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| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 05/11/2004 : 15:47:52
Yeah, what do you think about us? Not Jacques Chirac, but the French, the people who invented the human rights, the Concorde, the high-speed train, the Camembert, the Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The nation that liberated half of Europe with Napoleon, that courageously fought the nazis for at least a week, that gave birth to Baudelaire and Serge Gainsbourg, and adopted Beckett and Kundera...
Pretty nice guys, ha?
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| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 06/06/2004 : 15:00:29
quote:
Originally posted by slaveish
btw, have had a lifelong obsession with all things french including the people, which I know is silly and not so fair since I've never been to france, but one can dream.
I used to have an obsession with nordic countries, and my girlfriend was Swedish. Then I went to study in Sweden for a year, and it somehow changed my perception of scandinavian countries. I'm still fascinated by the North, especially Lappland and Finland, but my mental image of Sweden has changed a lot. I liked it very much, actually, but it just can't be as nice as the fantasized picture I had before.
And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there. |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 10:34:32
quote:
Originally posted by slaveish
Oui, je parle francais comme une vache espagnole.
Spanish cow?
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| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 10:07:52
Hey, you changed your post.
Maybe it's better this way, some people are at work...
I keep feeling like people are just looking at screens and web sites all the time, but do they ever do anything? Or go out and say anything to anyone? I'm not so sure anymore. |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 10:06:42
Dirty Rémi!
I keep feeling like people are just looking at screens and web sites all the time, but do they ever do anything? Or go out and say anything to anyone? I'm not so sure anymore. |
| remig |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 10:03:56
quote:
Originally posted by apl4eris
Ceci n'est pas une pipe.
If the only tool you have is an elbow macaroni,
all your problems look like Schroedinger's cat.
c'est un tableau, par contre ceci est une pipe: blowjob |
| slaveish |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 22:40:54
Oui, je parle francais comme une vache espagnole. |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 09:38:12
Ceci n'est pas une pipe.
If the only tool you have is an elbow macaroni,
all your problems look like Schroedinger's cat. |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 02:10:29
Dream on, slave!
The correct proverb goes like this : "il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué" which means that you shouldn't sell a bear's skin before killing a bear. The English equivalent is the one with the chicken.
But if you say the exact opposite : "il ne faut pas tuer l'ours avant d'avoir vendu sa peau", it still makes sense, you shouldn't kill the bear before you have sold his skin.
A little bit of Wittgenstein...
I keep feeling like people are just looking at screens and web sites all the time, but do they ever do anything? Or go out and say anything to anyone? I'm not so sure anymore. |
| slaveish |
Posted - 06/02/2004 : 22:27:41
quote:
"surtout ne pas tuer l'ours avant d'avoir vendu sa peau"
hmm....one of the fringe benefits of admiring a musician with French fans- I get to try to figure out what you're talking about. Took out both my fr/eng dictionary and my book of french idioms. Can you guys help me out? You don't want to kill the bear before you have sold his skin? Okay, I guess that makes sense. You want to make sure you have a buyer for the pelt before you kill the bear. The idiom book gave as an English equivalent not to count your chickens before they hatch. am I right?
btw, have had a lifelong obsession with all things french including the people, which I know is silly and not so fair since I've never been to france, but one can dream. |
| The Champ |
Posted - 06/02/2004 : 13:03:39
Im pretty sure the concorde was almost entirely designed from the Avrow Arrow which canada invented..well the shape anyway...i dunno but the French are fantastic and i love them to pieces. |
| darkoutsider |
Posted - 06/01/2004 : 13:02:32
Really? Really, are you serious? Come on now. Don't do this. Hate the French, how about not hate at all. Takes more effort to hate then to love. Why hate King Of Karaoke? Who hurt you?
In my defense... I'm just sayin' |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 06/01/2004 : 10:53:11
If only you knew...
I keep feeling like people are just looking at screens and web sites all the time, but do they ever do anything? Or go out and say anything to anyone? I'm not so sure anymore. |
| remig |
Posted - 06/01/2004 : 09:55:16
Frog, I've got a friend that writes very well (he already had wrote a book) and he's looking for a job like yours.
how did you managed to find it? |
| joshuagingery |
Posted - 06/01/2004 : 07:15:07
what kind of ticklers do you guys have over there?
boobs rule! |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 05/15/2004 : 09:20:45
quote:
Originally posted by floop
frog, no. i'm an assistant editor.
Wow, interesting. IMO a good editing is even more important than a good screenplay, coz good editors can make a bad screenplay OK and make a good screenplay great..
I got some info about Ladder 49 (thanks Jediroller). Sure I'll see it when it comes out.
 "Welcome back to the 10th grade!" |
| TarTar |
Posted - 05/15/2004 : 04:17:20
yup
"You gotta watch the mota, Thurston. Yr fuckin memory just goes out the window." |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 05/15/2004 : 04:07:22
Well you know, I am specialized in finance where they teach us to "surtout ne pas tuer l'ours avant d'avoir vendu sa peau". But I suppose that this is not true everywhere.
It's our tradition to control, Like Erich Honecker and Helmut Kohl, From the Ukraine to the Rhône. Sweet home über alles, Lord, I'm coming home. So come on, Sugar Daddy, bring me home. |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 05/15/2004 : 02:48:18
quote:
Originally posted by Adnan_le_Terrible
quote:
Originally posted by Frog in the Sand
Adnan - I write shit for a famous shitty commercial channel - that's the only way to survive when you're a beginner. I don't want to tell more at the moment, you'll probably understand why...
I don't understand why but I do understand that you might have your reasons for not telling more...
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Right. In fact I'm just beginning and I don't want to vendre la peau de l'ours avant de... well, you know.
"Welcome back to the 10th grade!" |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 16:09:43
You mean you know Fat Tony?
It's our tradition to control, Like Erich Honecker and Helmut Kohl, From the Ukraine to the Rhône. Sweet home über alles, Lord, I'm coming home. So come on, Sugar Daddy, bring me home. |
| The Calistanian |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:50:35
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
Really I'm not I swear.
I get so pissed trying to order coffee,
until I just want to yell get me some fucking coffee flavoured coffee damnit!
I just know an Italian guy who always orders that,
right after he asks the waitress, how you doin?
Oh, that's just my bud, Tony Danza.
I am a man with 3 fingers...but that doesn't count my index finger nor my thumb. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:39:38
Really I'm not I swear.
I get so pissed trying to order coffee,
until I just want to yell get me some fucking coffee flavoured coffee damnit!
I just know an Italian guy who always orders that,
right after he asks the waitress, how you doin? |
| The Calistanian |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:34:24
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
I'll have a doppio espresso con panna please.
(impressive or what!)
So you're the person I stand behind at Starbucks when I just want a damn coffee!
I am a man with 3 fingers...but that doesn't count my index finger nor my thumb. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:26:19
I'll have a doppio espresso con panna please.
(impressive or what!) |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:25:13
quote:
Originally posted by floop
coffee slave duties are usually delegated to the production assistant. which i've paid my dues doing..
i'm not above getting coffee though. how do you take yours? sugar, milk? maple syrup?
sugar no milk, please.
And I don't want one of your disgusting American coffees.
It's our tradition to control, Like Erich Honecker and Helmut Kohl, From the Ukraine to the Rhône. Sweet home über alles, Lord, I'm coming home. So come on, Sugar Daddy, bring me home. |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:23:41
quote:
Originally posted by Frog in the Sand
Adnan - I write shit for a famous shitty commercial channel - that's the only way to survive when you're a beginner. I don't want to tell more at the moment, you'll probably understand why...
Floop - if I understand well you're a director? (Wooow)
In fact I'd like to ask you some questions. If you don't mind I'll send you an email soon...
"Welcome back to the 10th grade!"
I don't understand why but I do understand that you might have your reasons for not telling more...
It's our tradition to control, Like Erich Honecker and Helmut Kohl, From the Ukraine to the Rhône. Sweet home über alles, Lord, I'm coming home. So come on, Sugar Daddy, bring me home. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:21:31
coffee slave duties are usually delegated to the production assistant. which i've paid my dues doing..
i'm not above getting coffee though. how do you take yours? sugar, milk? maple syrup? |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:11:52
So where's my coffee then? ;) |
| floop |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:10:23
frog, no. i'm an assistant editor. |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 13:25:13
Adnan - I write shit for a famous shitty commercial channel - that's the only way to survive when you're a beginner. I don't want to tell more at the moment, you'll probably understand why...
Floop - if I understand well you're a director? (Wooow)
In fact I'd like to ask you some questions. If you don't mind I'll send you an email soon...
"Welcome back to the 10th grade!" |
| floop |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 13:01:28
congrats to you . nice work if you can get it.
i'm finishing up a film called LADDER 49, which comes out in October. |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 13:00:59
What kind of stuff do you write, Frog?
It's our tradition to control, Like Erich Honecker and Helmut Kohl, From the Ukraine to the Rhône. Sweet home über alles, Lord, I'm coming home. So come on, Sugar Daddy, bring me home. |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 12:46:08
quote:
Originally posted by floop
i do, in fact, work in lu cinema. i'm finishing a project today that i've been working on for over a year straight.
Congrats... What kind of project?
I'm beginning as a tv screenwriter.
"Welcome back to the 10th grade!" |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 12:19:39
No, because, you see, I tend to speak when I'm asleep. I don't intend to sleep alone all my life like I do right now, so the girl would find it out. Then she would blackmail me so I would have to kill her too. And then I would sleep alone which sucks!
It's our tradition to control, Like Erich Honecker and Helmut Kohl, From the Ukraine to the Rhône. Sweet home über alles, Lord, I'm coming home. So come on, Sugar Daddy, bring me home. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 12:13:18
quote:
Originally posted by Adnan_le_Terrible
quote:
Originally posted by floop
i drink lots of coffee and can type very fast. believe it or not, my job is pretty stressful. coming here and posting stupid messages provides a calming sensation..
I'm pretty much addicted to coffee myself. I understand you. And I'm a very nervous person as well. And my job in finance is not going to make it better. I'm afraid I might end killing someone. It's my nightmare, I get really nervous and kill someone, then I regret it but it's to late. It's like a recurrent dream I have. I hope it stays a dream, though. It would be really stupid to kill someone. It would ruin my career.
killing someone could also very much help your career. depending on who you kill of course. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 12:12:20
Oh my god!!! You're Patrick Bateman!!!
AAAAAAAAAAGGHH!!!!!!!!!
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
