Monthly Archives: August 2008

Trout Pout Alert!

I must admit I had never heard of trout pouts, but thanks to the Daily Mail I know better now. Or worse, Trout pout alert: French actress Emmanuelle Beart’s over-the-top lip Left: Beart getting lippy. Right: the 2001 full pout, … Continue reading

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Bicycle Saddle Culture

Everything is collectible and bloggable: Bike Works NYC Bicycle Saddle Archive. The collection contains some fine examples of French bicycle saddle culture: Shown here are: “Ideale Model 6 (Short and wide from a folding bike)“, “Plaid-pattern French saddle on a … Continue reading

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“Psychologically Fragile”

When a plumber was asked to clear the blocked drains of an apartment building he was surprised to find the cause of the bouchon: 60,000 euros in 50-euro notes, each ripped into two or four pieces, and flushed through the … Continue reading

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Massacre Game

Nothing to do today? Build your own Jeu de Massacre (click pics for full size papercraft): One of the notes says: Since the nose of the nigger has just been glued back, please do not hit him too hard! Via … Continue reading

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Another Day in France (Sunday Edition)

Links for Sunday 31 August 2008: Pedal-powered airship without parachute: Off to France on a flying bike No-show: Winehouse blames ‘illness’ as French festival fumes What are Sarkozy’s intentions? France Vanishes from Africa Escaping WW2 destruction: Paris: Vive la liberation … Continue reading

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Dear Nicolas

This could become fun if it lasts: Tante Zoë’s Words of Wisdom for a President with a Mission Tante Zoë is the oldest and youngest blogger on her “little island in the warm sea” (as she calls it), because she’s … Continue reading

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Napoleon Crossing The Alps, Day 31 (Final)

Batman Bonaparte Click for source. (What is this about?)

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What do you get when two failed acts join forces?

Meet Brigitte. Two girls for the price of one. Mayane never got the record deal she deserved. Sylvie never broke through with Vendetta. And then they met: A blonde asked a brunette in a fallafel shop of la Rue des … Continue reading

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Another Day in France (Saturday Edition)

Links for Saturday 30 August 2008: Move over Skywalker: French surgeons destroy brain tumour on conscious patient “Still talking” EU will not adopt sanctions against Russia: France “Blown away by loveliness” Corsica, France’s Isle of Beauty Property in France: Keep … Continue reading

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Recognize this man?

I was doing a Google picture search for the Sarkozy family, and came across this portrait. It looks like Nicolas at a costume party, but it appears to be his granddad: Sarkozy’s grandfather, Aron Mallah, and uncle Beniko were well-known … Continue reading

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Napoleon Crossing The Alps, Day 30

Oops! Click for source. (What is this about?)

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The Test

The French National Health Prevention and Education Institute INPES has just released two videos urging lovers to keep using condoms until they pass a negative HIV test. Here’s the hetero version (slightly NSFW, English subtitles): [youtube]Wppysn_A9QA[/youtube] You can watch the … Continue reading

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I’m not jealous

Roselyne Bachelot is France’s minister of Health, Youth Affairs, Sport and Associations. Here she is on her healthy, youthful, sporty and associative Crocs. Same color as mine, but mine are bigger: (One thing the health (sic!) minster doesn’t seem to … Continue reading

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Some French Hero!

French picador Jacques Monnier went all the way to Bilbao in Spain to show off his heroic control of horse and spear. The animal that doesn’t wear protection probably died later that hour. (Click for bigger)

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