Monday, July 14, 2008

Happy Bastille Day!


Yeah, baby! Bastille Day! Let's party like it's 1789* and go behead us some aristocrats!



Time to start building that guillotine...



*Well, 1790, actually; Bastille Day commemorates the Fête de la Fédération, held on the 1st anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, but y'all don't really care, do you? Any excuse for a party will do!
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4 comments:

  1. Cathy VanPattenJuly 14, 2008 at 5:29 PM

    Vive la France! Vive la liberte!

    And Vive moi!

    C'est mon anniversaire, aujourd'hui!

    Let's not go into which one...

    This year, we knew better than to try to reserve a table at a French bistro... we're heading to Celtic Knot for Irish fare again. And tonight is bluegrass night. Yeehaw!

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  2. G. W. FergusonJuly 14, 2008 at 7:34 PM

    And most assuredly vive vous!

    This is how I remember your birthday--it's Bastille Day, Jackie Tyson's voice echoes through my head, and you're...uh...uh...you're the same age as I am, 34.

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  3. JSaMJuly 16, 2008 at 8:42 PM

    Just for the record, Honegger wrote "La Marche sur la Bastille" (yeah!) and of course, joyeux anniversaire, Cathy (and hope your mother is having a good trip). I should be so active at MY age!

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  4. G. W. FergusonJuly 20, 2008 at 10:40 AM

    Allons enfants de la Patrie
    Le jour de gloire est arrivé.
    Contre nous, de la tyrannie,
    L'étandard sanglant est levé,
    l'étandard sanglant est levé,
    Entendez-vous, dans la compagnes.
    Mugir ces farouches soldats
    Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras
    Egorger vos fils,
    vos compagnes.

    Aux armes Citroen!
    Formez vos bataillons,
    Marchons, marchons!
    Chang sang impure
    Abreuve nos sillons.

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