"Crise de foie" ("liver attack," i.e. nausea) is a staple in French
lay medical conversation. And the older literature is replete with
characters suffering "attaques" (apoplectic fits) or wracked by gout.
Of course we overeat, or eat badly.
Phil
On 11:53, Piers Hemy wrote:
>Now Gord, what *are* you suggesting? _French_ food does not give
>anybody indigestion, how could you even think that.
>
>As proof there is the memorable film (movie) "La Grande Bouffe". I
>do recall a Bugatti being used for purposes other than Ettore had
>envisaged. Fortunately they couldn't think of a role for an OM.
>
>Piers
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