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I recently acquired a set of postcards showcasing a pinfire double. I imagine those depicted would be disappointed if they tried to load the shells in the bandolier into the gun!

They were printed by Albert Bergeret et Cie, a top collotype company of the time.


Il est raté, c'est regrettable,
Il en est quitte pour la peur,
Mais je m'en console, que diable,
Car l'an prochain il est probable
Qu'il aura doublé de grosseur !


Fallait-il avoir une "couche",
Pour avoir brûlé mes cartouches
Jusqu'à la dernière... pour rien !
Maint' nant voilà l'gibier qui vient.


Dix francs! mâtin ! c'est une somme!
C'est bien un peu cher; mais enfin,
Dans le carnier çà pose un homme,
Je vais passer pour un malin!


Mon mari m'a dit : « De la chasse,
Tu n'rapport'ras rien ! » Quelle audace,
Je t'apporte toujours ceci,
Mon p'tit mari!


J'adore la chasse à l'affût,
Mais le gibier qu'ici je guette,
C'est... mon cousin! Et dans le but
D'achever ici set conquête


Ohé! chasseurs et chasseresses !
Je aus cherchais partout en vain;
Heureusement qu'en ma détresse
J'ai ju retrouver mon cousin!


Moi, je ne tue pas les lapins,
Je montre autrement mon adresse,
Comme vous voyez, je les dresse,
Les plus gros et les plus malins!

He may be, but he's got the teeth part right, according to the pics. Matter of fact, they're all a queer looking lot.

Sorry Ted; You're thinking about some other country.

Gene

Gene,
Relax. The Frenchmen were in on the joke. In fact, that line came from one of them.

I suspect that Richard directed that dig at Herve’, being that Richard was from the south of France, Herve’ was most definitely not, and Richard never missed an opportunity to tell us that. No different than an Iowa joke, around here. We all laughed, loudly, at it. But, for whatever reason, on that night, in that town, it was absolutely true. We laughed about it later that night, too.

The median age in that part of France was about 58 at that time. Societal factors were at play, but, three single guys were out there, trying, and having fun with it.

Neither gunmaker ever married, as far as I know. Wasn’t from lack of trying.

We know your French wife is beautiful. But, she wasn’t there that night.

Best,
Ted

Having spent a week in Kwee-beck I can translate for you non parlay-voo Fran-say folks.

Two Frogs and un Amerloque walk into a bar in France full of snaggletooth dames and nobody gets lucky.


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Shoshana

Huh. Not sure why it would occur to me to use my feet, when there is a .357 stuck in my waistband.

Whatever works, I guess.

Best,
Ted

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No feet.

So you are complaining about insults to people, and in the same sentence you are insulting all Americans in New Orleans? I guess that's OK in your mind... something like the times you insulted the residents of the entire state of Tennessee in order to denigrate one guy you don't like.

And what happened to all of the whining posts you have made here concerning off-topic banter, because you felt it was so inappropriate on this "shotgun engineering board"? Why do you think you are exempt from that?

You seem pretty thin skinned concerning a rather benign observation about the appearance of French women. From the photo you posted of your wife, we cannot tell anything about her teeth and eye color. Nor do we care. And pretty much any woman who is 70 years old has mostly gray hair unless she is getting her color from a bottle.

Does she know that you are posting her photo here because you are losing your shit over an innocent comment Ted made?


Seriously, I think we all can see why your son was bullied in school, and it had nothing to do with his French heritage...