PARIS 2e

5 Responses to “Aye thoust can!”

1. #  Anonymous January 14, 2009 at 6:34 PM

   Hilarious! Gotta love that French way of shaking U.S. Up (and your astute way of reporting it.)  

2. #  Luminousvue January 15, 2009 at 12:36 AM

   Thanks Cedric! This is funny!  

3. #  Fiona January 15, 2009 at 1:33 AM

   Oh, the irony. Do you think they mean to reference a Virginian for this?  

4. #  cali chic January 18, 2009 at 9:10 PM

   I always think it's lovely to see clever references to the history of the United States. so often we are characterised as having no culture or simply with an evil morals stealing pop culture. We have an exceptional history darnit! Thank you for giving us a little alice in wonderland type window into your world, the mad hatter (or the doremouse) would be proud!  

5. #  . January 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM

   Just so you all know the context of the message this poster was delivering: this is an advert for the Parsian newspaper "Le Monde." Le Monde was offering a 24 peice encyclopedia to new subscribers, so the images of Washington and the Obama hat are used as examples of the encyclopedia's inclusions. There was also a poster donning Albert Einstein with an AIDS ribbon afixed to his sweater. These and more are cleaver ways for Le Monde to grab pedestrian attention during rush hour (and trust me, it works.)