Well father, I've calmed down...and now I know why Delphine and Cyrille would never say they live in a Socialist country and why even with their health care system and their social security/retirement benefits, which everyone benefits from....I now understand thqt they were not created by the French government because they wanted to create "freedom; equality, and brotherhood" amongst all and redistribute wealth and services equally amongst all Frenchies but because the French goverment was scared of the Commies just like the Americans!
So the French govt. wanted to ease tensions and undermine the incresingly popular Communist party and with many strikes and marches by the French people, the govt. created programs that are seperately run from the govt. and they take money from everyone's salaries and then either redistribute it amongst everyone for health services, or keep it for every Frenchies retirement....anyways, the French system is complicated and the mix of capitalism with "socialism".
But again it's the darling French, who have fought, marched, and won their social services, and not the government, who just decided to be nice and give the French collective so many benefits.
Ok, so the ham I had was not smoked but deli-sliced ham, but truly I have never had ham like that and i would never put it in a sandwich....you have to eat it by itself to fully appreciate all the complexities with each mouthful;) amazing amazing...dont worry i've taken lots of pics of the ham.
and I have been riding around town on Cyrille's bike that has the most adorable basket; i dont think i could get anymore French....unless I had straight hair and wore a beret and had the best baguette ever in my basket and smoked a cigarette....but then I might be bursting with too much frenchiness;)
xoxoxoxoxo
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ReplyDeleteI don't get your title. Are you saying bête or embêter? Is that a message to your dad? Does he understand French? You and your "frenchiness" make me confused at times.
ReplyDeleteVive le general de Gaulle! Sorry I've calmed down as well. A sidelight to WW2 was that prior to hostilities Germany and USSR signed a non-aggression treaty letting both to feast on Poland. After war broke out Stalin decided to retake some territory he lost previously to Finland which
ReplyDeletestarted the second Russo-Finnish war. Anyway the Finns invited the germans along side of them after Hitler decided to attack USSR. The Finns decided that "the enemy of my enemy must be my friend". This caused Stalin to scream bloody murder with the upshot being that Churchill threatened to declare war on Finland unless they got rid of the
germans out of the country. Anyway, the finns and germans pushed the Red Army beyond the Corelia (sic) peninsula where the old border
had been and the finns stopped there the germans continued on to attack Leningrad and Stalengrad leading to the german retrat with the
loss of the german sixth army. Oh, to appease Stalin, Churchill after VE day decided to let him have the territory he originally tried to take. Cest
la vie! Oui, les francaise sont particuliere Cyrill et Delphine!!
xoxo Dad
PS: I should proofread my own humble translation. The last sentence should read: Oui, les francaise sont particulierement adourable Cyrill et Delphine I think. (yes the french are adourable especially Cyrill and Delphine. Anyway Rosana, maybe Jenna should wear a beret. It would show off her irish-american curly hair and keep blackberry debris out of it as well. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteThe expression above means "you're not going to bed as dumb tonight" meaning you learned something. and dad, I LOVE LOVE LOVE your translations. All your comments from now on should be in French!
ReplyDeleteI dont think we're irish american dad...if we are, I am shocked!!!
I'm confused is bed not muet? Also the irish reference was a comment when you were in indo-china.
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