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Old Jun 25th, 2005, 02:11 PM
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After he jumped off the Pont Neuf...

...the doctors declared him inseine.
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Nice to know the doctors are in France as quick as the spanish ones
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I think the doctors are all "inseine". He was just going for a scienic swim.
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Old Jun 25th, 2005, 02:40 PM
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...he floated with the current for a few hundred meters, when suddenly....
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...he realized he hadn't brought his current converter.
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When in Paris remember that the river is pronounced to rhyme with "when" by the locals.
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Old Jun 25th, 2005, 06:27 PM
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"Oh, my, am I speeding?" he shouted to the onlookers.
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"Mais non! It's only your speedo."
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Old Jun 25th, 2005, 07:11 PM
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If you slip it off, you may slow down....
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the inevitable 'eiffel' you just gave unsuspecting bystanders...
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He was surprised to learn that the pont neuf (new bridge) was the oldest bridge in Paris, but he kept rolling on the river.
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'Ah' the onlookers gasped - don't you just <i>louvre</i> his style?
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He broke his leg and became an invalides.
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Old Jun 26th, 2005, 02:24 AM
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and a sculpture was installed at....
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...he exclaimed, &quot;so this is where they threw my white sneakers....&quot;
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I wanted to get tickets to this extravaganza, but the Conciergerie was unable to help.
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Old Jun 26th, 2005, 04:38 AM
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Trying to incorporate things that don't go together, because people didn't see the post they were following:

He broke his leg and became an invalides, and a sculpture was installed at the site commemorating the event. When he saw it, he exclaimed, &quot;So this is where they threw my white sneakers.&quot;















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...he exclaimed, &quot;so this is where they threw my white sneakers....&quot;



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Old Jun 26th, 2005, 04:40 AM
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It become known as the &quot;Flying American&quot; monument, and that was the beginning of the trendy white smeaker fad in Paris.
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oh lourdes...
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