Mrsgunka sent us these brilliant ideas for recycling all types of objects. Thank you, MrsG.
Friday, 10 May 2013
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Silly stuff
I found some silly things I jotted down nearly ten years ago and as I couldn't remember the majority of them, it goes to prove that my memory is not what it used to be...
They are old, but still quite funny:
If lawyers are disbarred, clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians are delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed and dry-cleaners depressed?
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Are part-time band leaders semi-conductors?
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Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
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Why do they call it instant credit when it really means instant debt?
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How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?
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The trouble with learning from experience is that the test comes first, then the lesson...
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Paper clip: The larval stage of coat hangers.

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Laziness: Resting before you get tired.
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Gambling: The sure way to get nothing for something.
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Committee: A group of people who keep minutes and waste hours.
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Neither teenagers nor cats turn their heads when you call them by name.
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Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the engineers are German, the administrators are Swiss and the lovers are Italian. Hell is where the police are German, the cooks are British, the engineers are Italian, the administrators are French and the lovers are Swiss.
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And God said: "Let there be vodka!" And He saw that it was good. Then He said: "Let there be light!" then He quickly said "Whoa, too much light!"
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Why be difficult? Put some effort into it and be impossible!
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Let's end the post with a cartoon:
They are old, but still quite funny:
If lawyers are disbarred, clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians are delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed and dry-cleaners depressed?
***
Are part-time band leaders semi-conductors?
***
Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
***
Why do they call it instant credit when it really means instant debt?
***
How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?
***
The trouble with learning from experience is that the test comes first, then the lesson...
***
Paper clip: The larval stage of coat hangers.

***
Laziness: Resting before you get tired.
***
Gambling: The sure way to get nothing for something.
***
Committee: A group of people who keep minutes and waste hours.
***
Neither teenagers nor cats turn their heads when you call them by name.
***
Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks are French, the engineers are German, the administrators are Swiss and the lovers are Italian. Hell is where the police are German, the cooks are British, the engineers are Italian, the administrators are French and the lovers are Swiss.
***
And God said: "Let there be vodka!" And He saw that it was good. Then He said: "Let there be light!" then He quickly said "Whoa, too much light!"
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Why be difficult? Put some effort into it and be impossible!
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Let's end the post with a cartoon:
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Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Cats and dogs
I've been collecting these photos for a while. Now that I have enough of them, it's time to share...
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Des mots - The truth behind them
Your definitions of the "mots" were hilarious. Here are some examples:
Conscious at last!
Pasteque - pasta that you have to wait on a long line to buy
Gazon - gadget that tells you when your fuel is low
Cafard - gastro-intestinal emission
Chouette - AHH. Chu!
Ramoneur - one who only dates Ramons
Chauve-souris - a shave so close you almost lost your smile
Amy
Pastèque - Twinkie
Gazon - Stink
Cafard - Cyst
Chouette - Flyswatter
Frelon - Ruffle
Chauve-souris - Argle-bargle
Robinet - Burglar
Vis - Gristle
Ramoneur - Gumchewer
Betzy
Pasteque - duct tape
Gazon - Looky Lou's
Cafard - constipated
Chouette - eat
Frelon - turf grass
Chauve-souris - apologies
Robinet - chesty
Vis - p's and q's
Ramoneur - fertilizer
View_From_Here
Pasteque - non-permanent beauty "patches"
Gazon - A group of homosexuals staring at each other.
Cafard - bad air trapped under your Caftan
Chouette - kibble for miniature poodles
Frelon - 'captured' gas used in car air conditioners (see Cafard)
Chauve-souris - A social gathering (with wine) for machos
Robinet - an unhatched bird egg
Vis - The abbreviation for Blog Lurkers (European in origin)
Ramoneur - Ramon's special fertilizer (similar to 'ErnaEarth')
Sleuth decided to use all the words in a sentence. Here are her two versions:
After a very long night of dining on Ramoneur, the Frelons of the Chauve-souris decided to breakfast on Robinets and Chouettes washed down with Cafard, but found they required many applications of Vis after learning they had inadvertently Gazon-ed on the eye-scorching Pastèque instead of wine labels.
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She sneeringly glared upon the elitist wine labels at the Chauve-souris, but mirrors cracked in the process, throwing the Pastèque gazon throughout the room like a laserlight show gone mad, stultifying the gay Frelons; some dropped their Robinets as they were lifted to lips and Chouettes hardened in midchew; as glasses of Cafard shattered on the floor, it became horrifyingly apparent to all...there was not enough Vis in the universe to make the horrid antidote known as Ramoneur look remotely edible, even if it meant escape.
Amy and Mrsgunka followed suit:
Amy:
"Pastèque!" shouted the old man, waving his fist, upon almost being sideswiped by an even older bicycliste.
"Gazon! GAZON!" screamed the bicycliste back at him. "You are a true Cafard! A Chouette!!! Your kind should be frelon-ed in the Chauve-souris. Yes!"
Never at a loss, our first old man let loose: "May the robinet vis your ramoneur! Oui! It is what you deserve."
Having both cleared their sinuses, as they did in this exact same way every morning, each one went his way. With a smile. Thinking about the checkers the two men would play tonight after dinner, as they did each night, with each other...
Mrsgunka:
I just know, my get up and go has got up and gazon! Just put in two batches of frelon in the ramoneur. When it's done I'll throw on the chouette, fix the pasteque and pour the chauve-souris. Pass the cafard, say grace and all will be well again. Vis? Robinet anyone?
[There are more definitions dotted around on the last thread.]
The true definitions will have you laughing at the creative efforts above. The thought of drinking cafards makes me shudder!
| Pastèque - Watermelon |
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| Gazon - Lawn |
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| Cafard - Cockroach |
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| Chouette - Owl |
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| Frelon - Hornet |
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| Chauve-souris - Bat (chauve = bald, souris = mouse) |
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| Robinet - Faucet |
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| Vis - Screw |
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| Ramoneur - Chimney-sweep |
[I mentioned Baldilocks as a nickname for and old "friend." I came across the word when looking up "chauve," which means bald. It's also used as a pejorative term, i.e., baldilocks!]
Monday, 6 May 2013
Des mots - A silly game
This is supposed to be a very silly game. I selected nine words (mots) in French. The game is to provide an English word for each mot, WITHOUT googling! The object of the game is to be creative and amusing, not to get it right.
Those of you who know French, just go with the flow and invent something silly, yes?
1) Pastèque
2) Gazon
3) Cafard
4) Chouette
5) Frelon
6) Chauve-souris
7) Robinet
8) Vis
9) Ramoneur
Sunday, 5 May 2013
Saturday, 4 May 2013
A walk into the past
I was born in a young country, discovered in 1500. The age of certain structures in Europe never ceases to amaze me. There are pre-historical sites dotted all over the place, but they tend to be cordoned off and in some cases you need to buy tickets, they're not part of everyday life.
The other day we embarked on a long walk to the oldest part of the village, where the first houses were built around the year 800, in a place called "Les Eglises." It's now a cemetery. We had to pass the younger parts of the village, such as the Vieux Pont, built in 1492.
Looking back, from the same spot:
After we crossed the bridge, a very steep hill awaited us.
We went up and up and there were fantastic photo opportunities from such a vantage point.
We finally arrived at the oldest thing in the village, a fountain that had existed for centuries before being "christianized" by a Breton abbot (St Méen) who lived from 520 to 617. It's not very easy to find, you have to walk around the cemetery, then cross a little bridge to get there.
The cool water was very refreshing after the long uphill walk!
We haven't been able to walk very much lately because of the rain, but as soon as it gets reliably sunny again, we plan to visit the "Pierre des Druides," allegedly a pagan sacrificial site. It's in the middle of the woods between our village and a little hamlet. I hope we don't get lost!
One of these days I'll post some photos of the prettiest houses in the centre of the village. They're much younger than the fountain, as they were built between the 13th and 16th centuries...
The other day we embarked on a long walk to the oldest part of the village, where the first houses were built around the year 800, in a place called "Les Eglises." It's now a cemetery. We had to pass the younger parts of the village, such as the Vieux Pont, built in 1492.
Looking back, from the same spot:
After we crossed the bridge, a very steep hill awaited us.
We went up and up and there were fantastic photo opportunities from such a vantage point.
We finally arrived at the oldest thing in the village, a fountain that had existed for centuries before being "christianized" by a Breton abbot (St Méen) who lived from 520 to 617. It's not very easy to find, you have to walk around the cemetery, then cross a little bridge to get there.
The cool water was very refreshing after the long uphill walk!
We haven't been able to walk very much lately because of the rain, but as soon as it gets reliably sunny again, we plan to visit the "Pierre des Druides," allegedly a pagan sacrificial site. It's in the middle of the woods between our village and a little hamlet. I hope we don't get lost!
One of these days I'll post some photos of the prettiest houses in the centre of the village. They're much younger than the fountain, as they were built between the 13th and 16th centuries...
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