http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=france The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sun, 19 May 2013 06:49:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54514#post-157315 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:06:19 +0000 rickwestwell 157315@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice idea - anyone else think it should be beefed up into a FP?<br /> Maybe "Gerard Depardieu to star in 'Red Card'"? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=54514#post-157307 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:36:40 +0000 ionb 157307@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>...in which he plays a Frenchman who enters into a marriage of convenience with a high ranking politician in a major Eurasian country...</p> <p>...a number of film endings have been made to ensure that the press don't try to second guess. The director of the film has stated that it is going to be exciting involving a complex interplay between two presidents and Belgium... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51717#post-148762 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:18:55 +0000 bavardage 148762@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, is at it again in his campaign to clean up the city.</p> <p>Back in 2007, he <a href="http://www.france-today.com/search/label/Velib">gave</a> Parisians Vélib', the bicycle sharing system.</p> <p>Last year he launched an electric car sharing programme - Autolib' - guaranteed to annoy any driver stuck behind one of those flippin' Dinky toys and render even the most mild-mannered motorist barmy.</p> <p>And now he's planning to go one step further with the world's first ever shoe sharing scheme - Marchelib'.</p> <p>The idea is a simple one: using the same pick-up and drop-off stations already available for Velib', Parisians, out-of-towners, visitors - in fact just about everyone - will be able to grab a pair of walking shoes or boots and strut their stuff happily through the City of Light.</p> <p>The announcement came on Monday as part of a package of measures aimed at trying to reduce pollution levels in Paris - still too high at certain times of the year and which contravene EU regulations - and simultaneously piss off the maximum number of motorists.</p> <p>Among the <a href="http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2012/11/12/pollution-delanoe-degaine-un-nouveau-plan-anti-voitures_859874">proposals</a> are a reduction of the speed limit on the ever-flowing (as if) Boulevard Périphérique from 80km/h to 70km/h (as if), a ban all cars older than 17 years from the city centre (and drivers with less than 17 years of experience), the introduction of a péage, or toll, on the motorways immediately surrounding the capital to limit the number of trucks and the launch of Marchelib'.</p> <p>Appearing on national radio Delanoë said the propositions "represented a new step in the city's battle against pollution" and although Parisians had changed their habits over the last decade,"pollution still remained a scourge."</p> <p>Delanoë insisted Marchelib' would not only help cut drastically the levels of pollution,but "also make Parisians fitter, healthier and give a boost to the economy by requiring that the shoes supplied would only be 'Made in France'."</p> <p>The mayor, a prominent member of the Socialist party, said he would be talking to the government minister in charge of industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg, to help draw up a list of French cobblers. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138628 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:30:32 +0000 willedwards 138628@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Send the WoM mug now!! Well over 2,000 likes!!</blockquote></p> <p>Is there actually a mug?! Well that would just make my month. (Although there are 2 weeks left of September of course, sure someone here will rise to the challenge).</p> <p>Thanks for all the positive comments, glad it went down well.</p> <p>I did also see some on Twitter and Facebook who thought it was real, which was rather hilarious... I guess good satire should always have a ring of plausibility about it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138577 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:48:46 +0000 Martin Shuttlecock 138577@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I loved this. Fresh and funny. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138574 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:44:08 +0000 writinginbsl 138574@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>wot they said </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138569 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:54:59 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 138569@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Good stuff, and I think Yikes is right; first sub straight to FP, straight to WOM. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138488 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:13:34 +0000 Yikes 138488@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Send the WoM mug now!! Well over 2,000 likes!! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138441 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:31:16 +0000 waylandsmithy 138441@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Dustybin, it's very encouraging. It just shows that if you write something funny that fits the site format, there's a good chance it'll get used. Being topical helps too.</p> <p>There's some really good stuff from new names being put on the boards at the moment, and the editors are picking it up despite all the background noise and bickering. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138440 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:20:22 +0000 Ironduke 138440@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Superb concept and great execution.</p> <p>Allez WillEdwards! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138395 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:50:23 +0000 DustyBinLaden 138395@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well done on the FP. You earned it. Looks like the newbies are getting a bit of an airing, which is encouraging. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138380 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:37:25 +0000 ramblesid 138380@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Should I say Royal Tunbridge Wells Wanderers is shit? Des, or should one say Royal Tunbridge Wells Wanderers are really rather jolly good? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138377 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:30:19 +0000 JohnA 138377@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Well done. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138373 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:08:48 +0000 Yikes 138373@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>What a debut! Close to 500 "likes" and climbing ... tweeted by the English Defence League, lol!</p> <p>Could this be WoM for a first sub??</p> <p>Edit: having looked at a couple of tweets I have an uneasy feeling that some people have not picked up that this story is satirical!!! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138372 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:01:10 +0000 reforse 138372@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Fantastic, half asleep but when I switched from the BBC to NB I thought it was real for a sec. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138370 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:50:39 +0000 Perks 138370@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>This are a lovely FP, good job. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138367 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:43:04 +0000 Des Custard 138367@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Same with football teams: we say 'Man U are shit' when we should say 'Man U is shit'.</p> <p>Superb FP. More soon, I trust. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138320 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:24:57 +0000 Golgo13 138320@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Surely "claims" is correct? </p> <p>(Government = singular)</p> <p>Although in UK English, we often treat it as an implied plural. </p> <p>Congrats on FP by the way. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138314 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:06:19 +0000 willedwards 138314@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Woo! Front page, thanks guys!</p> <p>Just noted one small grammar fail - can it please be changed to "“The French government <strong>claim</strong> they can’t stop the publication..." (rather than 'claims' as it is now)?</p> <p>Thanks again,</p> <p>W </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138313 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:40:43 +0000 HIGNFY 138313@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Fantastic, 5 stars from me. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138308 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:12:38 +0000 waylandsmithy 138308@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>FP, surely? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138304 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:57:24 +0000 dvo4fun 138304@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>yep </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138299 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:16:30 +0000 FlashArry 138299@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nicely put together - like the style : ***** </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138293 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:52:37 +0000 willedwards 138293@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Cool thanks very much. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138292 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:47:19 +0000 button 138292@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Its good, especially like the last para. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48101#post-138280 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:48:06 +0000 willedwards 138280@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><strong>Violent protests outside French Embassies after Middleton pictures published<br /> </strong></p> <p>The French Embassy in South Kensington was in flames last night after being over-run by English protesters unhappy with the treatment of Kate Middleton, a public figure venerated locally as a saint.</p> <p>Burning French flags and effigies of President François Hollande, protesters chanted ‘There is no Queen but Elizabeth’ and threw bricks through the windows of nearby crêperies and charcuteries.</p> <p>The monarchists were incensed by pictures that had appeared in the French magazine ‘Closeur’ which defamed the Duchess, revered by many in the UK as ‘such a nice girl’.</p> <p>Said one protester, “The French government claims they can’t stop the publication of the pictures because of ‘freedom of speech’, when it’s clear that the whole thing’s a perfidious plot to desecrate the ancient and outmoded system of beliefs that we English hold dear.” </p> <p>He then continued stamping on an assortment of croissants and warm patisseries, while others poured a rather special 1990 Chateau Margaux down the drain.</p> <p>There have also been reports of demonstrations outside French missions in other monarchist nations, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and The Solomon Islands.</p> <p>The protests began peacefully, but around nightfall a number of extremist monarchists reportedly joined the fray. Armed with hundreds of years of tradition and a sense of fair play, they set about breaching the embassy’s defences. Gendarmes on duty inside the building initially repelled those attempting to scale the walls, but it wasn’t long before they surrendered. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=40035#post-114079 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:16:59 +0000 weematt 114079@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Good one, wish I thought of that </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=40035#post-114048 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:03:59 +0000 arthurminnit 114048@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Eiffone, perhaps? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=40035#post-113898 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:00:17 +0000 weematt 113898@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Building on his theme of detesting too many foreign people in France Nicolas Sarkozy has turned his attention to products. If re-elected he has promised to legislate that the 'iPhone' will be called 'le jeTelephone'.</p> <p>It has still to be decided how to refer to someone else's 'jeTelephone'. It is currently proposed that 'your iPhone' if it is someone you know well it will be 'ton tuTelephone' and for a less intimate acquaintance it will be 'votre vousTelephone'.</p> <p>composer sur mon moiPhone </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30327#post-85165 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:33:29 +0000 Pagantroll 85165@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>French nuclear industry claims the international media have a history of misrepresenting the facts. </p>