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Oui! Oui! Oui! Whereas we deep-fried Americans are inclined to lounge behind computers and blog angrily ("I'ma break this fuckin' MacBook, y'all!!!1!) when news about Angelina Jolie and her ubiquitous brood overtakes all the other headlines, those fabulous Frenchman take to the fucking rues and let the world know they're pissed:

Protestors began picketing outside of the Fondation Lenval hospital this week, where the [Jolie-Pitt] twins were born on Saturday.

… Nice residents are upset the mayor has failed to address the case of a local murder victim in lieu of celebrating the American movie stars and their new additions.

Following the birth, Mayor Christian Estrosi showed off the children's birth certificates on the steps of the hospital, describing the birth of Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline as "a pride to Nice and all its citizens."

Vive la France!

Jul 17, 2008 · posted by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood · Link · 80 Responses
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    No. 1 Lisa (#1) says:

    Vous etes cerveau de calamar!

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 10:58 am
    No. 2 maria says:

    I spent a few weeks in Nice a couple years ago. The sammiches there are great! those picketing need to get a job.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 11:04 am
    No. 3 Blue Canary says:

    That's Vive la France, not Viva.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 11:12 am
    No. 4 sar says:

    rue, roux, and the other one… my french teacher spent HOURS trying to show us the subtle pronunciations differences. to this day all i hear is a dog bark "rrrooo! rrrrroooooo!"

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 11:14 am
    No. 5 sar says:

    Maybe he meant, Viva la France as in, wipe France up with a paper towel?

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 11:14 am
    No. 6 Blue Canary says:

    Or it could be a good example of the Americanization of French…Viva makes me think of Viva Las Vegas. Vegas represents the vices of America and Americans. Viva la France, bitches!

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 11:20 am
    No. 7 Keeblerkahn says:

    The France protest everything, it's their national pastime. If someone gets a stale baggett from a cafe on the Champs Elysees, within an hour 50 people will be there protesting and blaming their government for it. It's what they do. Americans have baseball and Nascar, the French have protest.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 11:46 am
    No. 8 killorn says:

    Maybe if we tell them that Maria likes their sandwiches they will calm down.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 11:53 am
    No. 9 rumour has it says:

    The French are awesome!

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 11:57 am
    No. 10 Keeblerkahn says:

    Don't get me wrong. I'm not ragging on the French. I think they get a bad rep in America. All I'm saying is they like to protest everything.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 12:09 pm
    No. 11 MW says:

    I think this is hysterical. I appreciate the public acknowledgement that people really don't give a shit about Angelina and her whoriness anymore.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 12:12 pm
    No. 12 rumour has it says:

    Keeblerkahn, that's one of the reasons I like the French. Their activism is admirable. I wish we were more like that in North America. Maybe we'd get things changed.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 12:31 pm
    No. 13 maria says:

    See the press is now going to report on the pickets outside the hospital, not the "real news". If the world didn't eat up all the shit about celebs like it was a french sandwich, then maybe it wouldn't be all over the papers. This might also do some good for the tourism there, that might be the reason the mayor is showing up.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 12:43 pm
    No. 14 stopthemadness says:

    who has time for activism? i've got tmz to watch on my new iphone.

    they do make a mean ass kebab in nice. plus there are always roast chickens hanging in the windows of store shops. and lord knows, whenever i pass a chicken in a window, i feel an urge to eat it.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:00 pm
    No. 15 ilnazhad says:

    MW- Her "whoriness"? If you don't like her, you're free to critisize her. But her "whoriness"?

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:06 pm
    No. 16 ilnazhad says:

    MW- Her "whoriness"? If you don't like her, you're free to critisize her. But her "whoriness"?

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:06 pm
    No. 17 ilnazhad says:

    Way to go, Jacob Two-Two.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:08 pm
    No. 18 Lisa (#1) says:

    I prefer to call it "manliness" or perhaps "George Clooneyness" - although, admittedly, Clooneyness could be something all together different.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:08 pm
    No. 19 ilnazhad says:

    Je suis un pamplemousse. J'aime les douche d'or.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:11 pm
    No. 20 stopthemadness says:

    clooneyness is next to godliness.

    (i totally stole that from the boondocks, i'll admit it, except according to magruder, it's cosbiness that is next to godliness. i find both statements to be true.)

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:13 pm
    No. 21 Lisa (#1) says:

    Le souris est sur la table. Je voudrais du jambon.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:23 pm
    No. 22 ilnazhad says:

    Les prostituées sont entre mes orteils.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:27 pm
    No. 23 stopthemadness says:

    the prostitutes are in my eyes?

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:35 pm
    No. 24 Lisa (#1) says:

    In between I think…does that cost extra? Pardon, couter plus?

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:42 pm
    No. 25 ilnazhad says:

    Between my TOES. Obviously.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:47 pm
    No. 26 ilnazhad says:

    @Lisa
    Non, non, non. En fait, vous bénéficiez d'une remise.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:49 pm
    No. 27 ilnazhad says:

    Google translator for than one.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:49 pm
    No. 28 Lisa (#1) says:

    Oh man, I read it as oreils. Je suis desolee. Je ne suis pas Quebecoises. Et, j'ai etudier le francais dans ecole secondaire solement. Tu peux suck it.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:51 pm
    No. 29 Lisa (#1) says:

    I am going to translate everything. Yee haw!

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:55 pm
    No. 30 ilnazhad says:

    I can't speak French, either. And I have to become fluent for my poli sci studies at Carleton. Tabarnac.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 1:57 pm
    No. 31 Lisa (#1) says:

    Zut alors! C'est la guerre! Cafe au Lait!

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:00 pm
    No. 32 janice says:

    Bonne chance, il. Au moins ce n'est pas l'Universite d'Ottawa, ou personne ne veux te parler en anglais.

    Oh, and also, J'aime faire les bas en papier mache.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:02 pm
    No. 33 queencrone says:

    The only french I know is from Lady Marmelade.
    And hor's devors, cie vous plait.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:03 pm
    No. 34 Lisa (#1) says:

    On va dancer?

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:05 pm
    No. 35 janice says:

    Seulement si vous voulez coucher avec moi, ce soir.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:09 pm
    No. 36 queencrone says:

    cafe aulait!

    I am trying to remember the french version of

    "Are you Sleeping Brother John".

    Dorme vous?

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:18 pm
    No. 37 ilnazhad says:

    Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques,
    Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?
    Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines!
    Ding, ding, dong. Ding, ding, dong.

    I actually spent a night awake thinking what the cock this song is supposed to mean. Ring the morning bells??

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:48 pm
    No. 38 ilnazhad says:

    Janice, we should meet up. I'll buy you a drink. If you're cool with being arrested and all because I'm underage.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:50 pm
    No. 39 I Hate Everyone Equally says:

    better them in nice than in the u.s. that way THEY can put up w/the shizz over there and we can be left in peace.

    i mean, that's why we have star magazine, isn't it? oui, merci beaucoup; aimez le starbucks.

    Oh, oui, son clooneyness est si gay, s'il vous plaît!

    Quelqu'un - quelqu'un - sauve shiloh!

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:53 pm
    No. 40 janice says:

    Il, I'm old enough to be your mother. If I was a slutty 7 year old, that is. Which I was.

    Drinks it is.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:59 pm
    No. 41 Chelsea says:

    at ilnazhad:

    Isn't it Morning bells are ringing, not ring the morning bells? At least, that's in the English version since I'm too much of an ignorant American to bother learning another language. So like, get the hell up Jack, you hit the snooze button one too many and now the bells are ringing.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:59 pm
    No. 42 Lisa (#1) says:

    I may be wrong, but I think Clooneyness has to do with eating poop. With corn teeth. Non?

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 2:59 pm
    No. 43 janice says:

    Nah, if it was morning bells are ringing, it would be "les matines sonnent."

    I think it might be some kind of obscure slang cause your version makes more sense, but the direct translation is "ring the morning bells."

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:05 pm
    No. 44 Lisa (#1) says:

    I think Jack was a lazy fuck who was supposed to get up and ring the church bells, calling everyone in for praying and junk. Now everyone is going to hell. Thanks Jack.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:09 pm
    No. 45 janice says:

    So you're telling me when the red-hot poker is stabbing my ass, I have someone to blame?

    Yeeeeeesssssss!

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:11 pm
    No. 46 Addicted to Addiction says:

    My, my, so many posts!! Mon favorite est, Je suis une anana! - d'une film de francais passe d'apprendre la langue. I miss 7th grade… man I hope I didn't just make some French ears bleed - it's been a while!

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:14 pm
    No. 47 Iseult says:

    Keeblerkahn: protest has gotten them nowhere, has it??? much of the country is still a filthy dump for the most part.

    "Their activism is admirable."

    can you say vichy gov't…? they are as useless now as they were then.

    "I wish we were more like that in North America. Maybe we’d get things changed."

    in case you haven't noticed, their whining never gets them anywhere; they just like to bi*ch and moan.

    Amour de toute façon. <3

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:15 pm
    No. 48 Lisa (#1) says:

    Iseult, helooooooooo, dit moi en francais, s'il vous plait.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:17 pm
    No. 49 janice says:

    I don't know, the French have a lot of social services we don't even have in Canada. The government seems fairly afraid of messing with the people, for good reason. Seems like old revolutions die hard, and there are still guillotines in museums…

    Vive la revolution!

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:19 pm
    No. 50 jujubees says:

    We don't have time to protest because we're too busy suing people when they piss us off. They should just sue the twins for mental distress.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:29 pm
    No. 51 Iseult says:

    Lisa (#1)

    Le pardon, je ne sais pas ce que vous voulez dire.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:29 pm
    No. 52 queencrone says:

    Thank you ilnazhad!

    I also know fromage.

    (I spell french words phonetic style.)

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:31 pm
    No. 53 Lisa (#1) says:

    "Leur activism est admirable" sings laike deeez. (I can't speak french, so I did an accent.)

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:31 pm
    No. 54 Iseult says:

    chelsea & lisa #1 make me laugh my a** off.

    hahahahahaha!!!!

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:31 pm
    No. 55 jujubees says:

    What's with all this fancy Frenchy talk. This is America speak the language or go home. (sarcasm alert)

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:35 pm
    No. 56 Iseult says:

    lisa (#1):
    what is "sings laike deeez"?

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:35 pm
    No. 57 Iseult says:

    i AM home. in nyc. where i was born. i don't even speak french, heh heh!

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:38 pm
    No. 58 Iseult says:

    this was a lot of fun…i need more fun in my life!

    thanks for the laffs!

    xoxoxox,
    iseult

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:39 pm
    No. 59 jujubees says:

    Rick Deez?

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:42 pm
    No. 60 jujubees says:

    That's pretty cute isecult. It's all about fun and pink boxes here. Oh, and Commies™

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:43 pm
    No. 61 Lisa (#1) says:

    Suing - it is like protesting for Americans.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 3:46 pm
    No. 62 Lisa (#1) says:

    Sings laike deeeze NUTS!

    It is frenchified "things like this."

    Bewbeeez.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 4:02 pm
    No. 63 wildflower509 says:

    In this time of war, inflation, and homeless people, i'd think a murder in your city would rate more attention of your publicly ellected officials than chasing celebrities with the papparazzi herd. Jolie/Pitts are OLD news now, don't care if they produce litter after litter, bored to death with the five minutes of fame that seems to die a slow, agonizing death where these two are concerned. Time to move on already….geeze, next we'll be reading headlines Jolie/Pitt's Qualify For Social Security, photos below…..geeze

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 4:50 pm
    No. 64 sar says:

    "Je suis le Président de Burundi."

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 5:50 pm
    No. 65 cooter says:

    DUUUUUDDDES. French is cool. And I have no idea what you people are talking about.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 5:55 pm
    No. 66 sar says:

    Mine was from Eddie Izzard.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 6:02 pm
    No. 67 Lisa (#1) says:

    So was "le souris est sur la table."

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 6:20 pm
    No. 68 stopthemadness says:

    wait, so can someone tell me if the prostitutes are in my eyes or not?

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 6:41 pm
    No. 69 ilnazhad says:

    If you are quoting Eddie Izzard… then you mean "la souris est SOUS la table." You have to be careful with your instructions because I really want to find this mouse.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 6:59 pm
    No. 70 ilnazhad says:

    The prostitutes are not between your eyes. That doesn't make sense! They are between your toes. Yeesh.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 7:00 pm
    No. 71 Blog Envy Is The New Black says:

    Protesting is going a bit far, but they are right to be upset with such skewed media coverage of superficial events.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 7:49 pm
    No. 72 stopthemadness says:

    "because I really want to find this mouse"

    hilarimouse.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 8:27 pm
    No. 73 sar says:

    if there are prostitutes in your eyes you better be paying them extra for the peeing-on. it's gross but someone has to stand up for the Old French Whores.

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 9:12 pm
    No. 74 queencrone says:

    And if the mouse pees on you, is this extra?

    I have to see where I am in terms of traveler's checks.

    (I DO have some fromage. Maybe we can work this out.))

    Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 9:20 pm
    No. 75 stopthemadness says:

    i reckon i should just call john mayer. he would definitely pee in my eyes, dontcha think?

    Posted: Jul 18, 2008 at 12:37 am
    No. 76 pratique francais says:

    C'est bon que ces citoyens protestent la farce qui suit Brangelina. Ils risquent la continuance de tel evenements dans leur ville s'ils restent silencieux. Le maire doit se souvenir de sa premiere responabilite aux residents permanents de Nice. Bravo !

    Posted: Jul 18, 2008 at 2:39 am
    No. 77 ilnazhad says:

    janice-
    Saved your number in my drafts. I'm just going to post it here for you to check if I have the number down right.
    Just fuckin' with you. Not that it would be unusual for me to reveal someone's personal information online. Hey, there, cooter…

    Posted: Jul 18, 2008 at 5:17 am
    No. 78 jujubees says:

    STM, are you trying to imply John Mayer is down with the golden rule

    Posted: Jul 18, 2008 at 12:43 pm
    No. 79 stopthemadness says:

    indeed i am, juju.

    indeed i am.

    Posted: Jul 18, 2008 at 11:12 pm
    No. 80 Blonde420 says:

    What does Je suis un pamplemousse mean in English?
    Jade Puget (from the band AFI) supposedly shouted it out really loud in a canadian grocerey store. but i dunno what it means!

    Posted: Jul 30, 2008 at 5:48 pm
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