tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260174438615435300.post5640377427858321920..comments2023-10-03T11:09:33.280-05:00Comments on Scrimger Should Probably Be Writing Something Else: tant pis pour moiRichard Scrimgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14810796827331508445noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260174438615435300.post-34483325517088571212012-03-24T14:26:55.956-05:002012-03-24T14:26:55.956-05:00Club Merde is a great name! Who would want to joi...Club Merde is a great name! Who would want to join? And yet there we are.Richard Scrimgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810796827331508445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260174438615435300.post-34733091881983864862012-03-24T14:24:52.828-05:002012-03-24T14:24:52.828-05:00French or Spanish he is pretty darn cool. Maybe h...French or Spanish he is pretty darn cool. Maybe his slightly more southern background adds to that darkish hidden power thing he has going on.Richard Scrimgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810796827331508445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260174438615435300.post-32748526790189194802012-03-24T14:09:32.087-05:002012-03-24T14:09:32.087-05:00'The club that never meets'. I like that a...'The club that never meets'. I like that and there must be thousands of us.<br /><br />Arrived in France in 97 with a solid determination to speak French. <br /><br />My 'terror French' involved running in to a linguistic brick wall almost daily and even now there are shops I am too embarrassed to enter.<br /><br />But 'terror French' gave way to 'Battle French' and I could buy a baguette with supreme confidence with head held high.<br /><br />The killer? The French like to speak English and I was asked, no ordered, to use English with everyone.<br /><br />So, years later I know what they are talking about but not what they are saying.<br /><br />Club Merde it is.PhilJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03870072609940656221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260174438615435300.post-69264565911898664892012-03-24T14:03:32.547-05:002012-03-24T14:03:32.547-05:00'The club that never meets.' That's a ...'The club that never meets.' That's a great expression and there must be thousands of us. Arrived in France in 97 with a solid determination to learn to speak French.<br /><br />My 'terror French' was about running linguistically in to a brick wall almost every day. There are shops even now I am too embarrassed to go in to.<br /><br />But 'terror French' became 'Battle French' and I could buy a baguette with supreme confidence.<br /><br />The killer? The French like to speak English. I was asked, no ordered, to use English with all staff so my exposure to a potential sixty million conversations was zero. <br /><br />'Club Merde', yes I like that.PhilJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03870072609940656221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260174438615435300.post-45646700324055127472012-03-24T14:03:13.393-05:002012-03-24T14:03:13.393-05:00'The club that never meets.' That's a ...'The club that never meets.' That's a great expression and there must be thousands of us. Arrived in France in 97 with a solid determination to learn to speak French.<br /><br />My 'terror French' was about running linguistically in to a brick wall almost every day. There are shops even now I am too embarrassed to go in to.<br /><br />But 'terror French' became 'Battle French' and I could buy a baguette with supreme confidence.<br /><br />The killer? The French like to speak English. I was asked, no ordered, to use English with all staff so my exposure to a potential sixty million conversations was zero. <br /><br />'Club Merde', yes I like that.PhilJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03870072609940656221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260174438615435300.post-11675772676176625192012-03-11T08:13:04.452-05:002012-03-11T08:13:04.452-05:00Jean Reno is actually more Spanish than French, he...Jean Reno is actually more Spanish than French, he's from Spanish parents born in Morocco, an his real name is: Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez<br /><br />Not that many people know that ;)Juanma Agudohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16413584799057710147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260174438615435300.post-89510103950271551342011-03-21T06:55:15.897-05:002011-03-21T06:55:15.897-05:00right now, home is where the drum kit is ...right now, home is where the drum kit is ...Richard Scrimgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810796827331508445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260174438615435300.post-78238749572939022472011-03-20T18:25:37.678-05:002011-03-20T18:25:37.678-05:00Hey, hope you found a place you like. There's...Hey, hope you found a place you like. There's no place like home, eh? <br /><br />SandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com