"Virginia lives in me"
Avocat means lawyer. It also means avocado. Here are some more sweet double entendres:
Especes= cash and species.
Argent= money and silver, but not silver money, that's monnaie.
Enceinte= speaker (like for a stereo) and pregnant (like a person, not a pause).
And the word for ear muffs is ear hider, because everyone knows that's the real reason people wear them.
Retirement at 37 1/2.
Razor scooters aren't just for kids. I see a lot of adults riding them. In the train station. I guess the moving sidewalks just aren't fast enough for them. I haven't been able to get a picture of an adult on a razor because they are too fast. This photo is from a google image search for "scooter in train station." I know it's in France because of the vending machines.
Relaxing after he threw his kids into the river.
You're not supposed to pronounce the s.
Can't get enough of this thing.
The Mechanical Orange is a way better title than A Clockwork Orange.
Awesome name.
In France there's four different numbers for 911: police, firefighters, EMTs, and "emergencies."
As universal as the middle finger. One day at work this kid walked by a class I was teaching and flipped us off so the kids were like "He gave us the bad finger" I was like whatever ignore him and then they were explaining to me that the middle finger is really rude because they thought I didn't understand what it meant. They told me it's like in the US if someone puts up their index finger and their middle finger. I was like yeah the peace sign is really offensive in the US, you guys are totally right I'm sorry that kid is such a jerk.
Anti-France.
John Carpenter love.
There's so much graffiti in English.
My roommate's new method of storing grease.
When you pay for something with a bank card, you have to stick your card into the machine and leave it there, because the cards have chips instead of magnetized strips. You have to leave your card in for a million years while the machine tells you to "Patientez" (be patient). And then you put in your code and it tells you to "Patientez" for 20 more years and then it tells you to pull your card out and if you don't do it instantly it will make this annoying sound like it is so annoyed that you aren't immediately obeying it. The stamp machines at the post office make the internet dial up sound from 1997 when you pay with a card, but apparently the chips are the latest technology. Anyways, I always get this song stuck in my head when I am trying to patientez, because it is totally not easy.
