I was going to say that, but Wikipedia says it's an English idiom as well. Apparently it indicates mock humility, which in turn must be subtly mocking the perceived arrogance of the French.
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Quote: zooo @ July 28 2008, 5:41 PM BSTOoh, crikey.
That was actually the name of my school, you made me feel all funny.
F**king hell! That is one ollllllllllllld school! 
Quote: zooo @ July 28 2008, 5:54 PM BSTI know!
I'm only a teeny bit one of them foreigns.
Like a finger's worth. It didn't come with any language skills unfortunately, or the ability to tan.
Both (inabilities) are good points!
Quote: PhQnix @ July 28 2008, 7:09 PM BSTAaron will explode.
Negative.
Quote: PhQnix @ July 28 2008, 7:12 PM BSTHe'll read everything when he gets back. He'll respond to half of it as well...
Quote: zooo @ July 28 2008, 7:14 PM BSTAnd I shall of course be TAKING NOTES IN HIS ABSENCE!
Beware, my children....
Yayyyyy. 
Quote: PhQnix @ July 28 2008, 7:16 PM BSTThe French rule and are sexy and the like.
Note that, bitch!
...
Don't hurt me.
Quote: EllieJP @ July 28 2008, 10:34 PM BSTI wore my hair in a french plait today - apparently it's a very 90's look. How was I meant to know?
Why's it a bad thing anyway? :/
Well, apart from the French bit, obviously.
Quote: Paul W @ July 29 2008, 1:28 PM BSTIf I knew what a French plait was I'd agree.
You could have done what I did, and Google it. Pillock!
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ July 29 2008, 1:57 PM BSTI couldn't hit him with a wooden spoon, could I!?
... Why?
Quote: zooo @ July 29 2008, 2:10 PM BSTThey don't even have salmon in Scotland!
They've no bears to catch it for the supermarkets.
Ha!
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ July 29 2008, 2:06 PM BSTIt wasn't!
We phoned up and it's all fine. Came overnight from Scotland.
That's some back-pressure build-up!
Quote: Leevil @ July 30 2008, 2:32 AM BSTI'm a moose *snip tedious repetition* I'm a moose, I'm a moose, I'm a moose!!
Moose motherf**ker, MOOSE!
That's what I am.
You're a f**king mentalist.
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at large. @ July 30 2008, 10:45 AM BSTSome people do! They believe it gets rid of toxins. Yeah okay.....
Yeah, but if he's filling up numerous cups then one of two things will happen.
He will either drink them all at once and die of water poisoning, or drink them at a reasonably rate by which time they will have cooled and thus rendered the entire exercise pointless.
In summary, Simon's acquaintance is a bit of a dick.
Quote: Finck @ July 30 2008, 11:02 AM BST(This brilliant theory of mine also explains why they can drink Pepsi in America, btw.)
Quote: Aaron @ August 1 2008, 10:44 PM BSTF**king hell! That is one ollllllllllllld school!
It is rather.
Yes. Aaron doesn't like the French. *YAWN*
Quote: PhQnix @ July 31 2008, 8:40 PM BSTI look silly in a suit.
Most boys in their late-teens look silly in a suit.
Quote: zooo @ August 1 2008, 11:58 PM BSTIt is rather.
Lucky moo!
Quote: Winterlight @ August 2 2008, 12:13 AM BSTYes. Aaron doesn't like the French. *YAWN*
Took you this long to realise?
I've never owned a suit. One day.
Quote: PhQnix @ July 31 2008, 9:09 PM BSTMust be private then.
Copy the image address and send it to her.
Quote: PhQnix @ July 31 2008, 10:28 PM BSTYay! It's a communist society of losers!
HEY! There won't be any pesky communism around these parts! 
Quote: Aaron @ August 2 2008, 12:18 AM BSTCopy the image address and send it to her.
And the rest of us whose curiosity was piqued. 
I came across PhQnix on facebook the other day!
I say that as if it was by accident, but I typed his name in, obviously.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ July 31 2008, 10:32 PM BSTI switched "on" and "me" when I read that
Me too!
Quote: Nil Putters @ July 31 2008, 10:46 PM BSTI'm to slow.....
too*
Quote: zooo @ August 2 2008, 12:25 AM BSTAnd the rest of us whose curiosity was piqued.
Well, yeah, but he's unlikely to for the rest of us!
I've just realised I've got a bit of athlete's foot.
Quote: PhQnix @ July 31 2008, 10:54 PM BSTTo quote a great man "The 'cool people' can all go and f**king die."
That's pretty tame thinking there, PhQnix. You may turn into some kind of Care Bear or something if you're not careful!
Quote: Winterlight @ August 2 2008, 12:30 AM BSTI've just realised I've got a bit of athlete's foot.
Colin Jackson's?
Quote: Aaron @ August 2 2008, 12:30 AM BSTWell, yeah, but he's unlikely to for the rest of us!
So, so true. 
Oh wow! Star Trek: TNG has just come on!
I woke up with a ringing in my left ear today. I also can't hear high pitched noises properly in the left ear. My doctor has told me it's hayfever.
Quote: zooo @ August 1 2008, 11:58 PM BSTIt is rather.
Yo, zoooz is old skool, innit!