Dawn French Fan Club 4

Inmate=>Détenu Tx for the word I didn't know.

MurielB a écrit:Inmate=>Détenu Tx for the word I didn't know.

Not only Muriel.
"Inmate" is used in jail, in hospital, asylum, in a boarder-school...
An old use was wider -> French "résident/occupant" but archaic (used by poshy people only).

I see now. Tx

A young blonde was on vacation in the swamps of Louisiana.

She really wanted a pair of genuine alligator shoes to bring back for her boyfriend but didn't want to pay the high prices the local stores were charging.

After becoming very frustrated with the local shopkeepers, the blonde shouted, "I'll just go out and catch my own alligator so I can get a pair of shoes at a reasonable price!"

The shopkeeper replied, "Good luck! Maybe you'll luck out and catch yourself a big one!"

Determined, the blonde turned and headed for the swamps, set on catching herself an alligator.

Later in the day, the shopkeeper is driving home, and he spots the young woman standing waist deep in the water, rope in hand.

Just then, he sees a huge 9 foot alligator swimming quickly toward her.

She lunges, wraps herself around the beast and with a great deal of effort hauls it on to the swamp bank.

Laying nearby were several more alligators all tied up.

Completely amazed, the shopkeeper got out of his car and walked toward the young lady.

Just then the blonde flips the alligator on it's back, and frustrated, shouts up at the shopkeeper, "Ugh! This one isn't wearing shoes either!!"

Gérard I think that a ghost outfit is a sheet, do you know why ?
http://www.theghoststory.com/ghosts/why-do-ghosts-wear-sheets/1344

instead of boxing their dead, the poor shrouded bodies for burial by wrapping them in a winding sheet—a white cloth that bound and covered the corpse, head to toe. And whenever a mischief-maker wanted to frighten someone by pretending to be a ghost, he used white fabric to give himself the appearance of a body that had just crawled from the grave.

gerardM a écrit:

Yes we can't change the past but we can change the future, especially in showing our dear ones how much we love them ! 

Let's celebrate every day because life is a gift ! 

Gérard a écrit:the French don't write the same way as Brits

Do you think that the French are cold and aloof in such circumstances !

The French are not comfortable with condolences, they tend to write standard words.

Do you think they behave like unfeeling robots ?

MurielB a écrit:Do you think they behave like unfeeling robots ?

Not exactly Muriel.
I guess the French are frightened by death and they are relieved to pick up traditional words and get rid of the chore.

NB - pronunciation of "chore"...

gerardM a écrit:

MurielB a écrit:Do you think they behave like unfeeling robots ?

Not exactly Muriel.
I guess the French are frightened by death and they are relieved to pick up traditional words and get rid of the chore.

NB - pronunciation of "chore"...

Gérard I didn't know that the brits could find the right words and didn't need formal condolences ! Tx for telling me.