Paris

Light Bulb Change-out

Looking to create a job for himself, Jacques showed the Paris city planners that if they changed all of the incandescent bulbs on the Eiffel Tower to LED’s, they could save enough on power to run all of Belgium and half of Algeria for ten years.  The big problem was going to be that with the French 36 hour work week and frequent strikes, it would be well into the next century before they were done.

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The French Connection

Tina was majoring in pre-med but taking a minor in French, so it only seemed natural that she would select French as the language  for her GPS in her new Toyota.  She had intended to drive from her home in Galveston to San Antonio for a weekend of fun at the Riverwalk, but was beginning to suspect the French option may have had consequences that went beyond the language choice. . . . . David, Sf.G.

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