Minimalist poet, minimalist lifestyle

A genuine U.S. car licence plate that's really rude - but only when viewed in a mirror.

X32 1ARO

(The effect doesn't work properly though with this font - the letter 'R' needs to be much more symmetrical)

FUNNY FRENCH PHRASES: Here is a list of French idioms supposedly in use
relatively recently in Paris

FRENCH PHRASE, followed by Literal Translation, followed by
(English Equivalent):

AH LA VACHE!
Oh, my Cow! (Good God!)

C'EST LA FIN DES HARICOTS.
It's the finish of the green beans. (It's hopeless.)

POSER UN LAPIN.
To leave a rabbit. (To stand someone up.)

AVOIR LE GUEULE DE BOIS.
To have a wooden face. (Have a hangover)

FAIRE UN TABAC.
Make a tobacco. (Be the toast of the town.)

FAIRE UN BOEUF.
Make a beef. (Improvise [as a jam session.])

METTRE LES VOILES.
Put on the sails. (To split.)

SE FAIRE UNE TOILE.
To make a fabric. (Go to the movies.)

COMME UN CHEVEAU SUR LA SOUPE.
Like a hair in the soup. (Something out of context.)

FAIRE UN BIDE.
To make a big belly. (To fail, flop.)

BOIRE COMME UN TROU.
Drink like a hole. (Get smashed.)

PRENDRE SON PIED.
Take his foot. (It was swell.)

C'EST LE BOUQUET.
That's the bouquet. (That's the limit.)

J'EN AI RAS-LE-BOL.
My bowl is overflowing. (I can't take it any more.)

LES CAROTTES SONT CUITES.
The carrots are cooked. (I've had it!)

FAIRE LE PIED DE GRUE.
To make like a flamingo stands. (To wait.)

MARCHER A COTE DE SES POMPES.
To walk next to your shoes. (To be out of it.)

CHERCHER DES PUCES.
To look for fleas. (To bug someone.)

ARRETE TON CHAR.
Stop your chariot. (Stop it!!)

SE FENDRE LA PIPE.
To break the pipe. (To laugh.)

SE FARCUR.
To be stuffed. (To be bored.)

ETRE A LA COLLE.
To be glued. (To have a romantic adventure.)

ETRE UN BON COUP.
To be a good hit. (To be good in bed.)

CIEL, MON MARI!
Sky, my husband! (Caught in the act!)

A dentist accused of fondling the breasts of 27 female patients is trying to keep his dental license by arguing that chest massages are an appropriate procedure in certain cases. Mark Anderson's lawyer says dental journals discuss the need to massage the pectoral muscles to treat a common jaw problem.
Police say Anderson said during recorded phone calls that he routinely massaged patients' chests to treat temporo-mandibular joint disorder, or TMJ, which causes neck and head pain.
Attorney Robert Zaro told administrative law judge Jonathan Lew at a hearing Thursday that he should let Anderson keep his dental license while disciplinary appeals proceed. Anderson would be supervised by two assistants and would no longer do the chest rubs, Zaro said.
Zaro said Anderson, 48, of Woodland, needs to keep seeing patients so he can feed his seven children and pay for his defence.
The judge made no immediate decision.