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ddvmor


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Don't think I've ever seen a visitor from France before!


Hey, French person, if you're still there, sign up and say hello!  Or Bonjour.  Or whatever!



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bonniepirateanne


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oł habitez-vous ?

(can you tell I did French GCSE.. ok ok, that's the only thing I remember!)

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The trouble is the things that are burned on my brain from GCSE are now out of date!


J'habite a Malvern.  (I know I don't, but I swear I'd come out with this by default if asked)
J'ai douze ans.  (Don't know if I count high enough to tell the truth, can't see anyone falling for this though)
And apparently no-one says "Pour allez a la gare?" outside a classroom, they just use "Ou est la gare?" so why, why, why did we spend so long learning it?


'Scuse the lack of accents!



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ddvmor


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Jay nay comprond parse.  Par-lay vooz ang-layse? Er... la chat est sur la table et la sange set dans la 'arbe.

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Voulez-vous coucher avec... Er... Wait, sorry.

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bonniepirateanne


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baa baa moutons noirs
avez vous de laines?
oui monsieur oui monsieur,
trois sacs complet
un pour le maitre et un pour le dame
et un pour le petit garcon qui habit dans la ruelle


ok so this is probably the most appalling French ever, but my friends and I used to think that this was a good translation that we made

i'm trying to entice the French visitor out with bad French translations so that they will show themselves - is this an effective plan? only time will tell

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ddvmor


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La vache est dans le Big Mac!


Is a Big Mac masculine or feminine?



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So, anyone here have any interesting developments with their national labour laws, as of late?




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ddvmor


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Not me, mate, although I understand that one of our neighbours is having trouble...

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Ah French.

Tricolore Un, Fifi Folle and Claude Clochard et J'habite a La Rochelle.

I generally find that if a French person can't understand me, then shouting generally helps..

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Also wouldn't France having labour laws also mean that they'd have to work in the first place?

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This is a valid point, Mr Sharky.  All they actually seem to do is riot, or strike because they're not allowed to riot.  The strikes usually appear to lead to rioting, so it seems to be a vicious circle.

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i love crepes

particularly with lemon and sugar. mmmmh

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Oooh, & what about pain au chocolat, and crossaints, and brie, and baugettes, and Boursin, and...

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They ain't french.  You can get em in Tesco...

-- Edited by ddvmor at 14:24, 2006-04-05

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You can get Tam-Tams (Is that right, or are they Tim-Tams or something?  Those things a bit like Penguins) in Tesco & they're from New Zealand.  And you get Tescos in France.



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sha76jam wrote:

 And you get Tescos in France.
Buggers'll nick anything!

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has our french friend made a reappearance?

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There's a Tesco in Prague. It is crap though.

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sharkjf115 wrote:

Also wouldn't France having labour laws also mean that they'd have to work in the first place?

Not based on the old laws, that's the problem.


Tescos are everywhere dudes:




"Tesco now has more selling space outside of the UK than in it"


"Our biggest store in the world is the Budaors store in Budapest. It has 150,000 square foot of selling space"


Check it:


http://www.tescocorporate.com/page.aspx?pointerid=A8E0E60508F94A8DBA909E2ABB5F2CC7



Although, I don't see much in the way of stores in France...



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Planned store openings 2005/06: 111


Hmm.  How many new stores do they need in the UK?  I have 3 within walking distance of my house.  Maybe they're planning to have one store per person!


The French ones must be on strike.  Or possibly blockaded by angry french farmers in tractors.  That's why they're not on the list.


Our French visitor has not returned.  He or she was obviously very intimidated by our wit and intelligence.



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bonniepirateanne


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we have to drive 30 minutes to go to the grocery store.

just give me one of those 111.. please.. come on.. just one!

i miss the french person, they were nice


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I have my groceries delivered. I shop online, and they deliver it for me

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Seems to me that they're all opening in Thailand...

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Aodan wrote:
I have my groceries delivered. I shop online, and they deliver it for me


i live too far away for deliveries *sniff*

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bonniepirateanne wrote:

i live too far away for deliveries *sniff*


:gasp: it's been so long since I had to carry huge handfuls of bag from car to house... its not something remember enjoying much though.

Now if only I could find a service that would put my groceries AWAY for me..

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We have such a service in the Twin Cities:


http://www.simondelivers.com/default.asp


I have yet to use it though... Probably should...



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bonniepirateanne


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i actually don't mind grocery shopping all that much

and my one experience of online was when my mum did it, and they substituted just about every item we bought. do i like store-brand cornflakes over kellogs? i don't think so!

-- Edited by bonniepirateanne at 23:34, 2006-04-06

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You like Corn Flakes?

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bonniepirateanne


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i actually dont care for the american variety of kellogs cornflakes, but here they taste yum.. and eat them just about twice a day every day.

in fact, if i had my way.. breakfast, lunch and dinner baby, yeah

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