who the hell doesn’t know it’s bonjour? Didn’t they have a brand of jeans named Bonjour in the 70′s? Then again Etsy illiteracy shouldn’t surprise me at this point.
Why do I think she believes these cards commemorate a journey to/through the landmark, rather than the fact that the stamp merely *names* it (en Francais)?
How can one possibly know that “bonjouv” is French and not know that it is “bonjour”? Then again, she probably asks what the soupe du joun of the day is, too…
#22 Sudabaki- I actually like most of this shop too.
: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40063287
This one has me nostalgic. Reminds me of the time my son (then 2) ate a robin’s egg he found on the ground, thinking it was a pastel blue peanut M&M. He cried “bad candy” as the embryo ran out of his mouth.
Did someone actually go through the trouble of gluing that picture to some cardstock, handstamping the date, “distressing” the edges, and adding a ribbon just to forget to double check the spelling? Wahlah!
#27- Monstrosa:
Thanks. After I called the pediatrician (and listened to the snickering in the background, knowing I was put on the scary parent to watch list), I felt much better when the doc said “disgusting- yes, dangerous- probably not”.
Wilma- that is such a great egg stealing story!(and you should have scolded him that ALL candy is bad/evil) Ever get removed from that ‘scary parent to watch’ list? If so, provide helpful hints.
Ooh, I got some thumbs-down!
Anyway, I’m wondering what she’d do with toile. Toil? Toilet? Twahl? Meh, whatever. Gal’s got great visual arts skills, just not so much on literacy of cursive writing.
#41 Sculptor- we all get thumbs down. It makes us wittier with each new entry. (or so the voices in my head tell me)
#44 Wilma- I love words to drink by
Oh Wilma, that story is awful/hysterical. And it sounds exactly like something my now 4 year old would have done. Her thing was chewing every piece of used gum she ever came across.
Maybe she’s myopic and didn’t realize she had mistyped it. The V and the R are typed by the same finger. So it happened twice…. fine, whatever. I tried.
#37 thatjennchick I agree! I think the seller misread the stamp… it’s not wrong. Also Wilma, “He cried “bad candy” as the embryo ran out of his mouth.” I can visualize/feel that, and it is awful! Hysterical, but awful!
I have that stamp, it’s definitely “Bonjour” but I could see how someone would be confused. After all, we don’t use many French words every day. Now excuse me while I put on my rouge and order some pie a la mode from the a la carte menu before heading to see that Art Nouveau exhibit. That reminds me, I have to have my au pair clean the chaise lounge. My kid spilled cafe au lait on it and it’s faux fur. (Hmm, I have a strange feeling of deja vu here.)
Recovering Crack Baby
February 10, 2010 at 8:16 am
LOVEY the peek at the cover- can you peel back a little more- show us your stuff lady.
Seriassly is it April yet? Did you do that on purpose or is the fact that the month your book is released the same as your name just one of those things that happens
I think this artist should be shot down in a blaze of glory. . . or else, become a little runaway. Forgive me, my mind gets a little slippery when wet.
February 9, 2010 at 4:33 pm
hehe!
February 9, 2010 at 4:35 pm
This one is livin on a prayer if it gets sold.
February 9, 2010 at 4:36 pm
who the hell doesn’t know it’s bonjour? Didn’t they have a brand of jeans named Bonjour in the 70′s? Then again Etsy illiteracy shouldn’t surprise me at this point.
February 9, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Oh crap, I could love this. Why does it have to say Bonjouv???
February 9, 2010 at 4:38 pm
You might even say it gives love a bad name.
February 9, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Sounds like something Inspector Jacques Clouseau would say.
February 9, 2010 at 4:40 pm
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February 9, 2010 at 4:46 pm
If you squint real hard, it kinda looks like ‘Borgnine’, who – as everyone in France knows – once climbed the Eiffel Tower.
I’m curious though – did she hand-burn the edges of those postcards?
February 9, 2010 at 4:49 pm
You could give this to your paramouv at the top of La Touv Eiffel at rush houv.
February 9, 2010 at 4:50 pm
How can one possibly know that “bonjouv” is French and not know that it is “bonjour”? Then again, she probably asks what the soupe du joun of the day is, too…
February 9, 2010 at 4:50 pm
What the- where are the individual coffee stains?
February 9, 2010 at 4:51 pm
I love this shop. Here’s coffee stain done right.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=40063277
February 9, 2010 at 4:51 pm
How eerie Patty, we were posting at the same time!
February 9, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Great minds, suda, great minds.
In my case, it would be the two and a half Vicodin pills I took about an hour ago… what’s your poison?
February 9, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Patty, Suda – I hope you enjoyed your Wayne’s World moment.
February 9, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I guess Bonjouv makes as much sense as the French “hello” for a Valentine’s gifting sentiment.
February 9, 2010 at 5:00 pm
oooh oooh pretty please patty! ::sits up an begs::
oh, and it looks like “bono jizz” to me, but my mind is just dirty like that
February 9, 2010 at 5:02 pm
good grief!
this deserves some red correction marks and a nasty comment…I’ll give someone else the challenge.
February 9, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Patty, sugar high is my poison. My pants don’t like it but my mood does.
February 9, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Oh, l’amouv! What’s a boy in love supposed to do?
February 9, 2010 at 5:05 pm
All that handstampin’ got lost in translation, toots.
But, Happy Ralentine’s Day.
February 9, 2010 at 5:05 pm
#18 IscreamUscream: I wasn’t kidding when I said I love this shop. Someone else has to do it. Hmmmm, but if I were to somehow incorporate Mittens….
February 9, 2010 at 5:12 pm
ooh! It is a great shop. I freakin’ love those bunnies!
February 9, 2010 at 5:13 pm
#22 Sudabaki- I actually like most of this shop too.
: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40063287
This one has me nostalgic. Reminds me of the time my son (then 2) ate a robin’s egg he found on the ground, thinking it was a pastel blue peanut M&M. He cried “bad candy” as the embryo ran out of his mouth.
February 9, 2010 at 5:14 pm
didn’t you guys know that bon jovi was french???
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27900808@N06/4344339251/
February 9, 2010 at 5:14 pm
All I can say is “Wah Lah!”
February 9, 2010 at 5:14 pm
#24 Wilma Fingerdoo :
That’s the cutest story that ever made me want to throw up.
February 9, 2010 at 5:15 pm
#24 Wilma Fingerdoo *cat is throwing up a little gin in her mouth*
February 9, 2010 at 5:16 pm
oh crap! what it is symbiosis night?
February 9, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Suda, et al–agreed, it’s a nice shop! Who hasn’t heard “Bonjour” before?
February 9, 2010 at 5:17 pm
parlay voo francay?
February 9, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Did someone actually go through the trouble of gluing that picture to some cardstock, handstamping the date, “distressing” the edges, and adding a ribbon just to forget to double check the spelling? Wahlah!
February 9, 2010 at 5:18 pm
#29 clevercat :
Im in ur brain
stealin ur snark
February 9, 2010 at 5:20 pm
#27- Monstrosa:
Thanks. After I called the pediatrician (and listened to the snickering in the background, knowing I was put on the scary parent to watch list), I felt much better when the doc said “disgusting- yes, dangerous- probably not”.
February 9, 2010 at 5:20 pm
aagggggghhh just please don’t take the gin
February 9, 2010 at 5:21 pm
By jore,I think she’s got something here, nicely done.
February 9, 2010 at 5:23 pm
I’m pretty sure that stamp does say “bonjour” she’s just reading it wrong LOL.
February 9, 2010 at 5:25 pm
#35 clevercat : I’ll stick with vodka and wahlah.
February 9, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Wilma- that is such a great egg stealing story!(and you should have scolded him that ALL candy is bad/evil) Ever get removed from that ‘scary parent to watch’ list? If so, provide helpful hints.
February 9, 2010 at 5:32 pm
You all ave veally a bunch of sovvy jevks! Vegvetsy can kiss my avse!!
February 9, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Ooh, I got some thumbs-down!
Anyway, I’m wondering what she’d do with toile. Toil? Toilet? Twahl? Meh, whatever. Gal’s got great visual arts skills, just not so much on literacy of cursive writing.
February 9, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Wilma! LMAO!! (glad your son lived!). A great story for future telling his dates! Mwahhwahhah!
February 9, 2010 at 5:41 pm
#20 pantsmonkey: i suggest that you mastuvbate.
February 9, 2010 at 6:06 pm
#39- Betty, dear sista:
Candy
Is dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.
Words to live by, dear Ogden Nash.
February 9, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Damnit!!! Why is shipping to Canada more expensive???!!!!
February 9, 2010 at 6:16 pm
#41 Sculptor- we all get thumbs down. It makes us wittier with each new entry. (or so the voices in my head tell me)
#44 Wilma- I love words to drink by
February 9, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Oh Wilma, that story is awful/hysterical. And it sounds exactly like something my now 4 year old would have done. Her thing was chewing every piece of used gum she ever came across.
February 9, 2010 at 7:20 pm
OMD
(Oh Mon Dieu)
February 9, 2010 at 7:49 pm
Hahaha! At least s/he fixed it.
Heh.
“Bonjouv.”
Cracks me up.
February 9, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Oh thank god, everything is right with the world again.
February 9, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Yeah, she fixed it so I guess I didn’t really need to smack myself in the forehead. Very pretty tags but I’m still shaking my head…
February 9, 2010 at 8:24 pm
Maybe she’s myopic and didn’t realize she had mistyped it. The V and the R are typed by the same finger. So it happened twice…. fine, whatever. I tried.
February 9, 2010 at 9:18 pm
I agree Suda, this is a common typo, esp. since keyboards can be Slippery When Wet.
February 9, 2010 at 9:26 pm
It’s all good.
February 9, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Oh man… I was all set to make a Bon Jori crack but Helen, ya beat me to it.
February 9, 2010 at 11:24 pm
ROFL Killer, “Bon jovi”
jesus christ woman you’re a crack up
February 10, 2010 at 12:56 am
Really? Is no one going to comment on the use of “a” rather than “an” preceding “old postcard?”
Well, in that case, I am disappointed in you posters. I will be going to find a other snarky website to develop a addiction to.
February 10, 2010 at 1:06 am
#37 thatjennchick I agree! I think the seller misread the stamp… it’s not wrong. Also Wilma, “He cried “bad candy” as the embryo ran out of his mouth.” I can visualize/feel that, and it is awful! Hysterical, but awful!
February 10, 2010 at 1:44 am
HElen is the regretsy book going to be available in borders in australia or other bookshops?
February 10, 2010 at 1:47 am
@ #59 I’m pretty sure they’ll be sitting in piles outside your local recycling center.
February 10, 2010 at 2:59 am
#60 ROFL
So thats a yes? Do you know for sure or is it just USA
February 10, 2010 at 6:20 am
I can’t seem to tell from the description — are these cards stamped?
February 10, 2010 at 6:25 am
I have that stamp, it’s definitely “Bonjour” but I could see how someone would be confused. After all, we don’t use many French words every day. Now excuse me while I put on my rouge and order some pie a la mode from the a la carte menu before heading to see that Art Nouveau exhibit. That reminds me, I have to have my au pair clean the chaise lounge. My kid spilled cafe au lait on it and it’s faux fur. (Hmm, I have a strange feeling of deja vu here.)
February 10, 2010 at 8:16 am
LOVEY the peek at the cover- can you peel back a little more- show us your stuff lady.
Seriassly is it April yet? Did you do that on purpose or is the fact that the month your book is released the same as your name just one of those things that happens
February 10, 2010 at 8:24 am
No wonder the French hate us.
February 10, 2010 at 8:25 am
Ha ha! Seems Bonjouv has been changed to Bonjour.
February 10, 2010 at 8:49 am
#63 Lemon floor wax : one word TouchÉ !!!
February 10, 2010 at 8:51 am
I also nominate Bon Jovi as the new name of the miss-interepreted/use of the french language !
February 10, 2010 at 9:41 am
@LFW
It’s safe to say–bad handwriting doesn’t look any better “en français”.
February 10, 2010 at 10:31 am
#10…try the soup de jour…I had it yesterday, it was delicious.
Wow…burnt postcards are worth something…I was just using them as tinder!
February 10, 2010 at 1:09 pm
I think this artist should be shot down in a blaze of glory. . . or else, become a little runaway. Forgive me, my mind gets a little slippery when wet.
February 10, 2010 at 2:54 pm
I don’t get it. That’s how they speak in Pavis, Fvance.
February 10, 2010 at 8:05 pm
EVERYONE is familiar with the word “bonjour” – what it means, how it is pronounced and how it is spelled.
Well everyone except for one person.
au revoiv
February 11, 2010 at 12:00 am
Viva la Fvance!
April 22, 2011 at 10:20 am
damn I hate it when people defile the Eiffel Tower like that!