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Don’t Arrest the Mother Superior.

So, what is your employer’s stance on religion in the workplace ?  Do employees get time off work to […]

January 7, 2014 politics, Religion, Shopping, Wine

Beg borrow or barter. Be mean and green in 2014

New year, new trends and the trend for 2014 in France is sharing and downsizing. Clothing, food, furniture, […]

January 5, 2014 Culture, Food, France, Life, Shopping

More Unchecked Bad Time Ramblings From France

It was the 18th Century philosopher, Edmund Burke who chose to tell the world of his somewhat anti-revolutionary […]

November 17, 2013 Food, France, French, Paris, Philosophy, Weather, Wine

Drink More Paint Stripper

A very worrying headline in the Times newspaper (31/10) WINE IN SHORT SUPPLY AS AMERICANS SOAK UP TOP […]

November 3, 2013 Food, France, French, Wine

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON FLUSHING

Okay, time for a cultural quiz. In French « La Chasse d’eau » is A)          A traditional French folk dance […]

November 3, 2013 Toilets

I Vote Star Wars

This post has been sitting on the blog back burner for a couple of weeks. Basically I want […]

June 14, 2013 France, French

Now Wash Your Hands

A strange statistic revealed in poll this weekend – 12.5% of French people (at least those questioned for […]

May 7, 2013 Uncategorized

Doughnut Day (or is it?)

First, a little excerpt from this morning’s Daily Telegraph (UK) « Experts from the UN cultural organisation, UNESCO, […]

March 1, 2013 Uncategorized

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