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Archive for 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, no trout version
"While the actress has always been blessed with full pouting lips, it seemed as […]

Posted: Sun 31-Aug-08 under People, Oops

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 Jacques Anquetil folding bike", and "Anatomic Look saddle with see-thru gel chamber".
Part-French is this one, made […]

Posted: Sun 31-Aug-08 under Created in France

"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 toilet. The owner was quickly found: a depressed man, living in the building with his […]

Posted: Sun 31-Aug-08 under Oops

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 Agence Eureka

Posted: Sun 31-Aug-08 under History, Created in France

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
30-year obsession: Alastair Campbell on the genius of Jacques Brel
Interview: Ludivine Sagnier cuts to the heart of the matter
Rocking the […]

Posted: Sun 31-Aug-08 under General

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 the only one with an Internet connection. She is also the only one on the island with […]

Posted: Sun 31-Aug-08 under Web, Sarkozy & Co

Napoleon Crossing The Alps, Day 31 (Final)

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

Posted: Sun 31-Aug-08 under History

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 Rosiers in Paris: "Do you want to make music with me?" The brunette smiled and said […]

Posted: Sat 30-Aug-08 under People, Created in France

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 it in la famille now and for ever
Hopelessly divided: France's Socialist party 'close to meltdown'
Incurably old-school: Why Do the […]

Posted: Sat 30-Aug-08 under General

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 Rabbis and devoted Zionists. His cousin, Asher, was a Senator in the Greek Senate and in […]

Posted: Sat 30-Aug-08 under History, Sarkozy & Co

Napoleon Crossing The Alps, Day 30

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

Posted: Sat 30-Aug-08 under History

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):

You can watch the gay version here on YouTube.

Posted: Fri 29-Aug-08 under Created in France, Environment & Health

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 know is that Crocs are considered dangerous in several countries (source). There are reports that the […]

Posted: Fri 29-Aug-08 under People

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)

Posted: Fri 29-Aug-08 under Oops

What are they selling here?

Click to view full ad.

Posted: Fri 29-Aug-08 under Created in France

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