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Even more new jokes... (No UK Politics or Football please)

Nicked from elsewhere as I think its clever

Fans of the Radio 4 programme "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" will be familiar with the Uxbridge English Dictionary. What they may not know is that there is now a French version as well.

Tarte au citron- kerb crawling in a 2CV
Canard- very difficult
Chateau Lafite- misjudging a French squat toilet
Derrière- Northern Irish folk song
Rhine - precipitation in Birmingham
Coq au vin - badly behaved Ford Transit driver
Haricot- Seb’s brother
Gaston- victim of someone’s flatulence
Toulouse- one upstairs, one downstairs
Chateaubriand - went to the bathroom at Brian’s
Chateauneuf du Pape- ninth visit to the toilet by my father
Citron pressé - written off
Coup de grace - lawn mower
Alsace - Albert's bottom
Mêlée - Scary Spice's older sister
l'eau de toilette - what my dog insists on drinking!
Fruits du mere - horse dung
Fin de cycle - The bike's knackered
Amuse bouche - highly entertaining topiary
Sacrebleu - I think you'd better get the doctor to look at that..
Mange Tout - exclamation of surprise when preceding the word "Rodney".
Cul de Sac - A trip to the vets for you, my lad
Charge d’affaires - bus conductor.
One of my drivers (who was very good at that!) used to use a very rare rare form of communication know as Franglais rhyming slang.... :eek:
Classics included such gems as:
Oueff on bateau.....
Sur la valise.... I have an official drivers report claiming I was 'SLV' with a certain issue with the car!
When he needed the bathroom, he was 'Off for a Frazer'. (Clue: Famous old car using chain drive....)
Anyone who can decipher any of this is probably more deranged than he was!
 
One of my drivers (who was very good at that!) used to use a very rare rare form of communication know as Franglais rhyming slang.... :eek:
Classics included such gems as:
Oueff on bateau.....
Sur la valise.... I have an official drivers report claiming I was 'SLV' with a certain issue with the car!
When he needed the bathroom, he was 'Off for a Frazer'. (Clue: Famous old car using chain drive....)
Anyone who can decipher any of this is probably more deranged than he was!
I got two of the three - the first one is still eluding me.
My fave 'Franglais' are:
Avant-Garde - front bumper.
Tant Pis - my mother's sister uses the lavatory.
 
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