Weird stuff in Russia (2)

- Attaching his belt in a taxi is perceived as an offense (as if the driver doesn't drive well)
- the fact that there are more control agents in museum than visitors
- Russian channels make their own version of US TV shows such as Married... with children and The Nanny
However they are real copies of the originals: same episodes, same scripts, same characters...
An article about this phenomenon found in the NYT website.
- there is a train which goes to the North Pole (in Murmansk) and it lasts 28 hours
- the urban legend about the opening of the bridges (when do they close ? 3 o'clock or 6 o'clock ? who knows ?)
- the fact that KFC is opened 24/7 (Mc Donald's closes between 4 and 7 a.m.)
- Russian blinis are just like French crêpes
- there is a clothing shop called OGGI and Russians are persuaded that is Italian-style but actually it's a local company
- when you order a hot chocolate in a café, you'll have melted tablet-chocolate in a mug

That's it for today.

SuperPrésident-TV

(Sorry for using French for this post, but I think it's more appropriate)

Vu sur le Figaro :

Le site officiel du président de la République est donc une copie conforme de celui de campagne du candidat UMP : couleurs, disposition, la TV perso... Tout y est.
Je suis un brin choqué et j'aurais préféré quelque chose de plus institutionnel à la manière des sites des ministères. C'est vraiment too much, on dirait qu'on veut nous vendre un nouveau produit.

Mon coup de gueule en français est donc fini.

Eye catch stuff

Some readers asked me for other brand names translated in Russian, so here is a new one :



The fun thing is that when you have to read it, you should say "Pitsa Khat" and that's a very strange translation, isn't it ?



We were just walking along a canal of the Neva, and suddenly a jet skier appeared so fast. For me, that's not normal to see this type of vehicle in Russia. Am I right ?

In da street

The first photo is to show you how a Russian police (or milice) car looks like. It makes me think of the movie RoboCop.



The man on this poster is Vincent Pérez : a Swiss-French actor. So he's playing a part in a Russian movie (the director is Vadim Shmelev) and it's called : Apocalypse Code. Sounds interesting, doesn't it.

So wild and so French

Chabal plus français que jamais
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