latest.jpg Find out what's new!

What makes France such an endearing and infuriating country at the same time?

Why are the French a people that you love one day and hate the next?

Come here every day and you may find out...

• Front Page
• FAQ
• 
• RSS Feed
• Subscribe
• Add to Technorati Favs
• 
• 

Live search:

Archive for October, 2007

‘Appy ‘Alloween!

You won’t find anything scarier than a Hallyday Halloween mask…
Halloween isn’t as big in France as in the rest of the world, but the market in scary masks is booming nevertheless. This year, the Johnny Hallyday Mask (shown above) is very popular. Surprised?
Profile: Johnny Hallyday (BBC)

Posted: Wed 31-Oct-07 under Events

There’s room for everyone — but at a price

Dying in Paris is nearly as expensive as living — at least if you compare the prices per square meter for apartments and graves.
Especially a “perpetual” grave is costly — nearly 5.500 euros per square meter. That’s why more and more people go for cheaper 10-year graves, which can be extended if required.
Like […]

Posted: Wed 31-Oct-07 under Society

Beethoven Makes Better Grapes

Thank you for the music:
A wine grower in the Alsace has started playing music in his vineyards, and claims that Brahms, Beethoven and Mozart make his grapes more aromatic. His Gewürtztraminer grapes are forced to endure burst of two to three minutes of classical music.
Thanks to the music, the vine leaves fall later than […]

Posted: Wed 31-Oct-07 under Created in France

Wrestling at School

When the French adopted American wrestling they decided to give it a really French name, and called it Catch.
The sport (if you may call it like that) is still in its infancy in France, but that may change. In a town near Paris, aspiring wrestlers can now go to the local Catch Academy.
Some […]

Posted: Wed 31-Oct-07 under Created in France

Half full? Half empty? French see nothing in the glass at all

The French are among the most gloomy, distrustful and pessimistic people in Europe, according to an official study. They foresee catastrophe at every turn.
When asked to evaluate their standard of living, only 16 per cent of the French said that they were very satisfied – the lowest of any Western European country. The figure in […]

Posted: Wed 31-Oct-07 under Society, Statistics

Automotive Message Projector

Another French invention that didn’t quite take off: Stoplight Flashes Automobile Turn Signal on Pavement
At last an automobile stoplight has been invented that will project its signals on the street behind in letters large enough to be easily read.
The French invention fulfills in all respects the “Needed Invention” in this field described in the September, […]

Posted: Wed 31-Oct-07 under Created in France

Sarko’s New Flame? Don’t Tinka So…

A Bosnian gossip magazine says it, so it must be true (or not?): Sarkozy fancies Tinka Milinovic.
French newspaper Metro quotes a Bosnian newspaper, which published a photo showing Nicolas Sarkozy together with a blond bombshell named Tinka Milinovic.
The two apparently met in Lybia last summer, when Sarko liberated some nurses, and Tinka did a […]

Posted: Tue 30-Oct-07 under Sarkozy & Co

Thirsty Shareholders Drive Water Prices Up

The French are paying over the top at the tap:
France’s largest consumer organisation, UFC-Que Choisir, claims that water suppliers in 15 out of 19 investigated towns are making “staggering” profits.
Consumers pay up to 2.2 times the cost price. While a normal margin should be around 15%, three cities are crossing the 50% mark, with […]

Posted: Tue 30-Oct-07 under Food, Drink & Smoke, Economy & Biz

Paris in Dazzling 360° Virtual Tours

Don’t get vertigo when you visit Arounder. Shown above is La Défense. There are many more Paris views, but — unfortunately — nothing of the rest of France.
Arounder Paris

Posted: Tue 30-Oct-07 under Country & Travel

Have a Biscuit, Get Kidnapped

Chad’s ‘rescued’ children claim they were lured with biscuits:
The children who French charity workers claimed were orphans from Darfur said they had been bribed to leave their homes with sweets and biscuits. They were facing death in the Darfur region of Sudan, according to the charity, Zoe’s Ark, which had lined up foster families in […]

Posted: Tue 30-Oct-07 under Oops

Dilemma: Repair Churches or Build Schools?

Crumbling French churches spark unholy row:
Half a century ago, one in three French went regularly to mass, today it’s barely one in twelve.
Churches are at risk of everything — rural depopulation, a decline in faith, the number of Christians and priests. Villages are facing a dilemma: spending millions on repairing churches where nobody goes, […]

Posted: Tue 30-Oct-07 under Art & Heritage, Country & Travel, Society

Super French Soap

Nothing beats authentic Super French Soap:
Share Friend Perfume Soap adopts the senior perfume from France. It is mild for your skin, and the fragrance is pure & elegant.
It can give skin moist & nutrient, so that make you full of vigor.
Nearly as good: Animal Transparent Soap and Tourist Beauty Soap.
Made in China

Posted: Tue 30-Oct-07 under General

Professonal French Art Nail Tips

Each box contains 100 pcs salon art nail tips in 10 different sizes. Caveat: you have to order at least 3,000 boxes:
We are professional supplier on Art Nail products, including professional salon tip, designed art nail, luxury art nail, 3D art nail, acrylic art nail system, gel art nail system, nail art decoration, nail art […]

Posted: Tue 30-Oct-07 under General

Pencil Passion

Bob Truby is passionate about pencils:
As both an art teacher and a pencil collector, I desire this site to be a visual encounter with the incredibly diverse world of brand name pencils. I hope you will be amazed at the sheer number of pencil brands once produced in the USA and abroad. Sadly those days […]

Posted: Mon 29-Oct-07 under History, Created in France

A Different Take on the Airbus A380

Last week, the Airbus A380 took off for its first commercial flight.
FreakingNews.com invited photoshop artists to celebrate the news with their own visions of the Super Jumbo. Two are shown above. Click the link below to view all entries.
Airbus A380 Photoshop contest
See also: Airbus A380 - the complete guide (Times)

Posted: Mon 29-Oct-07 under Created in France, Web

« Older