Monday 8 August 2005

Of cars and blondes

The funny thing about paris is that folks here don't really bother about how their cars look. Vehicles appear to be more functional than anything else. Unlike in Singapore, most people here own citrons, renaults and peugeots. You hardly see Benz and the other big cars.

Maybe it's because a typical parking situation in paris goes like this: cars are parked with one end of their car kissing the end of either the car in front or behind them. At the other end, there is a max of about 50cm space. To get out of your lot, make full use of your bumpers. Bump the bumpers of the cars in front and behind you as you slowly adjust and move out of your space. This process normally about 10 to 15 min before your car is freed.Occasionally, cafe owners will come out of their cafes to watch, shout directions and cheer you on.

And dvds titles translated to french become more informative than anything else. 'White chicks' in french is 'Fausse Blondes Infiltrates'. Makes sense, I guess, rather than calling it 'Blanc Poulet'.

Jo

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hahahaaaa...blanc poulet!!! How about 'Le poulet est un homme!' Kekekeee... hey go find out if it's easy to get a driving license in Paris and how much/long it's gonna take you. Sounds simple enough.... :)
JJ

Anonymous said...

no no! dun drive in france, notorious for fuck-up drivers there! anyway citreon, renault in france are like proton in m'sia, home-made therefore cheaper.

happy national day!

Anonymous said...

haha.. yes, the parking is atrocious! we saw a renault do a reverse park between 2 cars in a parallel parking lane. the nice big cars are in germany.