Monthly Archives: August 2007

Google the Invincible: Google may be happy with a USA market share of 52%, but in France they’re doing even better. According to XiTi Monitor, Google scores nearly 90% of all search engine visits, leaving Yahoo!, MSN and the others … Continue reading →

French jail medic allows pedophile to rape kid after release from prison A repeat child rapist, who was released from a 20-year prison stay just six weeks ago has been re-arrested this week after kidnapping and raping a five year … Continue reading →

British tourists preparing for their holiday in France. Stay safe: Beware sleeping gas gang, caravanners told The British Foreign Office is advising caravanners to install alarms after a string of tourists in France were gassed and robbed as they slept. … Continue reading →

Did Napoleon’s butler stand in for Napoleon when this mask was made? Historian: Napoleon’s death mask could be his butler The purported death mask of Napoleon on show in a Paris museum is not that of the emperor, a historian … Continue reading →

Cecilia’s metamorphosis over the past twenty years. Diana revisited? She’s enigmatic, erratic, unpredictable, so everybody’s asking: who is the real Cecilia Sarkozy? When Nicolas Sarkozy became president he said about his wife: “You liked Jackie Kennedy, you’re going to adore … Continue reading →

Mean Dean: Banana shortage to threaten France? Hurricane Dean has caused havoc on the French-Caribbean island of Martinique. A 90-year old local died of a heart attack, and nearly 100% of the banana production and 70% of sugar cane production … Continue reading →

Turn-offs, but the Eiffel keeps peaking and the Louvre keeps smiling. Paris tops list of world’s most disappointing tourist spots Virgin Travel Insurance asked British holidaymakers which tourist hotspots they find the most disappointing. The top two attractions on the … Continue reading →

Friday is video day on Frogsmoke. In this edition: an indecent proposal, an unforgettable movie end, life in the French ghetto, a singer with a body, a baker who reveals all, and the incredible fire fighters in their flying machines. … Continue reading →

Shrek & Maurice Tillet

Wally & José Bové

Jim & Nicolas Sarkozy

Ed & Fernandel Contandin

A priest blesses a bike, but the statistics are less of a blessing. Thousands of motorbikers braved the bad weather for their annual August 15 blessing in [tag]Pocaro[/tag], Brittany. The priest who led the celebrations, asked “Dear Lord, bless these … Continue reading →

Click the link at the bottom to download this desktop wallpaper. The Jesus Phone is finally coming to France If rumours can be believed, the [tag]iPhone[/tag] will be launched in France just after the Apple Expo in Paris, which runs … Continue reading →

Image from Fournier’s official website. Suicidal or Heroic? Frenchman wants to parachute from space Michel Fournier prides himself on being one of France’s oldest and most ambitious daredevils. Now, aged 63, the former army colonel has sold all his possessions, … Continue reading →