Monthly Archives: October 2008

It’s probably the longest blog name ever: If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats. But they have a wonderful series of vintage people photos. Here are three of them. Click each for bigger: … Continue reading →

Found on Pixdaus. Click for bigger.

The Citroën C4 has apparently a Parking Assistant: [youtube]7EJk3X4rqis[/youtube] Call me stupid, but I still don’t understand what I’m getting for my money if I buy one.

DSK says sorry and can keep his job. (Click pic for source)

According to this woman it’s a waste of money, especially if “these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.” According … Continue reading →

Click for source If Nick the hyper-prez goes on trying to save the world as he has been doing this year I wouldn’t be surprised if he collapses one of these days…

Found on Berry Deep France: Beau Gestes “French isn’t easy to learn at the best of times. However if the complexities of the language of Molière have always left you with a headache, here’s the solution: sign language. As we … Continue reading →

According to Reuters, this French shopkeeper in Valence adjusts his prices according to the opening trading figures at the CAC-40. Yesterday, he offered a store-wide discount of 4.73%. It looks to me like a one-day-only stunt. If he had done … Continue reading →

Links for Saturday 25 October 2008: Je t’aime (again): The French love affair with Serge Gainsbourg New fee ceilings: French watchdog wants 30 pct cut in wholesale mobile rates End of a dream: Crunch hits British lust for property in … Continue reading →

Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld came up with something between stiletto heels and shoe bombs: What’s next? Machine gun legs? (Click pics for source)

That’s how to win a war: France Builds DIVING Plane Carrier Click for full-size scan CAPABLE of carrying a fighting seaplane, a full complement of big guns, and a crew of 150 men, the most powerful submarine in the world … Continue reading →

Drawing from the Medieval city plan for Toulouse, Isabelle de Beaufort and Bernard Ramus created a maze in Cordes-sur-Ciel where the abandoned house at the center of the maze represents the lair of the legendary dragon that lurks beneath the … Continue reading →

Each year, French garçons and filles strip by the dozens for their traditional nude calendar. Today: Le Calendrier des Jeunes Agriculteurs 2009, with happy farmer boys, and lovely kids, lambs, and piglets: The publisher (a wedding photographer in the East … Continue reading →

Air France – KLM think there are people who enjoy playing a game in which you have to load cargo in a plane within a short time. I’m not one of them, but feel free if you fancy such a … Continue reading →

He was known as France’s public enemy No 1, a pathologically violent gangster who waged war against big business. Now his life is the subject of a new film. In the Guardian: Jacques Mesrine, the man with 1,000 faces His … Continue reading →