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Post by **Spud** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:30 pm

Missed a few posts. Check Hot Skates for these.

Mostess · Post by **Mostess** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:37 pm

Good Les Anchois idea running through my head. Might have to check some old Prince songs---it may have already been written...

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:49 pm

Ooh, just did food unit in French, so if I actually focus I might be bale to do a French song for les anchois. Does it get me bonus points if I sing en francais?

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:29 pm

Just to save everybody a trip to altavista, "Les Anchois" is french for "That Anchor."

-you're welcome

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:49 pm

pas vrai!

Perhaps you may have heard the amazing story of Mr. Lester Anchois, third-class plumber extraordinaire, co-worker of the well known Mr. Al Right; etc. etc.

Tony Asbestos · Post by **Tony Asbestos** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:07 pm

I tried to find what "les anchois" meant, and the best I could surmise was that it was anchovies or some type of poisson..

But I probably won't do that one anyway.

vanilla ike · Post by **vanilla ike** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:17 pm

Phil. Redmon. wrote:Just to save everybody a trip to altavista, "Les Anchois" is french for "That Anchor."

-you're welcome

are you intentionally misleading folks? Anchovies......not that anchor........perhaps your spelling was off

or pronunciation......ich bin a jelly donut

Mostess · Post by **Mostess** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:28 pm

bzl wrote:...the well known Mr. Al Right...

I know people who are looking for that guy.

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:32 pm

Yep. It means "That Anchor."

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:38 pm

...ou, peut-etre 'cette ancre'?

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:01 pm

Je m'appelle paraplouie magnetoscope.

Also: That avatar is, quite frankly, the bee's knees. Have you purchased his children's book?

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:11 pm

Phil. Redmon. wrote:Je m'appelle paraplouie magnetoscope.

Also: That avatar is, quite frankly, the bee's knees. Have you purchased his children's book?

I'm waiting for Hooky the Cripple to come out as a Pixar animated feature - with Tom Hanks as Hooky.

king_arthur · Post by **king_arthur** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 4:17 pm

Phil. Redmon. wrote:Just to save everybody a trip to altavista, "Les Anchois" is french for "That Anchor."

Thank you, Phil, now I have TWO reasons to bring the Jimmy Buffett...

-you're welcome

From "Mots d'Heures: Gousses, Rames," with footnotes explaining
some of the more obscure passages:

Oh, les mots d'heureux bardes
Ou en toutes heures que partent (1)
Tous guetteurs pour dock a Beaune. (2)
Besoin gigot d'air
De que paroisse paire. (3)
Et ne pour dock, pet-de-nonne. (4)

(1) Minstrels were no doubt a happy lot, and it is not surprising that
France, a cradle of wit and culture, could turn them out in such
numbers that they came and went on an almost predictable schedule.
As one came in the portcullis, another left by the oubliette.

(2) Beaune - town in the Cote-d'Or, 11,000 pop., famed for its wines
and mustard. It is not a port, therefore, why should everyone watch
its docks? Certainly, it does not have any particular reknown as a
center of contraband...

(3) This must refer to the Cote-d'Or, a peerless parish indeed. Rich in
some of the finest vintages in France, and, if we are to believe the
previous line, a great lambing country.

(4) Pet-de-nonne. An extremeley light and fluffy pastry. Although any
decent French housewife would ask for them without hesitation at
her favorite patisserie, delicacy forbids a direct translation here.

(Reading the poem out loud is helpful...)

vanilla ike · Post by **vanilla ike** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:43 pm

Phil. Redmon. wrote:Yep. It means "That Anchor."

it doesn't....but dude...i just noticed the reflection in your avatar....groovy

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:45 pm

Gosh, something so easy to check on babelfish couldn't possibly be a joke.

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:28 pm

Look for the triumphant return of Theophilus Monk in "Brick City."

j$ · Post by j$ » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:44 pm

I am veering towards 'Block City' - (marcus, take note!) But it won't be the RLS poem set to music. Or maybe it will. Oh yes, a j$ lyrical stormer is forming as we speak. And my new direction musically will reveal itself (to sound like everything else I have ever done, most likely.) Be warned, the Johnny Cashpoint Chocolate Cabaret is gathering together from the four corners of the Earth to ruin your Christmas once more!

I have failed to impress you with my 'mastery' of French in previous song titles, so 'The Anchovies (Are Taking Over the World)' may have to wait for the 'rare and unreleased' Cashpoint album (which is both rare and unreleased.)

j$

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:25 pm

I hate Anchovies. They always seem to appear as if by magic on my pizza. I don't order them. I never order them; and yet there they are.
Pah! Foul foul beasts of the deep.

I feel so much better now. I thank you.

Post by jb » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:31 pm

A friend of mine calls them "salty eyebrows".

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:26 pm

I hope I can remember enough french to do raps (probably not).

uh

j'ai mange votre chat.

j$ · Post by j$ » Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:38 am

Denyer wrote:I hope I can remember enough french to do raps (probably not).

uh

j'ai mange votre chat.

Did you? I don't have a cat.

j$

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:22 am

j$ wrote:
Denyer wrote:I hope I can remember enough french to do raps (probably not).

uh

j'ai mange votre chat.
Did you? I don't have a cat.

j$

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