Going to France this weekend. Suggestions?

[Marla_Singer]

Originally posted by MrPresident
How about that roundabout near the L'Arc de Triomphe? That's just plain mad.

Nothing is mad at the Arc de Triomphe. Actually, you'll realize there how much Parisian drivers are careful drivers. People always watch out, if you don't see a car, the driver will always see you. The problem about the Arc de Triomphe is that it supposed to be a 5 rows round-about... in other words, it can't be anything else but a mess. 12 avenues are starting from it. Just imagine a 5 row roundabout with 12 exit and massive traffic.

In the 70's, we tried to build tunnels to avoid the circulation on top but we could build only one tunnel because of the subway network which is just below. However, I must say once again that drivers do everything so that it works. We can't accuse Parisian drivers to generate more accidents than other drivers.

Originally posted by MrPresident
Can we talk about Paris' red light district? ...for no particular reason...

Of course we can. Do you want to see my show ?

 

[MrPresident]

Originally posted by Marla_Singer
Of course we can. Do you want to see my show?

The amount of times a girl has said that to me...Well, fool me once, shame on me. Fool me thirty seven times, shame on...something.

 

[Akka]

Well, Marla, don't know, but really, you're the very first person (including a whole bunch of Parisians), that tell me such a thing.

I was in Paris and found peopel agressive while driving, and driving crazy, and just anybody I know, being the ones living here or the one having just visited, told me the same.

I can only guess you're more used to it than I ^^

 

[Hitro]

At least the cliché of Parisien drivers being awfully rude and the traffic being a total mess is very common here as well. Though it is indeed usually illustrated with the Arc du Triomphe roundabout thing...

 

[Marla_Singer]

@Akka :

How can you consider that as disorganized ?

A Traffic jam at the Place de l'Etoile (Arc de triomphe).

Well okay... I admit that, this way, it looks quite messy... but what people must know is that everyone knows perfectly where he's going and are very careful of all other cars. As a result, there's no accident over there. It doesn't work that bad.

The Champs-Elysées at 8am.

Right after that, once on the Champs-Elysées, everyone is perfectly lined up as pictures the image above.

 

[sourboy]

you could bring a gun and take it over?

 

[SoCalian]

Bring a gun and try to take over the county. It shouldn't be to hard, they'll all just surrender.

Sorry just to easy.

 

[sourboy]

hah beat ya!

 

[SoCalian]

Argh! Indeed you did, sir. On the same minute none the less.

 

[sourboy]

that's ok, now we just gotta figure out what good it would do for him to conquer France...

 

[Hitro]

Originally posted by sourboy
now we just gotta figure out what good it would do for him to conquer France...

Pff, why? Not thinking about that question has been a tradition where I come from.

 

[Marla_Singer]

Originally posted by sourboy
you could bring a gun and take it over?

Don't you come from a country where air hostess pee on themselves and send you to jail if you unfortunately pronounce the word "gun" in an airplane ? And after that, you call us cowards ?

If you wouldn't be able to bring a gun in France, it wouldn't be the fault of our cowardice...

Originally posted by Hitro
Pff, why? Not thinking about that question has been a tradition where I come from.

Well, I've talked about it with Adler17 and according to him. French people started the first when they invaded Germany in 1804 or something like that.

Anyway, we can say that Napoleon went in Rome because Caesar invaded the Gauls in 75 b.c...

I think Europe is better united than divided.

 

[Hitro]

Originally posted by Marla_Singer
Well, I've talked about it with Adler17 and according to him. French people started the first when they invaded Germany in 1804 or something like that.

Technically that has a point, but it still doesn't explain what would have been gained from conquering France.

Anyway, we can say that Napoleon went in Rome because Caesar invaded the Gauls in 75 b.c...

You can also say that you just found out that Caesar was a newt.

I think Europe is better united than divided.

How anti-Nicatorial.

 

[sourboy]

Originally posted by Marla_Singer
Don't you come from a country where yada yada yada...

It's a joke dear.

 

[Marla_Singer]

Originally posted by sourboy

It's a joke dear.

Gosh !
You thought I was serious ?

 

[sourboy]

naw, just brutal sarcasm. no big deal.

 

[Marla_Singer]

Originally posted by sourboy
naw, just brutal sarcasm. no big deal.

Brutal sarcasm ? Are you serious ?

Wait a sec... if I say a european should bring food with him to avoid getting fat eating fatty american food. Would you consider that as a joke or as a brutal sarcasm ?

 

[sourboy]

Well it didn't bother me, to be honest - I was just replying to your comments. No harm no foul!



...but no, I would think it to be a joke most of the time.

 

[SoCalian]

Originally posted by Marla_Singer
Wait a sec... if I say a european should bring food with him to avoid getting fat eating fatty american food. Would you consider that as a joke or as a brutal sarcasm ?

NAh, that's probbly true.

 

[EmpireofVirtue]

Why are there so much threads about France ? Why that insignificant small landpart is so popular ?

Sourboy, I'll be fair. Marla had a point. We always tend to consider bad jokes as funnier when we aren't the target.