Comments on: entente cordiale or amour violent?

By: Natalie Bennett

Natalie Bennett — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 03:12:31 +0000

I was also thinking of the dungeon - not a pleasant thought, although I suppose if I really had to choose I’d take Chirac rather than Blair.

By: maryse

maryse — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:22:10 +0000

columbo is classic! i love columbo. here in the US i’m constantly explaining to americans that the french aren’t obsessed with jerry lewis. (they aren’t anymore are they?)

By: Chninkel

Chninkel — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:25:55 +0000

We love Columbo because he drives a Peugeot. Yep!

By: nardac

nardac — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:27:17 +0000

whoooaaa! chirac is the grand master of over-effective public speaking. Nobody hand gestures and pontificates like this guy. He’s probably the easiest person to imitate since he acts like a caricature already. I loved it when he went to China and had this dumb smily face while playing this ultra-violent video game, holding a semi-automatic weapon/joystick, pointing it at the screen, and firing at 3-D walls. Thing’ll get a lot less funny once Sarkozy steps in.

oh, and thought the amour violent comment was actually kind of fitting and pointed. The relationship is exactly that, and the language hovers between diplomatic and poetic. Too bad the translators over in England have such a hard time finding news that they have to make a tempest in their teacup.

BTW, what I can’t understand, however, is how they can still love Columbo.

By: petite

petite — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 09:46:30 +0000

French humour will have to be the subject of a future post. After all, this is the country where Benny Hill reruns were still popular long after he was axed in the UK…