Pardon my French, Or: This is Not a Pipe
More cross-cultural fun...
In Australian journalist Sarah Turnbull's Almost French, a witty and illuminating account of negotiating life and love in Paris, she describes hanging out with her French fiance and a group of his male friends. He has an idiosyncratic habit of smoking a pipe, so, trying to impress the gang, she asks him in her awkward French if he would like her to fetch him his pipe--literally, do you want a pipe?
Frederic's pals burst out into laughter: "I wish I had an Australian girlfriend!"
Turns out "une pipe" refers to a blowjob.
Language is a bitch!
In Australian journalist Sarah Turnbull's Almost French, a witty and illuminating account of negotiating life and love in Paris, she describes hanging out with her French fiance and a group of his male friends. He has an idiosyncratic habit of smoking a pipe, so, trying to impress the gang, she asks him in her awkward French if he would like her to fetch him his pipe--literally, do you want a pipe?
Frederic's pals burst out into laughter: "I wish I had an Australian girlfriend!"
Turns out "une pipe" refers to a blowjob.
Language is a bitch!
posted by Nancy at 12:14 PM
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