Dad3353 Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1389637826' post='2336424'] Which is one of the reasons why my work with squirrels is pro bono and gratis. Among the squirrel skills under development is the ability to write polite but assertive letters of complaint. Coupled with 'enhanced household budgeting', we hope within only a few centuries to liberate squirrels from the stranglehold imposed on them by the high street banks. [/quote] Logo for the French Savings Bank (Caisse d'Epargne...)... [attachment=152301:Logo_Cais_Epar_1.jpg] [attachment=152302:Logo_Cais_Epar_2.jpg] Quote
SteveK Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1389638014' post='2336430'] Indeed. [b]And look where it has got us.[/b] Another few hundred years may well see us consigned to an invisibly thin layer in the four billion year geological record of this planet* [/quote] A bit like "What have the Romans ever done for us?" Edited January 13, 2014 by SteveK Quote
Earbrass Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1389565494' post='2335666'] Things could be so much nicer for so many billions on the planet today, but the 'few' won't relinquish, so it will just remain a dream. It explains, partially at least, my healthy dose of cynicism, though. Never mind... [/quote] You [b]are[/b] one of the few. Relinquish away. Quote
Dad3353 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1389710259' post='2337095'] You [b]are[/b] one of the few. Relinquish away. [/quote] I know, I know... I'm trying. Quote
Spoombung Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Off topic a bit here; In an internal poll a couple of years ago the music students at Trinity College in Greenwich were all asked to say what musician /composer they admire most. Sting came top. I shouldn't laugh so I won't. Quote
skankdelvar Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1389638452' post='2336439'] Logo for the French Savings Bank (Caisse d'Epargne...)... [/quote] Well, it all seems to have made perfect sense up until 1991 when they (presumably) paid someone like 'brand consultancy' Wolff Olins a crillion francs for a useless new logo that looks nothing like a squirrel unless you put your head sideways and squint. Sh*te, that Wolff Olins lot. Did the 'Ponce With The Trumpet' logo for BT and similar cack for other companies. [size=3][b]WO BT logo[/b]: Ponce. Perfumed ponce.[/size] I have an irrational hatred of everything for which WO stands. To the extent that I did 3 months back in '97 for harrassing Wally Olins with a cantaloupe. Took 'em two and a half hours to extract it. Edited January 14, 2014 by skankdelvar Quote
Dad3353 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1389726612' post='2337291'] Well, it all seems to have made perfect sense up until 1991... [/quote] Extrapolating the dates, they're maybe due for change soon..? Care to send them your proposition..? Might be worth more than peanuts (...[i]which aren't really 'nuts'; yes, we know[/i]...). Quote
skankdelvar Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1389727119' post='2337301'] Extrapolating the dates, they're maybe due for change soon..? Care to send them your proposition..? [/quote] Quote
Dad3353 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1389727634' post='2337311'] [/quote] We have a winner..! Quote
Dad3353 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1389728223' post='2337319'] I can do rabbits too [/quote] I'll pass that on... [attachment=152367:Play_Logo.jpg] Quote
MiltyG565 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Is that squirrel on a Bonsai tree, or is it a massive mutant squirrel which has grown through radiation poisoning? (That's how radiation works, right?). Either way - Isn't it a bit... arty for the French? Quote
skankdelvar Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1389728581' post='2337326'] Either way - Isn't it a bit... arty for the French? [/quote] I could tell them it was by Jerry Lewis and they'd cough up the readies in an instant. Squirrels. More fun than copyright or sidemens' fees. Well known fact. Quote
MiltyG565 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1389730605' post='2337345'] I could tell them it was by Jerry Lewis and they'd cough up the readies in an instant. Squirrels. More fun than copyright or sidemens' fees. Well known fact. [/quote] I've just thought... you can't sell that to the French... How would they ever say "Squirrel" properly? No, that would cause far too many red faces. Scrap it. I SAID SCRAP IT, GOD DAMN IT! *storms over to liquor cabinet and has a brandy. Looks wistfully out the window.* Quote
Dad3353 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1389731851' post='2337360'] I've just thought... you can't sell that to the French... How would they ever say "Squirrel" properly? No, that would cause far too many red faces. Scrap it. I SAID SCRAP IT, GOD DAMN IT! *storms over to liquor cabinet and has a brandy. Looks wistfully out the window.* [/quote] Écureuil. Say it slowly at first. Yes, that's right. Savour it. Écureuil. Hear how it flows from the tongue..? Feel the suave hint of noisettes..? Écureuil. Ten times, before and after meals. Ah, you're doing better already. Well done. Écureuil. Quote
karlfer Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1389728581' post='2337326'] Is that squirrel on a Bonsai tree, or is it a massive mutant squirrel which has grown through radiation poisoning? (That's how radiation works, right?). Either way - Isn't it a bit... arty for the French? [/quote] Quoting Jeremy Wade, radiation appears to have stunted the growth of Catfish around Chernobyl. Quote
MiltyG565 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1389732119' post='2337368'] Écureuil. Say it slowly at first. Yes, that's right. Savour it. Écureuil. Hear how it flows from the tongue..? Feel the suave hint of noisettes..? Écureuil. Ten times, before and after meals. Ah, you're doing better already. Well done. Écureuil. [/quote] That may be how you say "Squirrel" in French, but the Squirrel that Paul has is an English Squirrel. I follow a French guy on Vine, and he found a Squirrel one day. He said Squirrel like "Skew-www-well", which is at least 5 more Ws than is required to say Squirrel Quote
Dad3353 Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1389732562' post='2337375'] That may be how you say "Squirrel" in French, but the Squirrel that Paul has is an English Squirrel. I follow a French guy on Vine, and he found a Squirrel one day. He said Squirrel like "Skew-www-well", which is at least 5 more Ws than is required to say Squirrel [/quote] Oh dear; a relapse, so soon. Never mind... Écureuil. Say it slowly at first. Yes, that's right. Savour it. Écureuil. Hear how it flows from the tongue..? Feel the suave hint of noisettes..? Écureuil. Ten times, before and after meals. Ah, you're doing better already. Well done. Écureuil. Quote
skankdelvar Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1389732231' post='2337370'] Quoting Jeremy Wade, radiation appears to have stunted the growth of Catfish around Chernobyl. [/quote] Are they suffering? Quote
skankdelvar Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1389731851' post='2337360'] *storms over to liquor cabinet and has a brandy. Looks wistfully out the window.* [/quote] [size=3]View from Milty's window after a few brandies[/size] Quote
EliasMooseblaster Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1389732562' post='2337375'] That may be how you say "Squirrel" in French, but the Squirrel that Paul has is an English Squirrel. I follow a French guy on Vine, and he found a Squirrel one day. He said Squirrel like "Skew-www-well", which is at least 5 more Ws than is required to say Squirrel [/quote] I think the challenge is to get a French person to say "smooth." Ask him next time you chat to him. (Then prepare to be laughed at when he, in return, asks you to say "grenouille.") Quote
MiltyG565 Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1389733986' post='2337398'] [size=3]View from Milty's window after a few brandies[/size] [/quote] I do tend to lace my brandy with LSD Quote
karlfer Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 The catfish don't appear to be suffering Skank. The incredible thing is these are fish in the reactor's cooling pond and some have been aged to BEFORE it all went up Quote
discreet Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 I must say I'm very impressed and amused by the extent of this derailment! 'Derailment...' is it the same in French?? Quote
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