A particularly flowery "formule de politesse"

[NormanH]

I have just received this at the end of an email:

Vous en remerciant par avance ;

Je vous prie de me croire votre bien dévoué

Needless to say it was asking for money [:D]

[Frecossais]

If you write back, be sure to include the French expression for "I'll bet."[:D]

[Pickles]

A relative of ours spent some time in the Gulf: having noted the custom of the use of (what were to us) very flowery greetings, one of their preoccupations was coming up with suitable compliments to match: the winner translated as "Your handsomeness and kindness are only matched by your generosity and great wisdom".