beyond being in French?

lol

Our Parisian exchange student told us that no one follows the rules in France anyway.

they don't, they just pay all the fines

and then complain

j/k. sort of. they follow them as long as they see the merit in it or when the fine is too high.

We were in the liquor store when she told me that one of the most surprising things about the US was how seriously we take the rules.

And then, as we were checking out, I got carded.

but we have the rules, Polly. That's all that matters.