Comments on: Planning some more

By: Feles

Feles — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:36:57 +0000

Hahaha!!!! Awesome grandma you have.

Mais ouis, je trouvez le baguette. Je penser le baguette, é cet effet je suis une baguette.
Philosophy in intolerably wrong french.

By: Marie

Marie — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:09:47 +0000

But I do remember a post where you claimed to be a baguette quite adamantly in French “dans le texte”.

The penis is the basis of the explanation: imagine an old fogyish woman explaining the whole thing, comparing the bottle to a penis…

By: Feles

Feles — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:22 +0000

I can imagine how you feel, having been in france without speaking the language. lol.

I’m not sure where the penis came in, but penis is good. ROFLMAO.

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:41:38 +0000

I’d go for the “researching of earthlings”… Hard task when you leave in France!!!

Perhaps I should have kept the original “penis analogy” then…

By: Feles

Feles — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:34:40 +0000

Knowing me, probably;)

h00min or alien (researcher of earthlings is fine too)?

^_^ Had a blast reading your tutorial;)

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:17:19 +0000

You say that because you don’t know me

By: Feles

Feles — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:54:50 +0000

:smile: I LIKE YOU!

Tested and approved by 3 generations of french women. My gawd, after this explanation I’ll make my dad embarrassed. *salutes*

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:34:56 +0000

Here is an ultimate technique to open a bottle of champagne silently (and safely), tested and approved by (at least) 3 generations of French women (yeah… my 87 yo granma still excels at this task):

0. Make sure the bottle hasn’t been shake previously. Well, that is to say if you want to drink it… If it’s a shower you’re aiming for, go for it and shake it like the world was about to end. If not, your bottle might need a little rest (one or two hours at least).
Prepare your « glass »: it can be made of plastic, paper, glass, bone China, crystal (drinking directly from the bottle is not decadent…) and every size is acceptable (yes, a vase will do! )

1. Take of the wrapping and uncap the little metallic thing around the cork.

2. Keep the bottle perpendicular to the floor/table/your bed (depends on your position), grab the « neck » of the bottle with your weak hand and the cork with your strong hand (the cork has to touch your palm).

3. Pull slightly the cork (it should come easily; if not, just « turn » it slightly while pulling): as long as your palm “control” the cork, the window (or the ceiling) will be safe!

Your bottle is open: grab your glass and celebrate your arrival in Tokyo! :smile: