SHOWDOWN: FRANCE vs. DAIRY QUEEN

[DoomYoshi]

You've been there too???!!!???

[nietzsche]

The worst problem in Parish according to my friends from America is that the transit system shuts down at night and so you might have to take a long walk to the hotel in Paris if you stay out too late at night

What, Paris doesn't have taxis?

Yeah, a good example of a guy unable to find his way when he s abroad because "it has to be like home". Yes, the metro is closed from 1 am (2 am on week ends) to 5 am.
Different solutions:

1) order a minicab service. They will text you when they are there to pick you up and will tell you in advance the price.
2) take a regular taxi
3) take a night bus, cause yeah they exist and subtitute the metro at those hours.
4) take an autolib' (electric car anyone can rent for a simple commute)
5) take a velib' (free bike for half an hour, 1 euro for an hour)
6) go there walking and use your smartphone to find your way. Paris is much small than you think.
7) continue partying till 5 am if all you want is your damn metro.

Conclusion: you got lame friends.

The City of Light's metro is unusually dense, with 245 stations on 14 lines, in just 87 square kilometers of the city. Parisians, apparently, don't like to walk...... The Paris Metro does lose some points for not having automatically opening doors. ... It also smells like pee everywhere in the city

[betiko]

You've been there too???!!!???

no but targetman made a description a few posts earlier!

[betiko]

The worst problem in Parish according to my friends from America is that the transit system shuts down at night and so you might have to take a long walk to the hotel in Paris if you stay out too late at night

What, Paris doesn't have taxis?

Yeah, a good example of a guy unable to find his way when he s abroad because "it has to be like home". Yes, the metro is closed from 1 am (2 am on week ends) to 5 am.
Different solutions:

1) order a minicab service. They will text you when they are there to pick you up and will tell you in advance the price.
2) take a regular taxi
3) take a night bus, cause yeah they exist and subtitute the metro at those hours.
4) take an autolib' (electric car anyone can rent for a simple commute)
5) take a velib' (free bike for half an hour, 1 euro for an hour)
6) go there walking and use your smartphone to find your way. Paris is much small than you think.
7) continue partying till 5 am if all you want is your damn metro.

Conclusion: you got lame friends.

The City of Light's metro is unusually dense, with 245 stations on 14 lines, in just 87 square kilometers of the city. Parisians, apparently, don't like to walk...... The Paris Metro does lose some points for not having automatically opening doors. ... It also smells like pee everywhere in the city

so now it's parisians who don't like to walk when it's the tourist complaining he had to walk back to his hotel past 1am? I didn't know it was a bad thing to have metro stations everywhere.

also, there are 41 000 free bike stations across paris, so if you want to do a little bit of sport to get to your destination you always have this possibility, they are widely used.

[saxitoxin]

also, there are 41 000 free bike stations across paris

I wouldn't be caught dead on one of these grandmother bikes. I'd be more likely to wear nietzsche's pink shoes to go jogging.

[2dimes]

$50 and I'll ride one of those bikes wearing Nietzche shoes.

[betiko]

$50 and I'll ride one of those bikes wearing Nietzche shoes.

You can find those bikes everywhere in africa today. Great success!

[2dimes]

Ice cream is probably a bigger luxury in Africa than most places.

[smegal69]

Can i please change my Vote from France to Dairy Queen,

There is a lot more of a chance getting shot by a Terrorists in Paris, than been shoot by a un-armed man from Ferguson at a Dairy Queen.

also there a hell of a lot less dog shit in Dairy Queens

[2dimes]

Paris is not France. It is only one city there.

[saxitoxin]

also there a hell of a lot less dog shit in Dairy Queens

What kinda fancy Dairy Queens are you going to?

[DoomYoshi]

I was in Dairy Queen yesterday and noticed two things:
a) a poster detailing the year various DQ things came out
b) the person behind me claiming to have a peanut allergy and still wanting a mixed ice-creamesque product

a) reminds me of dorm room posters
b) reminds me of lactose-intolerant teetotallers who go to France...

what's up with France right now by the way? storming the Chunnel, blockading Spain and Germany, bitching at me about mortal kombat while in spain... has the whole country gone insane?

[betiko]

I was in Dairy Queen yesterday and noticed two things:
a) a poster detailing the year various DQ things came out
b) the person behind me claiming to have a peanut allergy and still wanting a mixed ice-creamesque product

a) reminds me of dorm room posters
b) reminds me of lactose-intolerant teetotallers who go to France...

what's up with France right now by the way? storming the Chunnel, blockading Spain and Germany, bitching at me about mortal kombat while in spain... has the whole country gone insane?

I have no idea of what is going on in france. But down here they say that they are stopping our trucks because we have cheaper products. That's not how David Ricardo said it would be!

[saxitoxin]

what's up with France right now by the way? storming the Chunnel

I'm semi-curious about that too, DY. What's so bad about France that these migrants are so desperate to leave they're willing to run miles along a train track?

[Serbia]

what's up with France right now by the way? storming the Chunnel

I'm semi-curious about that too, DY. What's so bad about France that these migrants are so desperate to leave they're willing to run miles along a train track?

You already said it... we're talking about France here, DUH.

Bollocks.

[saxitoxin]

what's up with France right now by the way? storming the Chunnel

I'm semi-curious about that too, DY. What's so bad about France that these migrants are so desperate to leave they're willing to run miles along a train track?

You already said it... we're talking about France here, DUH.

So you're not semi-curious, Serbia? Just DoomYoshi and I are semi-curious? I guess that means we're bi-curious.

[Serbia]

what's up with France right now by the way? storming the Chunnel

I'm semi-curious about that too, DY. What's so bad about France that these migrants are so desperate to leave they're willing to run miles along a train track?

You already said it... we're talking about France here, DUH.

So you're not semi-curious, Serbia? Just DoomYoshi and I are semi-curious? I guess that means we're bi-curious.

No, but every time you post, I get a semi.

Bollocks.

[saxitoxin]

what's up with France right now by the way? storming the Chunnel

I'm semi-curious about that too, DY. What's so bad about France that these migrants are so desperate to leave they're willing to run miles along a train track?

You already said it... we're talking about France here, DUH.

So you're not semi-curious, Serbia? Just DoomYoshi and I are semi-curious? I guess that means we're bi-curious.

No, but every time you post, I get a semi.

Do four push-ups and take an aspirin. Fixes it every time.

[Serbia]

what's up with France right now by the way? storming the Chunnel

I'm semi-curious about that too, DY. What's so bad about France that these migrants are so desperate to leave they're willing to run miles along a train track?

You already said it... we're talking about France here, DUH.

So you're not semi-curious, Serbia? Just DoomYoshi and I are semi-curious? I guess that means we're bi-curious.

No, but every time you post, I get a semi.

Do four push-ups and take an aspirin. Fixes it every time.

Four pushups don't even get me warmed up. #doyouevenlift

Bollocks.

[DoomYoshi]

Number of French Players who scored a goal in Today's WCH match vs. USA: 1
Number of Dairy Queen (represented by the entire US&A) Players who scored a goal in Today's WCH match vs. Europe: 0

Burn Bitches Burn

Every empire must rise and fall. Has Dairy Queen's reign of dominance come to an end? I think the end is nigh.

[mrswdk]

Number of people who care about WCH: 1

[riskllama]

i miss these old showdown threads...

[Serbia]

Number of people who care about WCH: 1

I can't be the only one...

[DoomYoshi]

Turns out Dairy Queen is winning the Intellectual debate:
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/plague-within-us-shlomo-sand-france-intellectuals/

donner le change indeed

[2dimes]

The book is probably shorter than that article. "I used to be afraid of Peanut Buster Parfaits..."