Disclosure on Mowing the Lawn

Does she or does she not?  This is one of those things that are usually of knowledge only by a woman's lovers, how ever many they might be.  But recently American television personality Kathie Lee Gifford indicated that they should not shave their pubic hair.  Is this the re-adoption of an English custom?

"Kathie, who was brimming with early St. Patrick’s day cheer and kept breaking into a jolly Irish folk song, let it be known that she keeps things fairly natural there, praising whatever God gives us as a gift, even if it’s “a garden." And she's proud of it!"

Too much disclosure, in my opinion.  But maybe St. Patrick's Day festivities include a little unlacing?

I can understand the pros and cons.  Certainly it eliminates the overlapping hairs when one wears a skimpy swimsuit.  And it is certainly polite if one expects faire minette from a lover!  Indeed, help to make the experience nice for both!  But it is a trouble to keep up; and waxing does sting when the Yanks come!

I must say I have a large difficulty in being sober and profound on this topic.

But this is an interesting cultural shift that might be taking place that we only get symptoms of here in Picardie.


http://www.wetpaint.com/network/articles/kathie-lee-gifford-thinks-ladies-shouldnt-shavedown-there?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc

Vagina Dentata

The things you learn on the internet:

Bécassine

Bécassine was a popular cartoon character in France for about 50 years.  She was depicted as a young Breton housemaid.  The comic started off as a put-down to Bretons, but grew more sympathetic with time.

Bécassine means snipe in French; tantamount to "fool."

She is very charming.  Here is Bécassine During the War, standing in between two Alsatian children.

Bonne Année / Happy New Year!

Excessive American Football Rivalry

 

 

Apparently UCLA Bruns fans expressed their contempt for local rival USC.

 

Genial!

Surprising French Phrases

These may come in handy.

1. Ah, la vache! (lit: oh, the cow!): oh my God!
   
2. à l’eau de rose (lit: with rose water): sentimental/soppy
   
3. à toutes les sauces (lit: with all the sauces): in all sorts of ways
   
4. au poil (lit: to a hair): perfect; flawless
   
5. avoir le gueule de bois (lit: to have a wooden face): to have a hangover
   
6. avoir le bourdon (lit: to have the bumblebee): to feel down/have the blues
   
7. avoir le cafard (lit: to have the cockroach): be down in the dumps; have the blues
   
8. avoir le démon de midi (lit: to have the midday demon): to have a midlife crisis
   
9. avoir un chat dans la gorge ) (lit: to have a cat in your throat): to have a frog in your throat
   
10. avoir une faim de loup (to have the hunger of a wolf): to be ravenous/starving hungry
    
11. avoir une peur bleue de quelque chose (lit: to have the blue fear): to be scared stiff of something
    
12. avoir une araignée au plafond (lit: to have a spider in the head):to have a screw loose
    
13. c'est la fin des haricots (lit: that's the end of the beans) : it's the last straw/its hopeless or that's the end of it
    
14. chercher des puces (lit: to look for fleas): to bug/annoy someone
    
15. les carottes sont cuites (lit: the carrots are cooked): I've had it/that's enough
    
16. quand on parle du loup (on en voit la queue) (lit: When you talk about the wolf (you see its tail)): speak of the devil
    
17. quelle mouche t'a piqué? (lit: which fly bit you?): what's your problem? what's the matter with you?
    
18. se fair une toile (lit: to make a fabric): Go to the movies.
    
19. un film trop mortel (lit: a film too mortal): such a good movie
    
20. zut alors! (no translation!): holy smokes/darn! 

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