THE average Frenchman may see corn as something to be fed to the cows, but for Americans is it one of the great pleasures of summer.

The average Frenchman, he declared starchily, produces one-third the emissions of the average American.

"Does the average Frenchman still pinch pretty girls in a crowd?"

"I think the average Frenchman will say with relief, the taboo is over," the priest said.

In 2001, for example, the average Frenchman consumed 66 pounds of frozen food products, compared with only 4 pounds in 1960.

He was in his middle fifties, taller than the average Frenchman, with a strong, leonine face and a mane of white hair.

First we learned that Frenchmen who gorge on foie gras are a little less than half as likely as the average Frenchman to suffer a heart attack.

Even so, Mr. Chevalier said he considers himself more sporting than the average Frenchman.

The circular contained a good description of Burney who, tall and blonde, was very conspicuous in Normandy, where the average Frenchman was short and dark.

The average American is responsible for emitting three times the amount of greenhouse gas as the average Frenchman.