Say you want a revolution…

¶ 14 July 05

Louis XVI in a bit of a predicament.

 

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  1. “Well, this is unpleasant.”

    Liberty, Equality, Fraternity! (Happy Independence Day!)
    roggey    Jul 14, 2:23pm    #
  2. Yesterday night, after 4 bottles of oaky italian wine, came the delightful idea of changing the fête nationale du Royaume de la Belgique to May the 8th, perfect day to reflect compromise (oui, mais? non, peut-être!). Do people wish each other “joyeuse fête nationale” in France? Anyhow, have a great day.
    eloisa    Jul 14, 5:34pm    #
  3. Okay you lousy plebes, here’s my final offer…
    mara    Jul 14, 5:43pm    #
  4. “Well, it was good to be the King…”
    Phineas    Jul 14, 6:56pm    #
  5. I miss Jacques Tati on this Jour De Fête-picture.
    Crachàt    Jul 15, 12:08am    #
  6. Insert caption? I’d rather insert a certain president there! He would probably be every bit as unrepentant as that Louis fellow. No burgers? Let them eat steak!
    wizmo    Jul 15, 8:02am    #
  7. I swear, I said nothing to Robert Novak about Joseph Wilson’s wife!
    beerzie    Jul 15, 7:51pm    #
  8. Just a short note to say that I’ve linked to your site from my humble little blog.

    Hopefully I’m a future translator.

    Cheers. Keep up the good work.
    Marie    Jul 17, 2:03am    #
  9. shit…did i leave the oven on?
    kerry d    Jul 17, 5:54am    #
  10. I suppose a little democracy would be out of the question?
    roger    Jul 17, 11:32pm    #
  11. ”...merde!”
    peggy    Jul 18, 4:46pm    #
  12. How about “It was inhuman it was dull/And curiously technocratic.”? (from Marat/Sade, referring to the revolution)

    Wizmo, I love that “No burgers?” line about Mr. Bush and will start using it immediately. :)
    Amy    Jul 18, 8:14pm    #
  13. Well you might have memories in your head, but due to you mentioning the town of Avignon, I now have the children’s song “Sur le pont d’Avignon” in my head. The problem is I don’t speak French and only know the first two lines. But I guess that’s my problem.

    Cheers.
    pacatrue    Aug 5, 2:12pm    #
  14. ”... the next winning ticket is #05677. Is number 05677 here?

    0-5-6-7-7?

    No?

    Ok … let’s see here …

    Number 00391? 0-0-3-9-1?

    Ticket number 00391?

    No?”
    tokyocrunch    Aug 11, 10:13pm    #

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