French Language Fan Prints

"C'était quand même mieux avant!" "Avant quand?"

"Nous somme desir-eh, go, er, allez, erm, universitaire français, s'il vous plait."

Fabrique en Francais (Made in France).

Jean-Paul Sartre

"Weather like this plagued my retreat from Moscow."

'As Chuck's definition of terroir dragged past the 20-minute mark, Suzy concluded, the longer the explanation, the less likely you know what the word means.'

French Early Bird

Voltaire

French Army knife

'Yes, I speak perfect English, I have to 'cause you English are too bloody lazy to learn French!'

Charles Baudelaire.

"I'd like to book a wild and crazy party on the French Riviera."

GARDU VIN! (BEWARE!). Clown sees several pies to beware of.

'Of course he's smiling. In your best high school French, you just ordered Champagne for the entire hotel.'

"The worst is behind us!"

"She introduces herself as Drosophila Melanogaster, but everyone knows she's just a common fruit fly."

'I'll be talking gibberish to you in a moment. There's a big tip in it for you, if you pretend I'm speaking French.'

'Bone appetit!'

Frenchman Speaking to Englishman

Emile Durkheim

"Temp, tempo!"

"Can you recommend a good exercise program?"

Great moments in shopping

'Bonjour!' Psychiatrist is the mad one, dressed in a Napoleon outfit.

Françoise Hollande

Accordionist at work and in cafe.

Trilby - 'Voila l'espayce de hom ker jer swee!'

'Can you tell me the nationality of Napoleon?'

"Carpe the per diem."

Fifi the Talking Poodle - Translations by Blinky.

Jean-Paul Sartre.

'Hey Dad, we learned to speak French at school today, listen: Cocorico!'

Three Musketeers at a barbecue

A francophile to the last, he went the way of Concord, the 2CV and the Minitel.

"L'adoration des comiques."