“So ‘vous’ means ‘you’ then?” Perfectly serious question posed by an English lady at Monday’s French Conversation class. She has lived here for eleven years. Eleven years. One-Liner Wednesday 10 January 2018
Greetings from The Management. As we indicated in the recent post announcing that we were stepping in to rejuvenate Mr Deadhead’s blog, our aim is to keep our readers much more informed about local news – even if we have to make it up ourselves – as it concerns the local expat community. As Deaders…
“I’m an old-age pensioner, not a reincarnation” – – – – – – – I wish I’d said that. However, British readers may be surprised to know that it was actually Ann Widdecombe (on The Chase Celebrity Special, to be exact). Non-British readers, of course, couldn’t care less. One-Liner Wednesday 3 January 2018
“Is anybody using those last two mince pies?” One-Liner Wednesday 27 December 2017
Does anybody happen to know what an occasional table is the rest of the time? Asking for a friend.One-Liner Wednesday 20 December 2017
“You only think it’s there because you can see it.” – – – – – – – – – Perhaps a little explanation would be helpful. Those of a certain age may remember that when you turned off an old television set the screen went black but there was a white dot that took a…
”I may be past it – but at least I’ve got history.” One-Liner Wednesday 29 November 2017
“‘Storage solution’ my arse. It’s a shelf.” One-Liner Wednesday 15 November 2017
“I worry that I’m neurotic” – let’s just say ‘Anon’ and leave it at that, shall we? One-Liner Wednesday 8 November 2017
Being the latest despatch from the front line of one man’s war on terroir…. Our rural idyll here in the heart of la France profonde is lovely, but there’s one problem. Nature rather objects to us having muscled in and wants to take our little piece back – which it tries to do relentlessly throughout…
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