Hot on the heels of speculation that you are not French at all, you hit out with an expression "in his cups" - i.e. drunk, that I've only ever heard in the North of England!
scottish-guy, I think you're biased against francois because he likes cheap meatloaf and therefore can't possibly be French!
Francois, I'm disappointed, I compliment you and your nation's sense of style and sophistication and you react like the Academie Francais. I clutch ,my pearls in embarrasment.