I must have missed somethyng, French people is famous for being rude? ehehhe, the stereotype of french people we have here in Italy is not that of rude people, on the otherside, the stereotype that we have of english people is that of rude people farting and burping around.
Btw don't get upset, this is only a stereotype, I imagine that other people have horrible stereotypes of italian people as well.

However, it is true that in UK you don't had "Bidet" in your bathrooms and usually do not use tissues to clean your mouths when eating...at least it seems not to be in your tradition.