# In which \*featherlou\* provides you with your very own French phrase...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 2001, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005 "2001-10-17T16:25:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/41 "2001-10-18T04:43:22Z")

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Alrighty then, here’s the next batch;

**FireUnderpantsBoobs** :  
Mes pantalon sont pleins de blanc mange.  
My pants are full of pudding.

**Sterra** :  
La tête quel fantastique que vous avez!  
What a tremendous head you have!

**meenie7** (you have to ask for absurd? I thought that was a given :))  
Qui est-ce qui fait les cheveux de votre chiots?  
Who does your puppy’s hair?

**HerMajestyLorna**  
Est-ce que je peux recevoir qu’avec le chou?  
Can I get that with cabbage?

**Monster104** :  
No. Whaddya think, the French are a happy bunch?

**Zebra** :  
Non, vraiment, je suis Canadien.  
No, really, I am Canadian.  
😃

**Mudshark** :  
J’ai besoin de votre est spanking.  
I need your spanking.

**Erika** :  
Aide! Mon doigt est stuck!  
Help! My finger is stuck!

**JavaMaven1** :  
Oooh, ce mayonnaise se sent si bon!  
Oooh, that mayonnaise feels so good!

**Broken Doll** :  
Vous regardez mieux qu’un paquet d’escargots dans le beurre d’ail.  
You’re looking better than a bunch of snails in garlic butter.

(What can I say? You get what you pay for. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/42 "2001-10-18T04:45:06Z")

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I think I might change mine to Mudshark’s. His is a much better pick-up line!

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**Author:** ![Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/0ea827/32.png) [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/43 "2001-10-18T04:47:50Z")

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**featherlou** , perhaps I missed something here. Are you using an online translator? Most of those phrases are completely incorrect, grammatically speaking.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/44 "2001-10-18T04:56:18Z")

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See? This is why I didn’t want actual French speakers in here; all grousing about wanting accuracy and stuff like that :). Yes, **Zaphod** , I am cheating. See my first post in this thread. BTW, I love addressing someone as “Zaphod”.

And for **celestina** :  
Je suis la personne plus fraîche dans cette salle.  
I’m the coolest person in this room.

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**Author:** ![Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/0ea827/32.png) [@Zaphod\_Beeblebrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaphod_Beeblebrox)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/45 "2001-10-18T04:58:24Z")

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Oooops… duly noted. I’m an idiot. Carry on. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Dead_Girl)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/46 "2001-10-18T05:42:33Z")

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Ooh! Phrase me, please, **featherlou**! 🙂

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**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/47 "2001-10-18T05:58:41Z")

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😃

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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/48 "2001-10-18T09:14:36Z")

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'Stie d’Calisse! D’ou vient tous ces gens qui veulent parler en Français?

Maudits têtes carrés…

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**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/49 "2001-10-18T11:38:04Z")

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Can I have one? Please?

And try to capture the Jenny Say-kwah (which would be a good screen name, by the way) which is me.

Thanks, you’re a peach. Or some other equally attractive produce. You’re way better than kale, that’s what I’m saying.  
-Rue.

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**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/50 "2001-10-18T11:40:39Z")

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Do me please [sub]and not like that perverts![/sub]😃

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/51 "2001-10-18T11:46:15Z")

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I’m not featherlou, just trying to help out with the workload… here’s what I suggest:

Zaphod Bebblebrox: “Moi, je suis un hitchhiker de l’univers.” Good luck with pronunciation.

Living Dead Girl: Every guy goes nuts for “Ma bouche a faim.”

Rue DeDay: You give us nothing about you, but try: “Mon lit est solitaire…”

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**Author:** ![Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@Living\_Dead\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Dead_Girl)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/52 "2001-10-18T12:48:34Z")

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Oooh, thanks, **jackelope** - would you be able to provide a translation? I would like to know exactly _what_ the guys are going nuts for before I say it. 😉

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/53 "2001-10-18T14:35:58Z")

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And guess who our “petit” Canuck has grossly overlooked?

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**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/54 "2001-10-18T18:11:15Z")

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featherlou said:  
“And for celestina:  
Je suis la personne plus fraîche dans cette salle.  
I’m the coolest person in this room.”

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[giggle] Thanks!

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**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/55 "2001-10-18T20:17:10Z")

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Merci beaucoup, **featherlou**!

Ne pas demander pourquoi mes pantalons sont pleins de blanc mange.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/56 "2001-10-18T21:41:56Z")

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Oops, sorry about that, **ChiefScott**. Here’s a special one just for you:

“Sentir l’amour. Aller de l’avant, le sent.”  
“Feel the love. Go ahead, feel it.”

Thanks, **jackelope**.

( **Boobs** , it’s always best if we don’t question these things.)

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/57 "2001-10-18T21:51:53Z")

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**Living Dead Girl,** “Ma bouche a faim.” means “My Mouth Is Hungry”.

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/58 "2001-10-18T22:00:49Z")

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And I forgot to say above, Thank you featherlou (or should I say Merci Beaucoup?).

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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/59 "2001-10-18T22:01:21Z")

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I want one! Please? One that’ll make me irresistable to women everywhere!

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-featherlou-provides-you-with-your-very-own-french-phrase/88005/60 "2001-10-18T22:28:18Z")

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You guys don’t want much, eh? Phrases for Gods, phrases to make you irresistible to all women - no problem!

For the **Amazing Tiki God** :  
“Je suis désolé, mon chat ne peut pas sortir jouer maintenant.”  
I’m sorry, my cat can’t come out to play right now.

And for **Superdude** (you might ask ChiefScott if you can borrow his, but if not):  
“J’ai besoin de quelque sexe. Est-ce que vous avez quelques-uns à épargner?”  
I need some sex. Do you have some to spare?  
(That oughta make you irresistible. Trust me :D)

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