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An American Girl in Paris
injest:
or a cop!
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: injest on November 03, 2007, 01:45:31 pm ---oh please....like someone would dare take off with your camera! I can picture you chasing them down
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Of course. You definitely know me well. ;D
--- Quote ---I can't believe those French people insisted on talking French! the nerve of them! ;) ;) ;D
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:laugh: Can you believe it? What a messed up country! :laugh:
--- Quote ---Ah yes true, then I guess other tourists are your best bet.
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--- Quote ---or a cop!
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Ah, the cops. I thought all cops were called gendarmes. But all the police I saw in Paris had the word "POLICE" stitched onto a patch on their uniforms. I asked my sister's friend the cop about it and he said that gendarmes were more like military police.
I saw a couple of them.
OMG!!!
One of their required classes must be at Handsome School. Every single gendarme I saw was a god. I could hardly believe it. Gorgeous. Hollywood gorgeous. I asked the friend, 'What do you do with ugly ones? Drown them?" He just laughed, shrugged and said with Gallic nonchalance, "Ah, well, being young and in very good shape..."
With their military-like uniforms and rifles and little French Foreign Legion hats, they were unbelievably great looking. I wanted to take a picture so I could show you guys, but they only were around certain areas - the embassy district and outside the Senate house at certain times of the day - to escort or guard the politicians I guess - and I thought that if I hauled out my camera then, they might look askance at a foreign-looking woman taking pictures of a politically sensitive area -
What is she doing? Casing the joint? Scouting out/documenting security weak areas?
I was afraid they might tackle me and beat the camera out of me. OK, I wouldn't have minded being tackled by one of them, but spending the rest of the day trying to explain what I was doing didn't sound like a good way to spend my precious vacation time. ;D
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on November 03, 2007, 01:34:14 pm --- :laugh: :laugh: True, but in some places in Paris - like Sacre Couer - I was afraid that I might ask the wrong person and they'd make off with my camera. :o :o
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Oh. This thought never would have occurred to me :o.
I have no idea if I am too trusting and naive or if you're too cautious. Maybe Kelda has the best balance: ask people, but have a close look at them before (ie asking another tourist).
But it sure is interesting how different people approach such situations (without judging the one or other as better, just stating the fact).
injest:
all you had to do is tell them you scouting for the new stars of Brokeback Mountain (the French version!)
I am sure they would have been delighted to be photographed!!
I can't believe you didn't get none of them!! jeez woman....go back over and get some!
injest:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on November 03, 2007, 03:02:39 pm ---Oh. This thought never would have occurred to me :o.
I have no idea if I am too trusting and naive or if you're too cautious. Maybe Kelda has the best balance: ask people, but have a close look at them before (ie asking another tourist).
But it sure is interesting how different people approach such situations (without judging the one or other as better, just stating the fact).
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you say potato...they say potahto....
I say tater...
:laugh:
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