In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Uncle Marvo wrote:
It's the Yorkshireman's flat 'at. I don't remember why I bought it,
I'm from Devon originally (God's own County).

o) Reading a wonderful book by Jean Echenoz, and last night the
description of the 'flat hat' by this amazing chap was so hilarious
... well at least it was in French "I'll say perhaps like a pancake,
or perhaps the consistency of a floppy medium sized octopus ... ".
Anyway, I thought of you. There.

I thought the French description of the vachement flat 'at was that of what
we funny English call a 'cow pat'.

Anyhow, il y a ces deux vaches. La premiere dit a la deuxieme, "qu'est-ce
que c'est que vous pensez de la vache folle?" Et la deuxieme reponds "il ne
m'inquiet pas; je suis un canard.".

I think that's how you spell "canard".

;-)

Uncle Marvo wrote:
In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Uncle Marvo wrote:
It's the Yorkshireman's flat 'at. I don't remember why I bought it,
I'm from Devon originally (God's own County).

o) Reading a wonderful book by Jean Echenoz, and last night the
description of the 'flat hat' by this amazing chap was so hilarious
... well at least it was in French "I'll say perhaps like a pancake,
or perhaps the consistency of a floppy medium sized octopus ... ".
Anyway, I thought of you. There.

I thought the French description of the vachement flat 'at was that of what
we funny English call a 'cow pat'.

Anyhow, il y a ces deux vaches. La premiere dit a la deuxieme, "qu'est-ce
que c'est que vous pensez de la vache folle?" Et la deuxieme reponds "il ne
m'inquiet pas; je suis un canard.".

I think that's how you spell "canard".

;-)

It is indeed :-) Fine French for a Devonman, and thanks for the
giggle.
As to your initial proposal, how do we know you didn't post a pic of
your very handsome cousin?

Cat(h) (and can we do the same?)

In reply to Cat(h) ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Uncle Marvo wrote:
It's the Yorkshireman's flat 'at. I don't remember why I bought it,
I'm from Devon originally (God's own County).

o) Reading a wonderful book by Jean Echenoz, and last night the
description of the 'flat hat' by this amazing chap was so hilarious
... well at least it was in French "I'll say perhaps like a pancake,
or perhaps the consistency of a floppy medium sized octopus ... ".
Anyway, I thought of you. There.

I thought the French description of the vachement flat 'at was that
of what we funny English call a 'cow pat'.

Anyhow, il y a ces deux vaches. La premiere dit a la deuxieme,
"qu'est-ce que c'est que vous pensez de la vache folle?" Et la
deuxieme reponds "il ne m'inquiet pas; je suis un canard.".

I think that's how you spell "canard".

;-)

It is indeed :-) Fine French for a Devonman, and thanks for the
giggle.

But rubbish French for someone who worked /en/paris/ for a wee while. I can
tell you the French words for any sort of beer glass now, and anything to do
with Windows, as opposed to windows.

As to your initial proposal, how do we know you didn't post a pic of
your very handsome cousin?

LOL. But why would I want to?

I could post a pic of my bro, he's a few years younger than me. But he has
no hair. I do, as can be seen from another pic [posts another pic]
http://www.backtrack.org/images/DSCF1080.JPG of me at the back of my house.
And yes, I do own another coat, honest :-)

Cat(h) (and can we do the same?)

Only if you /have/ a handsome cousin. Go on ...

Uncle Marvo wrote:
I thought the French description of the vachement flat 'at was that of what
we funny English call a 'cow pat'.

I didn't know that. See, learning everyday.

Anyhow, il y a ces deux vaches. La premiere dit a la deuxieme, "qu'est-ce
que c'est que vous pensez de la vache folle?" Et la deuxieme reponds "il ne
m'inquiet pas; je suis un canard.".

LOL! Cute. Once I gave a pun to Sacha, and she thought I was rude,
again. Well, it was in French .... I had written, after a long mad
thread with lots of dispute, 'Les jardiniers ont la chair a fleur de
pot'. The secret is in the last word.

I think that's how you spell "canard".

Oh yes - don't you worry and I'm not even going there.

Heard this one the other day: what do you call a french man wearing
sandals?




















Phillipe Flop.

In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Uncle Marvo wrote:
I thought the French description of the vachement flat 'at was that
of what we funny English call a 'cow pat'.

I didn't know that. See, learning everyday.

Anyhow, il y a ces deux vaches. La premiere dit a la deuxieme,
"qu'est-ce que c'est que vous pensez de la vache folle?" Et la
deuxieme reponds "il ne m'inquiet pas; je suis un canard.".

LOL! Cute. Once I gave a pun to Sacha, and she thought I was rude,
again. Well, it was in French .... I had written, after a long mad
thread with lots of dispute, 'Les jardiniers ont la chair a fleur de
pot'. The secret is in the last word.

The secret's after about the fourth one, to my mind, as I don't know what it
means. The gardeners are shaped like flower pots?


Heard this one the other day: what do you call a french man wearing
sandals?

A fashion icon?


















Phillipe Flop.

Ah. LOL.

Uncle Marvo wrote:
The secret's after about the fourth one, to my mind, as I don't know what it
means. The gardeners are shaped like flower pots?

Right. Les jardiniers ont la chair a fleur de pot. To have 'the flesh
(la chair) 'a fleur de peau' = very sensitive. So peau - skin, but
sounds like 'pot' without the 't'. And 'pot' is just like 'pot' in
English. Gawd ... I still know why I wasn't a teacher ;o)

In reply to La Puce ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

Uncle Marvo wrote:
The secret's after about the fourth one, to my mind, as I don't know
what it means. The gardeners are shaped like flower pots?

Right. Les jardiniers ont la chair a fleur de pot. To have 'the flesh
(la chair) 'a fleur de peau' = very sensitive. So peau - skin, but
sounds like 'pot' without the 't'. And 'pot' is just like 'pot' in
English. Gawd ... I still know why I wasn't a teacher ;o)

Ah. Mine isn't that sensitive, so I won't need the cushions :-)

In article . com, La
Puce writes


Heard this one the other day: what do you call a french man wearing
sandals?

Phillipe Flop.


I'd like to say that almost made up for the recent grief.[1] I'd like
to, but I can't - and its not the joke's fault. It was quite close
though.


[1] This post was prepared with the intention of not irritating,
angering or otherwise antagonising any of the participants in said
grief, whosoever they may be.[2] No genetically modified opinions were
used and no thoughts were harmed in the process. However, it was
prepared in a mind that some might consider [contains] nuts


[2] Although this may well be a vain hope

--
regards andyw

newsb wrote:
I'd like to say that almost made up for the recent grief.[1] I'd like
to, but I can't - and its not the joke's fault. It was quite close
though.

Better not say anything then and proceed to a garden query, an
observation or an anecdote, don't you think?