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Vin rouge compris

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You know you’re in France….

…when the waitress says “I’m very sorry, but we’re not prepared to serve that cut well done. That would be a travesty. We’ll do it medium-well, OK?”

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If you’d drunk the best part of a bottle of wine for lunch….

……you’d be…

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You know that you’re in France….

…when kids’ meals turn up first at a restaurant. And the waiter greets them with “Bonjour ma Belle” and a kiss. Too cool.

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“She used to smash her guitar”

Ms YMBFA was scanning the headlines in the office and said “Oh, Margaret Thatcher died”. Andreas (one of the janitors who reads newspapers) said “The Iron Lady” Peter (another janitor who doesn’t) said “Duh?” Andreas (with a wink to Ms … Continue reading

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I used to have a piece of paper on my office door.

It just said “NO”

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Pull my chain….

…and I’ll belch” as in “Pull my finger and I’ll f@&t”? Signage fail @ Michael Hill in NZ

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A poem

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Tectonically speaking

A Redittor posted an image of divers swimming between chasms separating tectonic plates. A geologist responds seriously, the next with a pun, the string continues a steady slide into groan territory…

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Countrymen

An ignorant Lancastrian having occasion to go to France, was surprised on his arrival to hear the men speaking French, the women speaking French, and the children jabbering away in the same tongue. In the height of the perplexity which … Continue reading

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