Greats and fools (27)
waad_hadid: Great minds think alike,but fools seldom differ
Great minds do not think alike otherwise they would not be great.
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rohaan: with "fromage de Camembert"....
(that's how I'd like it, or with Brie.)
(that's how I'd like it, or with Brie.)
Rohaan
Can you imagine Antoniette saying
"Let them eat brioche with formage de Camembert"???
Oh well, not much difference without a head.
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lifeisadream: Rohaan
Can you imagine Antoniette saying
"Let them eat brioche with formage de Camembert"???
Oh well, not much difference without a head.
A little trivia--I worked for many years with a nurse from France. He and I loved to talk French Revolution and the history of the Hapsburgs and Bourbans. A double-entendre was perhaps not foreseen, and whether or not Marie Antoinette actually said the fateful words is not a decided historical fact. However, the people were so incensed with her they readily believed the quote, and here's the rub, according to my French friend: "Gateau" means 'cake', but it also means the burnt charred pieces sticking to the oven walls and floor, which is where English-speaking countries get the term "It was CAKED on". So, the people not only believed poor Marie said it, they believed she was saying, "Let them eat burnt oven-drippings".Can you imagine Antoniette saying
"Let them eat brioche with formage de Camembert"???
Oh well, not much difference without a head.
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For me, Carol Burnett comes to mind. She used her brilliant sense of humor to bring laughter to many faces and continues to do so.
Princess Diana was another great woman whom I have always admired for her grace and humanitarian accomplishments. RIP
Princess Diana was another great woman whom I have always admired for her grace and humanitarian accomplishments. RIP
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rohaan: A little trivia--I worked for many years with a nurse from France. He and I loved to talk French Revolution and the history of the Hapsburgs and Bourbans. A double-entendre was perhaps not foreseen, and whether or not Marie Antoinette actually said the fateful words is not a decided historical fact. However, the people were so incensed with her they readily believed the quote, and here's the rub, according to my French friend: "Gateau" means 'cake', but it also means the burnt charred pieces sticking to the oven walls and floor, which is where English-speaking countries get the term "It was CAKED on". So, the people not only believed poor Marie said it, they believed she was saying, "Let them eat burnt oven-drippings".
Either way the result would it have been the same
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lifeisadream: Either way the result would it have been the same
Yes. Oh poor Marie. I have always had a place in my heart for her--so misunderstood. She did have a charitable side--this often gets dismissed or forgotten.------ This thread is Archived ------
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(that's how I'd like it, or with Brie.)