Long ago Victor Hugo made an impassioned plea for Paris to keep its shit. And Paris obliges, though not according to M. Hugo's design.
La Mairie de Paris (Paris Town Hall, scil., City Hall) launched a campaign last year to inspirit civic tidiness among its sophisticated citizenry (Campagne de sensibilisation ŕ la propreté). It seems that the capital of the nation of 60 some-odd million philosophers had reverted to the mephitic character of its origins, Lutetia ("mud-town", fr. L. lutum = mud).
Fines were assessed and posters printed to get the citizens keen on sanitation.
But really, does this prompt a Parisian to something better? Or this?
Or this? (Click here for the complete winning collection. Hat tip: Carine)
Twelve hundred of these beauties decorated the walls of Paris. Now think about that for a minute.
Good citizen Tintin removes Milou's 200g des crottes from the street but an oversized poster of 2kg of ever-fresh poo remains plastered on a siding or the bus shelter. So La Mairie de Paris takes the problem from underfoot, supersizes it, and puts it level with the Parisian nose. Nice.
Too sophisiticated for yahoo-Americans.
To return to M. Hugo:
Imitez Paris, vous vous ruinerez.Amen.
(Imitate Paris, and you will ruin yourself.)
Hi, understood what you meant!
Here's the change!
Al-Qaida would back Bush, says UK envoy
Here's a funny article showing that even UK diplomat are fed-up that UK's goevrnment follows BUSH like stupid!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1309220,00.html
The Foreign Office was thrown into turmoil yesterday after the British ambassador to Rome, Sir Ivor Roberts, described President George Bush as "the best recruiting sergeant ever for al-Qaida".
Follow the link for the rest
Oh no, the anti-Bush crowed are making wild, idiotic and inflammatory statements, whatever will we do....
Mr. Blairetc.,
We grant you that in as much as Sir Ivor Roberts has made something of a honking donkey of himself, yes, it is a funny article.
Funnier still by way of his own disavowal:
In a statement, Sir Ivor said last night: "These statements as reported do not reflect my personal views."This on the heels of his government's disavowal:
"We are not making any comment other than the fact they do not represent government policy," a [Foreign Office] spokesman said.So if these remarks do not represent Sir Ivor's thinking, nor the thinking of the British Foreign Office, well, we are curious to know on whose commission Sir Ivor blurts out in public?
Funny duck, Sir Ivor. Funnier article than Mr. Blairetc. suspected.
DGB
