Paris in the Early 20th C... in colour.
From the looks of it, most of these were taken shortly after WWI - what with all the flags and things. They're eerily quiet, though...
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 11:53,
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saw some of them t'other day, but not this full set, cheers
the one of the Palais is especially stunning, and I love the old soldier with the peg leg
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HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 11:54,
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They are incredible.
I wonder if the indoor exhibition and outdoor orbs were part of the World's Fair.
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Pig Bodine., Thu 31 Jan 2013, 12:02,
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lovely. I proposed to my now-ex wife in Paris. As we skipped hand-in-hand from the restaurant back to our hotel, she kicked off her shoes without a care, before treading in a very soft dog egg.
The omens were there, we now both agree.
Nice photos though. The ones of Paris, above. Not of my ex-wife's cacky foot.
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 12:05,
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Paris certainly is Dog Shit Central from my experiences.
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Pig Bodine., Thu 31 Jan 2013, 12:08,
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Paris is shit central.
It smells of filth and disease and is filled with rude arrogant twats. Notice I didnt mention the French, just everyone that goes to Paris becomes a twat after the realisation they have just spent a tenner on a beer and everywhere is shit.
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You are utterly wrong, but I forgive you, hotbuns.
Perhaps you've just gone to the wrong bits of Paris/drunk in the wrong bars.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 12:39,
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Rome, however, is very dirty. I do not like Rome.
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 12:58,
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I live in Paris right now
and every time I spend €4.50 on half a pint of beer I become a bit more of a twat. Why does anyone drink half pints of beer, let alone consider it the default amount of beer a person would want?
However, there are crisps here flavored with specific kinds of cheese. I am on an emmenthal kick right now.
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the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 13:56,
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Is it true people go round on scooters freezing dogshit and hoovering it up?
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 13:58,
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Well there are water cannons for cleaning the streets (spraying pedestrians)
I haven't lived in a city for a long time, so maybe that's normal.
I haven't seen any dogshit get vacuumed, but I'm looking for a job so maybe I can just start doing that for tips.
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the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 14:20,
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Those are astonishing given their age
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Jahled Three shades of black, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 12:14,
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These are amazing.
Astonishing how so many locations are virtually unchanged today.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 12:17,
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Shortly after the fall of the Maginot line they realised Cyan was not a good colour for a foot soldier.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 12:18,
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I'm fairly sure cyan's the Victoria line.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 14:04,
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I remember at GCSE
being somewhat annoyed by two different GCSE history books giving me two different reasons for the blue uniforms of the French.
1. A hangover from the days of bright uniforms, imposing soldiers, etc.
2. A rather... interesting form of camouflage, camouflaging soldiers against the light blue background of the horizon, suitable for the flat terrain of Northern France/Belgium.
Considering the preferred colour of France is often blue, and that they later switched to brown/green I think I know which story I believe.
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Lovely
The last one looks like the opening screen to only fools and horses.
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presferatu, Thu 31 Jan 2013, 12:32,
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