Monthly Archives: July 2007

Plate of snails with your cup of tea? … Brits are willing to sample local food. Believe it or not: The French (of all people!) have voted the British as the most adventurous eaters on holiday According to a survey … Continue reading →

Deja vu: A French prez selling nuke power to a respected Arab leader in 1975 After agreeing to nuclear cooperation with Libya, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the West should trust Arab states to develop such technology for peaceful purposes … Continue reading →

Cause of death: a lethal mixture of testosterone, amphetamines, anabolic steroids, erythropoietin, foreign blood, and greed. See also: France mourns ‘death of the Tour’ as sponsors get cold feet after scandal History of the Tour de France (wiki) | 2007 … Continue reading →

A Romanian film about back-street abortions that swept the top award at the Cannes film festival is to be shown in French high schools after the government dropped opposition. Cristian Mungiu’s devastating “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days“, about … Continue reading →

Catch a butterfly, lose your net and your freedom Three French nationals have been detained in India after they were allegedly caught collecting butterflies, moths and beetles. They were in possession of 41 insects, contravening the Wildlife Act. The two … Continue reading →

Guess which of these fat cats runs a French company? This year, Fortune’s list of the highest-paid corporate leaders in Europe reads like a Who’s Who of le tout Paris, with French executives taking ten of the 20 top spots, … Continue reading →

Just added to the Little Big Man gallery: Nicolas Sarkozy (5′5″ – 1.65m) meets Libyan president Muammar Gadaffi (6′ – 183cm), French rugby flyhalf Frederic Michalak (5′11″ – 180cm), and Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade (height unknown). Visit the Gallery

French weekly L’Express and news channel France 24 decided that the time is right for a Summer Sex Survey. The poll found that French and American adults in long-term relationships are far more likely to forgive their partners’ sexual trespasses … Continue reading →

It wasn’t exactly like this, but… No kiddies’ holiday: “excessively rigorous, verging on disciplinarian” An Islamic holiday camp in the Vosges mountains in eastern France has been shut down due to concerns children were being subjected to a punishing religious … Continue reading →

French WW1 soldiers in the Balkans had more than guns in their arsenal: Ninety years ago, a German artillery shell exploded in a trench in a remote mountain village in Macedonia, killing a band of French soldiers in World War … Continue reading →

French lesbians have been crossing the border to Belgium in search of medical procedures to get pregnant, which are denied in France, creating a new sort of baby boom at Belgian fertility clinics. Last year, 72 percent of the patients … Continue reading →

Fragment of original article. Click link at bottom for full image From Modern Mechanix, 1933: Experiments conducted recently by the French Gas Brigade proved that an injection of gas into an underworld hideout renders the victims helpless in short order … Continue reading →

Isn’t diplomacy wonderful? Sarkozy says EU, France made no payment to Libya (Reuters) “I can quite simply confirm to you that neither Europe nor France have made the slightest financial contribution to Libya,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy told a news … Continue reading →

Nature is the mother of Art: Caddis fly larvae usually form their protective sheaths by spinning silk with sand, minerals, plant particles, and bits of bone they find in their aquatic environments. French artist Hubert Duprat collects the larvae, carefully … Continue reading →

Listen to the French trailer for Simpsons The Movie Marge and Homer: true-love tale for French Simpsons The Simpsons (or Les Simpson as they’re called here) are as popular in France as in the USA. The latest Simpson movie was … Continue reading →