Advice to Friends Who Are About to Spend Three Months in France

[beamjockey]

I have been watching television. Be careful. The streets of France appear to be clogged with brightly clad cyclists. They move at frightening speed, and from what I can see, there is never a gap in the traffic.

I'm worried about your safety. Probably the best strategy for visiting Americans is to rent a Monster Truck.

Comments

[billroper]

I understand it should only be a problem for the first week or so though.

WooT!

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

Excellent advice! ;-)

[del-c.livejournal.com]

Probably the best strategy for visiting Americans is to rent a Monster Truck.

US foreign policy in a nutshell...

But I'm not sure how large the Monster Truck Rental business is in France.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Well, then, there's a business opportunity, isn't there?

If there were a movie about two pals, one American, one British, who open a business in France renting Monster Trucks to visiting Americans, I'd watch it. Admit it: you would, too.

The climax would need to have some way that a Monster Truck, or better yet, a small fleet of Monster Trucks, could be used to thwart the villains and save the local orphanage from destruction.

I think it would be better if the MT that crushes the main villain's Citroen were driven by the nun who runs the orphanage, perhaps attended by a bunch of orphans riding in the pickup bed, pelting the bad guy with croissants.

[karenb2.livejournal.com]

[tee hee]

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

I don't think they're in more danger in France than they are in any other foreign country. They can get a step ahead by using whatever they have of the language (and my bet is that these days, they know quite a lot more than my "Ou est la salle de bains?" and they know to avoid "Ou est McDonald's?"). They'll be fine.

As to the speed-crazed cyclists, that's only an issue for the next week or so. They may want to avoid Paris next weekend. Or maybe not!