tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post6195888305340087216..comments2024-03-29T00:34:09.653-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: PareeMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-21041881289195787002017-10-01T19:14:28.586-07:002017-10-01T19:14:28.586-07:00By coincidence, I was wearing a beret on Saturday....By coincidence, I was wearing a beret on Saturday. Wish I had visited GDB yesterday.Dean Findernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-73010005755861061442017-09-30T21:21:45.935-07:002017-09-30T21:21:45.935-07:00If they were drinking it straight, that was probab...If they were drinking it straight, that was probably the difference. I was drinking Green Fairy cocktails, which are pretty diluted now that I look at the recipe. <br /><br />I do love Gainsbourg and Mireille and all the great chansonniers, but Brel’s my favorite. As far as I know, the Allman Brothers are the only ones who've sung about Melissa.<br /><br />I think the Major and Scott Lane are onto something. Forget pirates; we should have an annual Talk Like Maurice Chevalier Day! (Straw boater helpful but not mandatory.)Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-92003779728224782692017-09-30T19:25:30.339-07:002017-09-30T19:25:30.339-07:00Nanook, I was not sure of your car expertise exten...Nanook, I was not sure of your car expertise extended to European models. My knowledge ends at Citroen. <br /><br />TokyoMagic!, somehow it would just figure that French kids would steal persimmons instead of candy!<br /><br />Scott Lane, you should talk like Maurice Chevalier EVERY day.<br /><br />K. Martinez, I would watch that Louis Malle film again too, only I’ve never heard of it. Does it have cool space ships and CGI dinosaurs?<br /><br />Pegleg Pete, yeah, I was frustrated trying to ID that second photo. I’m glad you noticed the faded paintings; one of them looks like an American bald eagle - I think. If we COULD figure out the location, I can guarantee that the buildings have been scrubbed clean and lack any funky characteristics. <br /><br />Melissa, wait a minute, I thought you were a Serge Gainsbourg fan! Or maybe I imagined it. Come to think of it, I’m pretty sure you have mentioned Jacques Brel before. Did he happen to sing a song called “Melissa”?!<br /><br />Melissa II… absinthe not intoxicating?! That stuff is strong! My old room mate and another friend got seriously into absinthe a few years ago, and I still remember walking into my apartment, the whole place swimming with alcohol fumes as the two guys sat there trying to not be drunk. Or are you referring to the supposed *other* effects that absinthe is said to have? Not sure what those are exactly, except that you might be driven mad!<br /><br />Sunday Night, I’m glad you liked it!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-48154350450330922522017-09-30T13:45:39.779-07:002017-09-30T13:45:39.779-07:00That first photo is unbelievably great. It almost...That first photo is unbelievably great. It almost looks like it was set up for the picture.Sunday Nightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-32114014044046436292017-09-30T12:12:57.211-07:002017-09-30T12:12:57.211-07:00Oh, and I was really disappointed when I finally g...Oh, and I was really disappointed when I finally got to try absinthe. It tasted nice, but no intoxicating buzz whatsoever. And I intoxicate incredibly easily.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-9894712033884987002017-09-30T12:09:56.951-07:002017-09-30T12:09:56.951-07:00Paris in the Fifties!
Somewhere out of frame, Jac...Paris in the Fifties! <br />Somewhere out of frame, Jacques Brel tosses his 150th <i>Gauloise</i> of the day into the gutter, realizes he just rhymed <i>l’amour</i> with <i>toujours,</i> and curses himself as a <i>bourgeois</i> hack as he laughs the hollow laugh of the disillusioned idealist.<br /><br />Souvenirs, jewelry, stationery, AND office supplies? <i>Sacred bleu,</i> Madeline’s got it all!<br /><br />( I couldn't find a video of Brel singing “Madeleine” with English subtitles, so the first URL is the song, and the second is the translation.)<br /><br />https://youtu.be/gL1N2lXPr0Q<br /><br />http://lyricstranslate.com/en/madeleine-madeleine.html<br />Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-57815012947009031382017-09-30T09:52:17.516-07:002017-09-30T09:52:17.516-07:00Thanks, Major – these are some swell views of a Pa...Thanks, Major – these are some swell views of a Paris that doesn't really exist anymore. Try as I might, I can't find the location of the second photograph; it certainly looks like any number of spots in the Latin Quarter but I can't pin it down to any of them with which I'm familiar. Those faded paintings on that building on the right are especially evocative of lost Paris. Thanks, again.Pegleg Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-57069349133144498072017-09-30T08:13:43.242-07:002017-09-30T08:13:43.242-07:00Great street views of Paris, Makes me want to wat...Great street views of Paris, Makes me want to watch Louis Malle's "Le Feu Follete" again just for the street scenes of mid-century Paris. Nice pics today. Thanks, Major.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-62568734980910456042017-09-30T03:34:14.852-07:002017-09-30T03:34:14.852-07:00Tres bon et tres belle! I think I'll dust off ...Tres bon et tres belle! I think I'll dust off my high school French and talk like Maurice Chevalier all day.Scott Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10225636456858440089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-20067179128294890612017-09-30T02:37:19.920-07:002017-09-30T02:37:19.920-07:00I think those kids in the first pic are shopliftin...I think those kids in the first pic are shoplifting a persimmons. These pics are tres magnifique, Major! TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-34948503746722925202017-09-30T00:06:51.386-07:002017-09-30T00:06:51.386-07:00Major-
Fantastique-! I see there's a light g...Major-<br /><br />Fantastique-! I see there's a light green Renault Dauphine in that first image. <i>Renault, Renault, Renault Dauphine - with the city horn [beep-beep] and the country horn <b>[beep-beep]</b>...</i>. Ah, who could forget that jingle-? Okay - I could only remember that part of it.<br /><br />Merci, Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com