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# ah yes
les dennis. the french fire engine. i heard that in the pub the other night and took me ages to work it out...
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 14:49, archived)
# give us hand?
i don't get it.
(martian, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 14:55, archived)
# les dennis
les being the french for "the"
and dennis being the make of fire engines...

les dennis, the french fire engine
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 14:57, archived)
#
"Et l'étude a dit" = "and the survey said"
(ish)
(I helped save b3ta! ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 15:00, archived)
# etude
means study, n'est pas? sorry, but i am trying to bone up on my french a bit, so i feel obliged to point things out like that. however, seen as i am not that good at it, etude may mean survey as well, in which case, i apologise. whilst secretly flicking you a v sign.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 15:04, archived)
# correct.
'sondage' is survey.

proceed.
(supaspinal, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 15:27, archived)
# the thing i always thought about that
is that shouldn't it be "the fire engines"? i thought les made it plural?
(I helped save b3ta! pip, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 15:01, archived)
# go
sit in the corner smartarse.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 15:06, archived)
# heh
i'm having to do a flippin french website for someone at the moment
(I helped save b3ta! pip, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 15:12, archived)
# les is french
for lesbian
and dennis is french for truck-driver
thus french fire-engines leave a trail of rolling baccy everywhere they go

geddit?
/coat
(I helped save b3ta! aaarrgghh...wasps! !spsaw...hhggrraaa, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 15:00, archived)
# no
but that's far funnier ! :)
(I helped save b3ta! ablufia v0.43 - have your face drawn, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 15:01, archived)
# wasn't that a shooting stars thing
when les was a guest, i'm sure vic did that one ages ago.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 15:06, archived)
# probably
whilst the guy who said it is one of the funniest people i know, i have my doubts as to whether he actually made that up himself. still...
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Wed 22 Jan 2003, 15:11, archived)