Russki costuming

This blog increasingly looks like a Toothpaste for Dinner tribute site. Hope fully this will improve when your truly hits Europe in 3 weeks. In the meantime:

Best news story about dwarves ever

Thank you Sweden for this gem of a press release:

A Stockholm Police spokesman admitted: "We are looking at our records to identify criminals of limited stature."

The things one can do with a midget army..

Endorsement

The Propeller Island hotel is FODE preferred accomodation in Berlin. We recommend it.

Lagerfeld on GFY once more

The go fug yourself girls have given us another glimpse into the paradisical world that awaits us inside the head of the ever delightful Karl Lagerfeld. You can find it here.

My favourite line is this: KARL: The man in the moon needs a lover. Be his concubine. ROMP. He'll leave some green cheese on the dresser. Now stand back for a moment so I may contemplate whether I want popcorn.

I'm also a little worried that this blog is becoming an online Lagerfeld shrine. Hmm....

Iconography

Please enjoy the wonders of toothpaste for dinner's take on the FODE muse, Karl Lagerfeld.

European heirs and heiresses.

Paris may be named after a city in our bella Europa but no one does it quite like an European heir. I give you Mathias Guerrand-Hermès. Alas I cannot find a good photo of the man but a description of his dastardly deeds from today's SMH should suffice:

An heir to French luxury goods empire Hermes had to be tied down on an Air France plane after fighting crew members and seizing the captain's crotch, US officials said today.

Mathias Guerrand-Hermes was arrested yesterday when the flight from Paris landed at JFK airport in New York. He was charged with "interference with a flight crew" and freed by a court after posting a $US50,000 ($77,000) bond.

Prosecutors allege Guerrand-Hermes, a member of the family behind the legendary handbags and scarves brand, appeared drunk and was bothering passengers in the first-class section of Air France flight 008. When the captain intervened, Guerrand-Hermes "grabbed the captain's genital area", according to the complaint sheet. He allegedly "attempted to punch the captain".
"At that point the defendant was tackled by the flight crew" who "were able to restrain the defendant ... with handcuffs and shackles". Finally, Guerrand-Hermes was tied to his seat.

Euro humour - Get Fuzzy Style

Alvays joking about the Swiss? Ar ar ar. Is not funny you know...

FODE approves this Lagerfeld use

Thank you Go Fug Yourself. This is quite marvellous.

Palin poetry

We have been loving Slate's marvellous Palin speech poetry. Reminds me a little of the Pauline Pantsdown remixes of Pauline Hanson's best quips - one wishes for an American equivalent...

Rheiner: "the arctic-fresh voice of Alaskan poet Sarah Heath Palin"

Marvellous. She sounds like a room deoderiser.

Responding to Janet Albrechtsen once more

Janet's blog on the Australian today trots out one of her (and the rest of the loony right's) favourite sets of stock phrases namely those relating to Communist control of the Australian education system and the Rudd government's complicity in said. There are many intelligent things to be said about teh state of education in Australia. JA does not say any of them so I don't think we need to give them a run here either. Her commenters have provided much amusesment to Claudia and Rheiner today however:

Blogcommenter:
5 years ago my daughter was in a public school and getting isolated by
her peers because she refused to swear and use foul language. Her
teacher noticed the isolation and wanted her to do councelling. When I
pointed out what had been going on and that we chose not to make a fuss
she was flabergasted, especially if I asked if she would address the
provoking and at times bullying behavior of the other students. She was
flustered and did not want ot take action and said "I am only doing what
my employers want me to do". I said remember that I as a taxpayer am
your ultimate employer indirectly and if you will not address the other
students I will not subject my child to your "counselling". To cut a
long story short we put our children in a private school (my daughter is
currently the School Captain) and about 2 years ago the ringleader of
the bullies contacted my daughter to apoligise for her behavior at the
public school. My main point out of all this is that public schools
need to remember whom they are set up for and who ultimately pays their
wages, not some nameless beauracracy, but you and I, the taxpayer. The
silence over the phone from the teacher when I told her that was
priceless.


CVM:
Bullying people with no bargaining power? What a chivalrous soul.
Also - it probably wasn't because she refused to use foul language but
because she was a nasty little sh*t who took after her mother. Hence
doing well in a private school.

Rheiner:
Also: "public schools need to remember whom they are set up for and who
ultimately pays their wages, not some nameless beauracracy, but you and
I, the taxpayer. The silence over the phone from the teacher when I told
her that was priceless."
Is all very "don't you know who I am". Love.

Also: School Captain? Doesn't use foul language? PREASE. We all know
that after 2 six packs of breezers she was probably the football team's
bonding experience.

Extra question: Janet Albrechtsen - the poor man's Ann Coulter?

How to choose un restaurant Francaise

Pick a place that people you would not like as dining companions do not like. On this measure Mere Catherine is a winner.

Exhibit A:

1. 6pm for dinner? Get ye off any semblance of the continent.

2. If you are taking children ASK. I'm all for little tikes being welcome (well, not really actually) but it is common courtesy to other diners and the restaurant to ask. Would you take said 5 y/o to Tetsuyas without asking? Thought not.

3. As predicted I loved this place. The food is real French home food done with style. And the wine list involves bringing an armful of bottles to the table for you to choose from. The steak ordered blue is delivered blue. I have heard tell that French onion soup when ordered has port whisked in at the table.

Mere Catherine: FODE Approved.

A cartoon of Euro Snobbery

Courtesy of the always wonderful Toothpaste for Dinner.

Ceci n'est pas un cafe glace

Also, coffee flavoured milk does not = "iced coffee".

"iced coffee" = coffee + plus ice + either sparkling water ("iced FODE")
or
spoon of sweetened condensed milk ("iced ASEAN").

I remember my first iced coffee on the backstreets of Prague... ah, *wanderlust* once more.

La Bastille

Rheiner's brilliance in action once more:

Dendrobium Margaret Thatcher

Another reason to go to Singapore?

Watch this space..

This Launch of this concept will occur on Bastille Day,
14th July EST.
Please wear a beret.


Yours Hosts,
Rheiner and Claudia