tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post7575877019602795733..comments2024-01-12T00:35:16.941+01:00Comments on French Leave: I think I'll go on strike too.....the fly in the webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-34047978118756912012011-02-11T20:19:09.450+01:002011-02-11T20:19:09.450+01:00Phil, I couldn't let you miss genital profilin...Phil, I couldn't let you miss genital profiling....as to blog posts I'll have a look....but it's the Loire Valley in any case.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-47950950269463569252011-02-11T19:58:15.482+01:002011-02-11T19:58:15.482+01:00Hilarious. Thanks for the link to this post ‘Fly’....Hilarious. Thanks for the link to this post ‘Fly’. Often wonder how long it’ll be before the French wheel out the old Guillotine again. It worked before in culling the aristocrats, it would work just as appropriately this time around with the bureaucrats.<br /><br />Nationalised genital reprofiling. Vivre la nouvelle terreur…and get their nuts on a few blocks.<br /><br />Do you have a blog posting which describes which part of France you lived in?Bish Bosh Bashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311092711040714994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-41689728986515423102010-10-21T13:18:31.705+02:002010-10-21T13:18:31.705+02:00Dumdad, if you work out how to go about genital re...Dumdad, if you work out how to go about genital reprofiling with a hoover, tell the Interior Minister...he needs a bit of assistance!<br />Better, demonstrate it on him...<br />Mark you, by then EDF will have decided not to buy in any more electricity from abroad....the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-13416329121980435462010-10-21T10:45:39.285+02:002010-10-21T10:45:39.285+02:00Eventually the whole country will go on strike. Fr...Eventually the whole country will go on strike. France will stop. Full stop. But I'll have to keep hoovering. Maybe I'm in the midst of genitally reprofiling. Or is that a chauvinistic statement?Dumdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070838905120958459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-32957603173415980362010-10-20T18:00:47.632+02:002010-10-20T18:00:47.632+02:00Mary Anne Gruen, American friends tell me that the...Mary Anne Gruen, American friends tell me that they just don't know where the U.S. is going...apart from downhill and, apparently, unstoppably so.<br /><br />If only the French unions were unions as I understand them from the U.K., spreading across public and private sectors.<br />In France they're concentrated in the old state industries and in the civil and public services...so the vast majority of working people just aren't represented.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-30780053396335990192010-10-20T17:54:23.483+02:002010-10-20T17:54:23.483+02:00It sounds like a mess! We're not quite that ba...It sounds like a mess! We're not quite that bad yet, but we're getting there. In our case, though, they've got the unions pretty much silenced.mary.anne.gruen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839396134411360643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-8624011343485784472010-10-19T20:34:06.650+02:002010-10-19T20:34:06.650+02:00Hadriana's Treasures, yes, I'll be the one...Hadriana's Treasures, yes, I'll be the one with the chainsaw....the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-77926984224279614322010-10-19T20:01:44.295+02:002010-10-19T20:01:44.295+02:00Good luck Fly! I can just picture you manning the ...Good luck Fly! I can just picture you manning the barricades. Be lovely to see you on French TV (when it is broadcasting that is!) ;)Hadriana's Treasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740533954842010870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-55001671915125892152010-10-19T15:06:09.536+02:002010-10-19T15:06:09.536+02:00nodamnblog...Freudian slips showing somewhat I fee...nodamnblog...Freudian slips showing somewhat I feel....<br />As to the offer of help, I suppose we could always say that we were only trying to integrate...when in the dock.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-69226225811370820642010-10-19T14:11:18.016+02:002010-10-19T14:11:18.016+02:00With all the sexually-charged gaffes by French pol...With all the sexually-charged gaffes by French politicians, it makes you wonder if their mind is fully on their work, doesn't it?<br /><br />If you would like some help in setting your neighbours' cars on fire, or blocking the roads, count me in. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-17015132288735760882010-10-19T13:27:25.615+02:002010-10-19T13:27:25.615+02:00French Fancy, it is a nice house...just too big fo...French Fancy, it is a nice house...just too big for two! Thank you for the positive thoughts, as well. Much appreciated.<br /><br />Good luck with the trip....I think the Figaro has a web site with a list of petrol stations out...but I do know that the situation in Maine et Loire and Brittany is dire.<br />I haven't checked where the rolling blockades are on the motorways...but I think the Figaro might have something on that as well.<br /><br />Sarah, nothing simple about France!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-18347799043197449052010-10-19T09:16:56.761+02:002010-10-19T09:16:56.761+02:00Looks like I might be renting for quite a while ye...Looks like I might be renting for quite a while yet. If house prices are stable and taxe fonciere rockets skyward, it might not be a wise investment.<br />I'm exceptionally glad I only live 5 mins from work which I can cycle if necessary and the boys go to school by school bus or foot. In France you have to factor in probable life-irritating forces like transport strikes and petrol shortages when you choose where to live. As well as taxes. It's a complicated calculation these days!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-42435842874853196502010-10-19T07:21:49.365+02:002010-10-19T07:21:49.365+02:00I reckon this tv switchover was timed to coincide ...I reckon this tv switchover was timed to coincide with the strikes and hide all the dissent from a lot of people who have buried their French heads in the sand.<br /><br />We're there for a week from early Saturday - blockades permitting.<br /><br />Good luck with the house sale - it does sound a lovely place and it is sure to be viewed a lot. Only positive thoughts being sent.<br /><br />xxFrench Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-91341779162648627612010-10-18T23:26:44.854+02:002010-10-18T23:26:44.854+02:00Delana, a new slogan...France, Land of the Iplicat...Delana, a new slogan...France, Land of the Iplicate!<br /><br />They would never trust me with their iplicates...I might do something terrible with them - like read them.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-55255508151799696282010-10-18T23:18:10.641+02:002010-10-18T23:18:10.641+02:00Oh no Fly, it could have happened. Because in all ...Oh no Fly, it could have happened. Because in all the "iplicates" probably got lost anyway. C'est bizarre. C'est pas possible! I just want to know where the hell the French store (and lose) all those iplicates. Perhaps you could offer to store all that paper nonsense at Wuthering Heights and maybe get yourself an exemption!Delana@dujourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319475424591739125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-33190924800925958892010-10-18T22:04:29.375+02:002010-10-18T22:04:29.375+02:00Pearl, clearly it did not happen in France then, w...Pearl, clearly it did not happen in France then, where it would been at least in triplicate unless involving planning permission when it would be in quintiplicate.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-62585348086077898512010-10-18T22:01:20.375+02:002010-10-18T22:01:20.375+02:00I was genitally profiled once.
Once.
PearlI was genitally profiled once.<br /><br />Once.<br /><br />PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-57916565479884774502010-10-18T20:54:35.954+02:002010-10-18T20:54:35.954+02:00e, unfortunately it was only the little house that...e, unfortunately it was only the little house that was sold...Wuthering Heights is still with us...<br />As for terrorist alerts, the police will be too busy chasing schoolkids off the Champs Elysees to take any action.<br />And I get so fed up with subsidising the national breeding programme ......<br /><br />Steve, this is surely an idea you could introduce in your place of work....<br /><br />Ayak, glad it cheered you up!<br />And neither can I stop laughing!<br />The worst is that the minister concerned is a bit like Roderick Spode, leader of the Black Shorts in The Code of the Woosters, always storming about and shouting so I'm not altogether sure that he didn't mean what he said!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-15148461853013804892010-10-18T20:30:23.002+02:002010-10-18T20:30:23.002+02:00I can't stop laughing at genital profiling.
B...I can't stop laughing at genital profiling.<br /><br />Brilliant post Fly...so funny (even when it's not meant to be)...this has really cheered me up! Thanks xAyakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-9107969603409097122010-10-18T20:29:04.571+02:002010-10-18T20:29:04.571+02:00Genital profiling... hmm. That's a great biome...Genital profiling... hmm. That's a great biometric ID device. Can I have one on a badge or security card? Do I get a prize if it doesn't fit? <br /><br />As for the local government debacle - read it with interest as it is the line of work I am in. None of it bodes well. None of it.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-13467114341858073222010-10-18T20:17:55.017+02:002010-10-18T20:17:55.017+02:00Interesting bits on the international news regardi...Interesting bits on the international news regarding your part of the planet, particularly the terrorist alerts...<br /><br />As to your "genital reprofiling...ouch! <br /><br />They should offer a loopole for retirees...<br /><br />I thought the house was already sold??ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-33403568364213784802010-10-18T20:07:25.982+02:002010-10-18T20:07:25.982+02:00mrwriteon, never let it be said that I am going in...mrwriteon, never let it be said that I am going in for gender based discriminatory practices....I am quite happy to upend a few French women over the freezer compartment in the interests of equality of treatment.<br />Someone's got to improve the French score in that department.<br /><br />I think at the moment the unions are wondering what to do for an encore...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021650718999668529.post-39228648841316528442010-10-18T19:59:31.315+02:002010-10-18T19:59:31.315+02:00'Genitally reprofiled??' Yikes. So, I am a...'Genitally reprofiled??' Yikes. So, I am assuming you believe your advesaries will be male. Anyway, when we were in France the trains were going on strike about every 10 minutes or so, yet they always seemed to be running.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com