so i may not have actually been to paris…but i do have 4 years of french class under my belt! i know, it’s impressive, isn’t it? what’s even more impressive? how little i’ve actually retained from french class! and sadly one of the few things i remember clearly is how to say “where’s the beef?” why do i even know this? because that commercial for wendy’s happened to be popular and my teacher taught it to us the first day as a way, i’m sure, to keep everyone interested. well, wouldn’t you know it – it stuck! (and please tell me some of you know this commercial!!)
so the joke has become that when i do visit paris, one of the only things i’ll be asking is “ou est le boeuf?” – and i don’t even eat red meat!!
[hee hee, the first image is my interpretation of the lady from the wendy's commercial!]
Ha! Similarly, I most remember this:
“Oh la la! J’ai un rendez-vous avec David dans vingt minutes!”
It’s from a video we watched one day in high school French and featured an uncharacteristically frantic French girl on a sidewalk stopping a man to ask what time, and then shocked at the time, as she would soon be late for her date with David. I don’t know why, but EVERY one of my classmates that I’ve talked to about this remember this too. And, because I’m actually with a David and am usually late, I say it for fun and it actually makes sense.
Funny, the things we remember, n’est-ce pas?
OMG, laughing my ass off!! And the best part is that I actually could read that sentence – yay!!! It’s so weird what we remember right?? Did she make her date with David???
this image is way too cool! it should be a t-shirt! now, ou es la bacon?