the French smoke too much. More than half of the 60 million French people seem to be smoking constantly. I could go on and on about what I saw and did and observed in France.