Daniel Ferrante

Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. Thanks to the diligent work of Sushine and myself, the following internet flash songs have been unleashed upon France.

Banana Phone: This one went over quite well due to its catchy, oft repeated opening line, “Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring. Banana Phone!” There were, of course, some mispronounciations like, “Nanana Phone”, “Britania Phone”, and even “Yellow Foam”. How they got it wrong after seeing a flash animation of a dancing phone / banana is beyond me - but hey, they’re French.

Trogdor: Strongbad rocks. That is all, thank you.

Badger! Badger! Badger!: As catchy as it is, the song is often confusing and makes little sense. However we heard our friend repeat it a few times.

We Like The Moon: This was Sunshine’s doing. I take no responsibility for it.

If you want to know the real reason Paris is rioting, it’s because they can’t stop singing, “It’s fantastic, it’s made of plastic - cellular, modular, interactive-odular.”

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A quick recap of our holiday.

Marseille was nice, and I got to see the Chateau D’If.

Nice was gorgeous. The hostel was great. Made some friends and I got to see Garibaldi’s grave.

In Paris, we stayed with Emily and her family. They were gracious hosts. Every morning they gave us breakfast and each evening they cooked us incredible dinners. They gave us a room to stay in their house (and saving on hotel costs in Paris is nice), met us and dropped us off at the train station, and in general they went through great lengths to make us feel welcome. Unfortunately, her brother was quite rude towards me. In fact, I had never imagined there were rednecks in France, but he proved me wrong. Sunshine had stayed there before, in 2002, and inconsiderate as he is, he made 9/11 jokes through out her entire visit. I didn’t realize one could make jokes about 9/11 - but then again, I know some jokes about The Holocaust. His family dismisses it as his being young, but at 18 years of age, he should really know better.

EuroDisney was amazing. The whole park was done up for Halloween.

And I learned a very important lesson - French women love a guy with a multipass on his forehead.