Il y a longtemps que notre pays est beau mais rude.
--Newspaper editor Olivier Séguret, 25 January 2012
The USA are entirely the creation of the accursed race, the French.
--Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), writing to Nancy Mitford, 22 May 1957
(squawk) Etymology: from orfraie, the white-tailed eagle, possibly confused with chouette effraie, screech owl; it's usually used to mean an over-reaction.
Nicolas Sarkozy a discuté avec des journalistes qui l’ont interrogé sur une éventuelle défaite. Une hypothèse qui ne lui a pas fait pousser des cris d’orfraie.
Brigitte Bardot, angry that because of the requirement for 500 public sponsorships from mayors, Marine Le Pen may not be on the presidential ballot. Le Pen has a lot of support but not a lot of public support.
Employees at the "Paris"-Beauvais airport (hub of Ryanair and other cheap airlines), on strike (of course) during the winter school holiday
SNCF (French national trains employees, toujours eux) calling for a strike for the next two weekends in the Alps, not coincidentally during the winter school holidays when one-quarter of all French families go to the Alps
Employees of the partly state-owned ferries of the SNCM to Corsica, planning to strike on Friday, 24 February, during the winter school holidays
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Demonstrator in front of the Socialist Party Headquarters in Paris today.*
His signs say:
François Hollande, PS [Socialist Party]
--for whom I worked as a chauffeur owes me:
-- an employment contract
-- salary (six months)
---> hidden work ???
Martine Aubry
--> protects goons and
--> sends security guards to THREATEN and INTIMIDATE me
--to prevent me from demonstrating and telling the truth about certain members of the PS.
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The Wall: Some kind of shiver is going down my back.
The Lizard: It's me!
--Jules Renard (1864-1910)Histoires Naturelles
Le Mur: Je ne sais quel frisson me passe sur le dos.
Le Lézard: C'est moi!
Dutch prince Johan Friso is in critical condition after being swept away by an avalanche while skiing in Austria.
Keith Eckstein also has a new book review site, Books About France
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