tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post5432628854306340107..comments2024-01-12T00:35:16.941+01:00Comments on French Leave: Cry God for curry, Tesco and Saint George...the fly in the webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-49167491220506262112011-09-27T00:36:19.114+02:002011-09-27T00:36:19.114+02:00dinahmow, I think I've upset Blogger, somehow....dinahmow, I think I've upset Blogger, somehow...<br /><br />The longer I lived in France the more I realised that G.C. provided the best possible guide as to how it really worked...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-72914679700230524062011-09-27T00:25:53.426+02:002011-09-27T00:25:53.426+02:00Somehow, you'd dropped out of my feed, but you...Somehow, you'd dropped out of my feed, but you are worth the wait!<br /><br />I think M. Chevallier would have loved this. (I mean Gabriel, not Maurice...)dinahmowhttp://moreidlethoughts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-55646390057607044452011-09-13T00:53:37.028+02:002011-09-13T00:53:37.028+02:00Perpetua, as I used to say to the occasional offen...Perpetua, as I used to say to the occasional offensive French type who accused the British of buying up all the houses...<br /><br />We're abiding by international law...we're taking back what belonged to us...and paying fair and immediate compensation...as set by yourselves.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-6464481620123620242011-09-13T00:45:44.563+02:002011-09-13T00:45:44.563+02:00Priceless, Fly. The Norman conquest reversed :-)Priceless, Fly. The Norman conquest reversed :-)Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-86360249850726123992011-09-01T15:21:18.399+02:002011-09-01T15:21:18.399+02:00Wylye Girl, I'm trying to catch it to share in...Wylye Girl, I'm trying to catch it to share in the horror...I think it's by the estate agents who sent out their local leg man....a more ignorant condescending prat it would be hard to find...I do hope he's in the programme...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-34640676275023519042011-09-01T11:41:32.047+02:002011-09-01T11:41:32.047+02:00Fabulous Fly! I see there is a new (and totally dr...Fabulous Fly! I see there is a new (and totally dreadful) 'Let's all move to France' programme on the telly - shall be blogging about it in the near future, never being one to miss an opportunity. This should be required reading.Wylye Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513714783299643621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-40209851054888036652011-08-31T23:46:29.376+02:002011-08-31T23:46:29.376+02:00Dumdad, I was thinking of introducing BHL...all ba...Dumdad, I was thinking of introducing BHL...all bare chest, etc,..being apprehended by the Ghurkas as a yeti and being shoved into the Chize zoo...but decided against. <br />Too likely.<br /><br />Sarah, one can but dream...<br /><br />Magan (Best of Fates), thank you for calling by!<br />I think abolishing the euro is what every average european dreams of and no government will do...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-63685864403958152652011-08-29T21:51:57.455+02:002011-08-29T21:51:57.455+02:00SO funny - especially the end!SO funny - especially the end!Megan (Best of Fates)http://www.bestoffates.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-55198071323804169022011-08-29T09:52:59.175+02:002011-08-29T09:52:59.175+02:00lol very witty. Love the final thought.lol very witty. Love the final thought.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-82884683054368945282011-08-28T22:24:49.713+02:002011-08-28T22:24:49.713+02:00Très droll!Très droll!Dumdadhttp://theothersideofparis.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-7498567403478827442011-08-28T18:05:09.655+02:002011-08-28T18:05:09.655+02:00Craig, still on for Tuesday at Calais, then?
Did ...Craig, still on for Tuesday at Calais, then?<br /><br />Did you hear the other term..'godon'...supposedly from the english soldiery's habit of saying 'God damn'?the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-23873161682052906642011-08-28T17:46:01.375+02:002011-08-28T17:46:01.375+02:00That was a cracking read Fly - very creative and f...That was a cracking read Fly - very creative and funny!<br />I always loved the term rosbif...although I was never knowingly called one (behind my back I'm sure).<br />Keep up the good work.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14034726832462755283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-70272454868181117122011-08-28T16:24:05.948+02:002011-08-28T16:24:05.948+02:00Bish Bosh Bash...I blame it all on Cardinal Richel...Bish Bosh Bash...I blame it all on Cardinal Richelieu and his blasted Academie Francaise...took all the life out of the language!<br /><br />I did hear one morning exchange over the breakfast table in a French hotel....<br /><br />Wife arrives first and starts to order. Husband takes offence and gives tongue.<br /><br />She replies, without looking up from her coffee,<br />'Ta gueule, connard!'<br /><br />To which he responds with <br />'Viper!'the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-34214034557219802742011-08-28T16:07:08.902+02:002011-08-28T16:07:08.902+02:00Ha Ha! Merci buckets pour ca Mme Flyrica.
No, I&#...Ha Ha! Merci buckets pour ca Mme Flyrica.<br /><br />No, I've never heard of the 'taking in each others washing' part, post revolution. Ta for that.<br /><br />"Merde et Connard's!!"...just doesn't have the same kind of 'Ummph and edge' to it that our rosbif version has does it!?<br /><br />Think i'll stick with the Anglo Saxon version, next time I stub my toe in the morning.Bish Bosh Bashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311092711040714994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-20816526509803788922011-08-28T14:37:23.146+02:002011-08-28T14:37:23.146+02:00Steve, innit just!
Bish Bosh Bash, 'connards&...Steve, innit just!<br /><br />Bish Bosh Bash, 'connards' is about it..not a literal translation, but it's about as close as it gets in the way it would be used.<br /><br />It was a tongue in cheek post on 'Survive France' that set me thinking...as it did about another aspect of expat life....you remember the French aristos fleeing the Revolution were said to survive by taking in each others' washing?<br />Well, that looks just like what is happening with the British expats in France...all sorts of 'services' on offer...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-60602689265370882482011-08-28T11:55:28.054+02:002011-08-28T11:55:28.054+02:00Hilarious, cracking yarn to ingest with my Earl Gr...Hilarious, cracking yarn to ingest with my Earl Grey on this fine blue Sunday morning, just 60 miles north of the Normandy coast over here. Thank you, this is classic stuff!<br /><br />Je pense Madame Fly is being very funny and satirical girly ‘ere’. Such a beautifully original and clever tale of malt vinegar tear gas (LOL), chasse’s incarcerated inside their own dog runs and Velux shysters! “Route des Rois d'Angleterre” – laughed out loud. Wonderful!<br /><br />Maurice should get his son to re daub it ‘Le Ros Rois d’Angleterre’ in some bright blue paint after dark.<br /><br />I so wish you’d really think seriously about developing this whole brilliant theme into a long running serial. The whole notion of a comedic, contemporary pastiche of the ‘old border’ day spats between our medieval ancestors on both sides of the culture fence, way down there in Aquitaine, is a joy, for which there is nobody in The Americas, let alone Angleterre, more qualified to write it than vous ‘Fly Rica’. <br /><br />Presume you were the one who gave the casting vote in support of the building of the new Tesco’s store over there…by proxy, from your haven in the jungle out there?<br /><br />Thought so.<br /><br />And what <i>does</i> ‘buggers’ translate to in French BTY?Bish Bosh Bashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311092711040714994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-55202832002072185632011-08-28T09:40:54.744+02:002011-08-28T09:40:54.744+02:00Ah. Removal of the Euro and a bit of proper Englis...Ah. Removal of the Euro and a bit of proper English culture, innit. Now that's what I call a Utopia.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com