To think colleagues joke was NOT acceptable?

I read it that way too.

Anyway, IME, French people love joking about us too. I lived in France for a year during my French degree, and there were plenty of jokes about ‘les roast beef’ (that’s what they call us). 🤣

We are hospitable and also have a different sense of humour - we would probably say worse. Two things can be right at the same time, no? We also support employees rights and fight ferociously for them but you are being silly here!!! Relax

Oh aye, I bet you that has them reeling, eh? 😆

Not worth making a big deal out of, but I would definitely judge someone making a joke in such bad taste. It was an unpleasant thing to say.

And, truthfully, I am offended by the OPs post - no joke intended. I am so completely and utterly sick of this whiny entitled bollocks. The wordcrime police never seem to understand that they, too, are offensive to others.

But I accept that I don't have a right to go through life without being offended, unlike the OP, so wouldn't try to have her reprimanded for being offensive - irl I'd just avoid her like the plague she is.

I love frazzling the brains of the proud British guys who boast about being Anglo-Saxon by saying, "oh, half French? You're the ones King Arthur and the Britons fought against aren't you! He'd be gutted you won". Agree with PP that Wales is the most British of us all!

Jesus. This is why everyone scared to say anything now. Everyone is offended by something! Do you really think you’re entitled to live in a world where no one ever says anything to offend you? 🥱

Just proves you can’t say anything in the work place without someone taking offence! It wasn’t even offensive!

Now I know for certain you're either winding everyone up, or just a bit dim.

Ah so you’re down on HR files as a trouble maker intent on causing disruption and ill feeling amongst co-workers

Did e av the DGateau from the DChateau?

Jesus Christ, you must be scintillating company at parties...🙄

I was just pissing by the do-er when I speed a young mon an I immediately knor he was DFrench

I am so tired of dreary moaners desperate to be offended. Either grow a pair and say something at the time or stop whining.

Oh my god… get a life!

@LaurenkI dont be THAT person. 🙄

How can you not know what a Dfrench is?

Many a appy day I av spent mangeing cheese with the Dfrench and looking at the Deiffel towerrrr.

They’re doing it behind your back then!!!

Yes indeed - it just gets boring doesn't it?

My rebuttal to the sheep thing used to be that as a female who likes males, it was very nonsensical - if you're going to make that joke to/about me, then you need to make the sheep a ram...

I also had very similar in terms of blue blood and so I started saying: "You know it took the Romans five years to invade England and thirty to invade Wales right? Where do you think lots of English people ran to after England was conquered - maybe to the West?! I am probably more English than you!"

He didn't seem to think it was very funny somehow... made me laugh though!

Not a single fibre of offence in that joke. YABVU @LaurenkI

Are you purposely trying to get this person into trouble, by passing it to someone senior to deal with it?

And you have already flagged up something you classed as innappropriate, and that other person was 'dealt with?' Good grief ... Words fail me. You seem gull of glee about this person being dealt with, and also full of excitement and glee at the thought of this other pseron getting a warning!

And what on earth is the DFrench?

Like other posters, I am cringing for you. 😬

At least we know the poster isn’t treating it with the upmost impotence at it came across the desk

Oh come on, the hatred alternating between real and mock has been going on for centuries. Dissing France is part of our DNA. It’s just a joke no one means anything by it.

I'm half English and half Scottish. I've had the jokes my entire life from each side of my family during football/ rugby seasons or just anytime really 😂

My Hull joke:

This guy dies and meets the devil. The devil says "hahaha you've been really naughty and now you're dead and you're in Hell". The guy goes "what? This can't be true. Say that again, there must be a mistake." So the devil says "hahaha you've been really naughty and now you're dead and you're in Hell". "Thank fuck for that" says the guy. I thought you said 'you're dead and you're in Hull' ".

Good for you; I am amazed that the OP doesn't realise that having a pop at the French has been a feature of English humour since before the Norman invasion, and that the French in turn quite rightly give as good as they get.

Anyway I dearly hope the Iranians don't fire any missiles at France, it could cause up to £15 worth of damage. See? There's another shit joke about France, yet I love France, spend as much time there as I reasonably can, speak French (of a fashion), and have family there too. The OP badly needs to unclench.