2010-07-15

Bonne Fête

Un ami m'a dit que les feux d'artifices sont pour les enfants et vraiment l'argent (public) jeté par les fenêtres. Peut-être ils sont gaspillage, mais je les aime quand même. On devrait prendre un peu du temps pour apprécier les petits luxes de la vie de temps en temps. Ci-dessous le feu d'artifice pendant la fête nationale à Plan d'Eau de Metz l'année dernière. Ils me font sentir comme une jeune fille à nouveau.

A friend told me that fireworks are for kids and a waste of (public) funds. Maybe they are a waste, but I still love them. On occasion, we should take a little time to appreciate life's little luxuries. Below, last year's fireworks display during the fête nationale in Metz at the Plan d'Eau. They make me feel like a kid again.
 The beginning: clear, blue sky
Au début: le ciel bleu et clair
 
Letting loose at the end 
Liberer à la fin

43 comments:

  1. I always feel a little bit ambivalent about this, too. But - on the other hand - public funds are "wasted" for worse things than fireworks. So I try to enjoy them.

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  2. Good point! And welcome back from Paris.

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  3. Thanks. Haha, me trying to catch up with everything - the only blog I managed to visit since I am back is yours, :-).
    In Mainz there is a firework every year on Johannisnacht - the cool thing is that the fireworks are lit (?) from a boat in the middle of the Rhine River. Sitting on the banks of the river, watching the fireworks with hundreds of people around you - seeing the happiness in the faces of the others, everyone staring with biiiig eyes - is this really a waste of public funds? Some half an hour of a feeling of unity and "everything is allright"?

    Perhaps I am just trying to convince myself right now ;-) ...

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  4. Of all the blogs to visit, mine should probably have the lowest priority. I mostly just post junk and mindless drivel.

    Hey, Johannisnacht was celebrated for the first time the year I was born! Now that you've asked the question, another word for lighting fireworks fails me, so I think "lit" is a good word.

    I just learned tha Gutenberg was from Mainz!

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  5. "that" not "tha"
    I wish we could edit our comments.

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  6. :-) - yaa, everything is Gutenbergy around here ... university, museum, squares ...

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  7. ... random printing presses lying around...

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  8. But that's why umbrellas were invented, n'est-ce pas?

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  9. Haha, I never remember to bring an umbrella, and when I do, it always seems to be broken!

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  10. I don't own one. I see them as weapons. Awful weapons. Umbrellas are evil! (Only purpose is as a shelter against falling types!)

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  11. My umbrellas are harmless. They fold up into little purse-size packets and have cute puppies and kittens on them.

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  12. But I bet it has a sharp end that pokes other people's eyes (like people who are only 1.64m ... like me ... ) .... or it bites your fingers when you open it? Or it totally falls apart when you try to open it? Or .. or ...

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  13. No sharp end, just a round plastic button thing. I'm only 1.60m

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  14. One day --- one day I will follow up with a witty reply ...

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  15. Oh, we're supposed to be witty?!?

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  16. you are by nature, I am with much effort :-P

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  17. It takes a lot of effort for me to be witty, too.

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  18. The umbrella is a often used weapon in Naruto manga!

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  19. Haha, mostly naked girls are also used as weapons in manga.

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  20. Never ever google "naked girls umbrellas" - you don't want to know!

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  21. I don't know what you got, but I got a man in his underwear holding a guitar.

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  22. what was he holding the guitar for?

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  23. He was holding it like he was playing it, although I don't think he actually was.

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  24. okaaaay. I got some girls undressing in the shower ... no wonder they need umbrellas.

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  25. I usually undress before I step into the shower. Maybe they were washing their clothing AND themselves at the same time ;-)

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  26. That's clever. I will try this the next time I take a shower. Will save water and electricity.



    Huii, what a wonderful photo in your profile!

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  27. That dress in my profile photo is one I hand wash. Maybe next time I'll wear it into the shower and wash it there!

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  28. Now this is a really sexy idea - and very pragmatic, too.

    The only thing I own that needs handwashing is a black cashmere turtleneck (what a strange word) - I am not sure I want to go under the shower wearing that ...

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  29. Yeah, it might be a bit of a pain to peel it off without messing up the shape once it's wet.

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  30. And instead of being sexy and pragmatic I would look like the Swamp Thing --- the Thing that came out of the Shower ...

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  31. Actually, if you managed to get it off in the shower, I think the you'd definitely have the sexy and pragmatic thing going for you. But yes, stepping out still wearing wet cashmere might seem a bit ... awkward?

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  32. wet wool on skin is
    nothing I would like to have
    thoughts of sheep in rain

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  33. Very nice haiku, Martina! Unfortunately, I am useless at composing them.

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  34. English is easy
    Words just adjust and go well
    German is hard, though.


    duuuuh. ;-)

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  35. Du bist zehr clever
    Mit das Gedicht in Englisch
    ...

    Nope, can't come up with 5 more syllables, and I'm not entirely sure the 12 I have are correct!

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  36. :-) - I think German is un-haiku-able!

    Du bist sehr clever
    mit dem Gedicht in Englisch
    Deutsch ist nix dafür.

    Hehe.

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  37. I always get the
    cases wrong! But that was a
    good save, Martina.

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  38. And now we will start writing our comments in hexameters ... (not, this is not a hexameter :-))

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