Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy. Today on the show, comedian Greg Proops helps me celebrate my 600th episode with stories about traveling.

People think people in Paris are rude. They're not. They're direct. And they have a sense of

humor and they're ironic and they're sarcastic. If you are not able to produce any of those

emotions, you are not going to be treated well in Paris. If you do not say hello in French,

and if you do not respond to their sarcasm, if you just lay there like an, you know, an

abalone in the night and die, like a dog, mixing metaphors

as I do, they'll crush you because they don't care anymore.

They give up.

If you talk loud and you, you know, don't say bonjour, bonsoir or whatever, they're pretty

much done with you.

Today on the show, Greg Proops helps me celebrate my 600th episode with stories about traveling.

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Hey, everybody, this is Greg Proops, and you're listening to Storyworthy.

Music Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.

Whether you're a longtime band of the show or a new listener, welcome to Storyworthy. You guys, this is a big one. This is my 600th episode. Can you believe that, Greg? That's a lot. I can't. That is a lot. It's a lot. How many years is that? It'll be 10 years in July. Oh, my goodness. So it's almost 10 years. But honestly, between you and I, and now I guess everybody who's listening, we're at 601. Oh, really? Yeah, because I dropped a story smash last week. So we're calling it the 600th. It's more exciting. You know what?

Chronology is but a scutcheon and it means nothing.

That's exactly what I was going to say.

Like age ain't nothing.

Anyway, you guys, I'm so excited about today because of who my guest is.

But I wanted to mention that I hope you enjoyed the show last week with writer Peter Melman.

Peter is just, you know, he is always funny,

always interesting, always has something to say. And he has a new book out right now called

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