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Paul Mason, I rely on babelfish as I know it is 100% correct. 'La plume de ma tante est dans le jardin' means "the feather of my aunt is in the jardin"
Not sure why it has translated a french word into the same french word that doesn't exist in English, but who can possibly argue with it 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Paul Mason, a generation or two back five years of secondary school French left a fair proportion of students with knowledge of a single French phrase, which one had to learn by rote, "La plume de.... etc" ("My aunt's fountain pen is in the garden"). The equivalent in France for students of English was "My tailor is rich". Both expressions being utterly pointless and useless.
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Paul Mason, a generation or two back five years of secondary school French left a fair proportion of students with knowledge of a single French phrase
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"Ecoutez et Repetez" )(sp)?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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And nowadays, it extends to, "Bon soir, je voudrais un bierre sil vous plait." What more do you need? ... 
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Onze bierre?
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Frosty the Snowman, practise for next week: "Soixante bierres, s'il vous plait".
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A relative of mine worked in one our countries most secret and militarily sensitive establishments (I can say no more). Anyway one day (after a bit of banter wih the chap that he shared the car journey with), for a joke he showed a 'Joe 90' Id from a comic as his Id when he went through the security check points on the way in. He didn't get stopped once! Not sure if in retropsect we thought it funny or just plain terrifying.
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Lorraine, 
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Lorraine, I know of a similar tale at a very sensitive site, in his case e used his brothers id, now that doesn't seem too bad till you realise there's a 10 year age difference and his brother clearly has red hair whilst he most definately does not. Still it got him past the armed guards !
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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A friend of ours skied all week in Sauze with his dog's pic as his lift pass photo
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Paul Mason, a generation or two back five years of secondary school French left a fair proportion of students with knowledge of a single French phrase, which one had to learn by rote, "La plume de.... etc" ("My aunt's fountain pen is in the garden"). The equivalent in France for students of English was "My tailor is rich". Both expressions being utterly pointless and useless. |
you think that is bad... I spent 2 years of german learning to say things like "hands up" "hand over the money or I blow up your bank" etc...  someone decided this was useful german for schoolgirls to learn! My best effort present day is to recite some rhyme about lazy people and tomorrow that cracks up all the old austrians I know....
at least in french i learnt to ask for chocolate frogs(got one if you could ask for it after reciting whatever you had to learn) and to translate recipes for cooking french onion soup and omelettes and to sing antiwar songs in french... (I think my teachers were a tad eccentric)....
oh and the most useful thing learnt in french? Why is a mousse(desert) and a moose(animal) and moss all sounding the same in french...
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Talking of passports..hoping to be in alps first wk of May, returning on May 6. Passport runs out on May 10...is this gonna be a problem you think??? I'm going to Switzerland and travelling through Geneva airport. Any advice???
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You know it makes sense.
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Jake, not sure about Switzerland, but I know some countries want you to have at least 6 months left on your passport before they let you in.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Jake, officially France requires you to have at least 3 months left on your "identity card" at the end of your stay in their delightful country. Poland (also in the EU) requires 6 months. I only know this because I got away with it skiing but had to send my passport off a bit shrpish prior to a trip to Poland in May.....(not back yet )
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Poster: A snowHead
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This doesn't sound good...can you go to the passport office and get fixed up in a single day??
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Jake, from what is written above, the answer would seem to be yes.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Jake, Yes, but if memory serves correctly, it's best to try and make an appontment and it costs more (I may be wrong though).
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as might this
Passports
Passport valid for three months after intended period of stay required by all except:
(a) 1. nationals of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, The Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain and the UK holding a valid national identity card, providing not taking up employment and for stay up to three months;
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| Lorraine wrote: |
| A relative of mine worked in one our countries most secret and militarily sensitive establishments (I can say no more). Anyway one day (after a bit of banter wih the chap that he shared the car journey with), for a joke he showed a 'Joe 90' Id from a comic as his Id when he went through the security check points on the way in. He didn't get stopped once! Not sure if in retropsect we thought it funny or just plain terrifying. |
I've known similar at a place where they make things that boom in a big way.
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