Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose

[Fleetwood]

Do we say "bon vivant" or "bon viveur" in English?
The French use the other one, anyway, and I always get it wrong.

[djfoot]

And Cul-de-sac

[AlfredJPruffock]

Beaten me to it, Pinto.
The French don't actually use that expression, it's something we've invented for them. Weird, innit?

Just like entrepreneur ....

[Fleetwood]

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

Pinto in "fleet" mode.

Beaten me to it, Pinto.
The French don't actually use that expression, it's something we've invented for them. Weird, innit?

[Dundeegeorge]

D'accord

je suis desole.

[Pinto]

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

Pinto in "fleet" mode.

[AlfredJPruffock]

When constabulary duty's to be done, to be done

A policeman's lot is not a happy one, ...


The Pirates of Basingstoke Gilbert OSulliven

[Dundeegeorge]

It could almost apply to the police force today, couldn't it though?

Beaux Gendarmes - Gilbert and Sullivan

We're public guardians bold yet wary
And of ourselves we take good care
To risk our precious lives we're chary
When danger threatens we're not there
But when we see a helpless woman
Or little boys who do no harm…
We run them in, we run them in
We run them in, we run them in
To show them we're the beaux gendarmes

When young men like to make a riot
And punch each other’s heads at night
We are disposed to keep it quiet
Provided that they make it right
But if they do not seem to see it
Or give to us our proper alms…
We run them in, we run them in
We run them in, we run them in
To show them we're the beaux gendarmes

Sometimes our duty’s extramural
Then little butterflies we chase
We like to gambol in things rural
Commune with nature face to face
But when we go back to our duties
Refreshed by Nature’s holy charms…
We run them in, we run them in
We run them in, we run them in
To show them we're the beaux gendarmes