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« Reply #15 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 11:23:53 » |
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Dinner at the Budda Bar is expensive but worth it
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« Reply #16 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 11:30:05 » |
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"Oi, garcon". Game over right there :-) |
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Gazza's Fat Mate
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« Reply #17 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 11:45:35 » |
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I've been to pairs 5 or 6 times I went when I was in the middle of a-level french and I was pretty fleuntant in french I still found them to rude cunts! just don't go.
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« Reply #18 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 11:48:53 » |
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Maybe French would have been an easier alternative to English for you...
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« Reply #19 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 12:06:11 » |
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"Oi, garcon". Game over right there :-) My Mum did try telling him that the waiters spoke perfect English anyway, rendering his whole Franglais effort not only embarassing but unnecessary, and that while "Oi!" may well be an internationally understood phrase it wasn't one likely to get a sympathetic ear in any language. But, in that way that Dads abroad have, he persisted. |
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« Reply #20 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 12:51:33 » |
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I went to Paris about 10 years ago with the then GF, we won a comp and only had to pay expenses...I remember the company that orgaised it were crap at organising so we told them we won 4 days when it was really 3 and they didn't question it.....
Anyway I remember it being smelly, going up the trifel Tower and having to pay again to get to the very top (rip of merchants), visiting all the usual tourist places and being bored after 2 days and wanting to come home.
I'm sure nothing has changed - went to Barcelona last year which I thought was excellent in comparison.
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« Reply #21 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 13:13:18 » |
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Heads up though: DO NOT expect a warm welcome from the Parisians, from my (Albeit only 2 days) experience you will be disappointed as they are, in general a, bunch of CUNTS. Try to speak a bit of French and you'll learn that this is not true at all. Except in the case of some waiters, but they're rude to everyone! I disagree, speaka da lingo or not they where a bunch of rude, ignorant arrogant cunts. They would be ignorant towards me before I even said a word in any language. And incidentally I remember well the nicest (Only nice) person that I met there was a waiter. |
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« Reply #22 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 13:26:50 » |
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I hated the place but I suck at going abroad.
If you dont speak French speak English in a French accent "Allo Allo" style.
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« Reply #23 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 13:59:24 » |
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I tried speaking my 'perfect' French there (GCSE grade D  ) and they just answered me in English anyway. Other than that I had a good time, that that Mona Lisa is a grumpy looking bitch and should learn to smile better. Can't work out why it's probably the most famous painting in the world. |
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #24 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 14:10:01 » |
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I went to Paris once and saw a bloke with no legs and arms amputated elbow at the Champs-Élysées. It looked like he'd got stuck in a hole in the ground but then I realised he had no legs and it was really freaky. What still bugs me to this day is wondering how he managed to get there in the first place :?
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« Reply #25 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 19:20:05 » |
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I went to Paris once and saw a bloke with no legs and arms amputated elbow at the Champs-Élysées. It looked like he'd got stuck in a hole in the ground but then I realised he had no legs and it was really freaky. What still bugs me to this day is wondering how he managed to get there in the first place :? Rolled? |
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donkey tells the truth
I headed the ball. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee-aaaaaaaawwwwwww |
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« Reply #26 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 19:27:53 » |
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I went to Paris once and saw a bloke with no legs and arms amputated elbow at the Champs-Élysées. It looked like he'd got stuck in a hole in the ground but then I realised he had no legs and it was really freaky. What still bugs me to this day is wondering how he managed to get there in the first place :? It's a shame you didn't see him in the river - could have asked him if his name was Bob. |
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« Reply #27 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 19:28:29 » |
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I went to Paris once and saw a bloke with no legs and arms amputated elbow at the Champs-Élysées. It looked like he'd got stuck in a hole in the ground but then I realised he had no legs and it was really freaky. What still bugs me to this day is wondering how he managed to get there in the first place :? It's a shame you didn't see him in the river - could have asked him if his name was Bob. |
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« Reply #28 on: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 22:13:32 » |
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Even the French don't like Parisiens, which says a lot.
It's a very "pretty" city, I'll give it that. Montparnasse has been mentioned, worth a visit. I'd also pop along to La Defence which has a modern effort at an Arc as well as a huge thumb sculpture.
Taxi drivers are maniacs. We had one who on approaching a one way street the wrong way, merely turned the car around and did it in reverse, which was a bit on the near death side of the fence for my liking.
It's highly likely some of the locals will be on strike while you are there.
Chill out, ignore the attitude you get and drink red wine as a water replacement.
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