Stories Collected While Living in France
Sacha’s friend Fabrice looked at the balls on our dining room table. He passed a strange look at me, and then he leaned in close to Sacha and whispered, “C’est normal que ta mère ait des boules de canon sur la table? – Is it normal that your Mother has cannon balls on the table?” Sacha tossed back an easy answer, “Yeah.” Fabrice gave the balls a double take, “Mais pourquoi? A quoi ça sert? – Why, what is the purpose?” Sacha shrugged, “Nothing, you know my mom.”
Your Sacha would not want you any other way…but your version of normal.
*smile*
I can only say this…the way you wrote that in French sounds “bizarre”… It is like you are saying, Your Mother’s balls are on the table! I am glad they aren’t mine!!!
Tongue in Cheek Responds: Gee! I didn’t think of it like that! Of course your _ _ _ _ _ on the table would look sexier then these cannon balls!
I have been waiting for you to show your balls, darling.
Orama!!! Darling! What will my wife say!
Tongue and Cheek says: Hey! This is a NICE LITTLE BABY BLOG!! Stop it, Darlings! LOL oh my!
HA!
*reading the husband’s comment*
…phhhrrrrrmmmmbwaaahahaha!
I thought they were antique boule, uh, balls. So these are really heavyweight, then?
Tongue in Cheek responds: They are made out of cement. Heavy they are!
funny! my children have lived with my eccentricities for years. meat safes hanging from the ceiling – an old wood stove in the lounge room for a side table….. but I keep life interesting, you know?
Orama, At least all her balls are in one place!
Orama and Pigpen,
we should meet and play baseball, or basketball, or maybe just ping pong since the balls remain on the table!
French Brother,
Boche’, bocci, croquet, wiffle or fribee. No Balls in the house!
Pig Pen
I love women with balls! C’est formidable! Mais oui (hee hee)!!
pig pin
who you ? and how you knew
my balls not all in one place.
LOL! My mom has picked up many interesting items over the years too. Some of them have significant meanings that no one but her can understand and appreciate.
Wonderful photo; as all your photos are. Funny story!!
They are geodes aren’t they?
Ha! Great post. Love the story.
love
They don’t have to make sense to anyone but yourself!
Happy Easter!
very decorative – I hope, you have a large table?! thanks for the story
And here I thought they were perfectly round potatoes. Thank goodness I stopped to read the text!
Nice pic and story.
funny writing and nice pic!
cannon balls, hum…
I thought everyone kept cannon balls on their tables…they come in handy when the children have bad table manners… no, no…I didn’t say that, did I? Great photo and a wonderfully unusual interpretation of the topic:>
I love the idea of cannon balls on the table…Not to mention brushing up on my French when I read the story!
Oh, that is a sweet story. I took 2 years of French in college…must say the comments on this one are as interesting as the post! 😉
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