The photographs that could only be taken in France
Oliver Gee - [email protected]
Published: 2 Dec, 2016 CET.
Updated: Fri 2 Dec 2016 14:01 CET
There are some things that could only happen in France and luckily there are cameras around to record them.
A wine marathon
Yes, seriously. Read more about it here.
(AFP)
AFP
Speaking of wine.. only in France are locals warned of "spilled grape juice".
Still on the subject of wine, is this the most French bike ever (complete with "vin" holder at the front)?
Cutting edge #bicycle #accessories design #onlyinFrance :D pic.twitter.com/KIM7uKKvay
— RIDO (@RIDOcycling) June 8, 2016
And prepare to be faced by the great walls of wine in the supermarkets...
Photo:Josh Melvin
Not to mention the great walls of tiny yogurt tubs (the French love them).
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Photo: indabelle/Flickr
And of course the great walls of cheese
Half a cheese counter #onlyinfrance pic.twitter.com/l8FvkGHao2
— Nat Lyons (@nat_ly01) July 19, 2014
And only in France do you see protests where angry farmers pour wine onto the streets...
AFP
And sometimes milk...
AFP
They won't hesitate to let pigs into shops...
AFP
Sometimes they take it as far as doing a huge manure dump to get their point across.
AFP
(Click here to see many, many more unusual protests from the French).
And what about the French phenomenon of "bossnapping"? Here Maurice Petit, an exec from American company Caterpillar is led away by workers in 2009.
AFP
And then there's the naked protests... even in front of minsters.
Could this photo of a comedian getting naked in front of a Minister of Culture have been taken in any other country?
(Screengrab France 2)
And sticking with the theme of nudity...We just can't imagine this photo of an ex-minster turned presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron sharing a glance with a nudist could have been taken in any other country.
La photo WTF du jour d'Emmanuel Macron en vacances dans @ParisMatch pic.twitter.com/n8CgXHTCon
— Thomas Joubert (@tomjoubert) August 11, 2016
Protests aside, a terrible parking effort is one sure sign you're in France.
Photo: mokapest/Flickr
Meanwhile, surely it's only in France that the bread is so good that people will wait in long queue for it...
Photo: Garycycles7/Flickr
Often in very long queues...
Photo: Annie and Andrew/Flickr
Or they can always find it in an self-service machine. No, seriously.
Distributeur de pain #OnlyInFrance pic.twitter.com/9QmLu6sQUD
— Shannon Aleen (@clytn_) January 3, 2015
The French put some weird things in their dispenser machines actually, including pigs' entrails...
And cheese, of course.
Only in France? A 24-hour vending machine selling Beaufort cheese. In the lovely village of Beaufort. #cheese #beaufort @McPBen @TheLocalFrance pic.twitter.com/jsuQgoLICk
— Rory Mulholland (@mulhollandrory) February 26, 2019
Sticking with food, there's the amazing menu at the school canteen in France. Look closely.
Talk about a balanced diet. Salad, cheese, fruit, vegetables and no turkey twizzlers in sight.
And sticking with food. The tough job of translating French dishes leads to many a great pic.
Photo: Rory Mulholland
And where do they drink cider out of a cup and not a glass?
Cider from a cup not a glass - #onlyinfrance https://t.co/Pi4pXzwJgs pic.twitter.com/YTUYRLErqz
— Vicki Emily Evans (@vickiemilyevans) July 11, 2016
And obviously short story vending machines at train stations had to be invented in France...
#OnlyInFrance: short story vending machines (via @HuffPostArts) https://t.co/z7dsGfmRd0 pic.twitter.com/F0GGENnvlB
— Public Books (@publicbooks) November 27, 2015
What else? Well, how about police on roller blades? A regular sight in some French cities.
Photo: Hugefluffy/Flickr
Especially in tourist areas of Paris
Photo: AFP
And only in France... well perhaps not actually , but the country's swimming pool laws are famous for being as tight as the skimpy swimming trunks they force men to wear.
Photo: jaybergesen/Flickr
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A wine marathon
Yes, seriously. Read more about it here.
(AFP)AFP
Speaking of wine.. only in France are locals warned of "spilled grape juice".
Still on the subject of wine, is this the most French bike ever (complete with "vin" holder at the front)?
Cutting edge #bicycle #accessories design #onlyinFrance :D pic.twitter.com/KIM7uKKvay
— RIDO (@RIDOcycling) June 8, 2016
And prepare to be faced by the great walls of wine in the supermarkets...
Photo:Josh Melvin
Not to mention the great walls of tiny yogurt tubs (the French love them).
Photo: indabelle/Flickr
And of course the great walls of cheese
Half a cheese counter #onlyinfrance pic.twitter.com/l8FvkGHao2
— Nat Lyons (@nat_ly01) July 19, 2014
And only in France do you see protests where angry farmers pour wine onto the streets...
AFP
And sometimes milk...
AFP
They won't hesitate to let pigs into shops...
AFP
Sometimes they take it as far as doing a huge manure dump to get their point across.
AFP
(Click here to see many, many more unusual protests from the French).
And what about the French phenomenon of "bossnapping"? Here Maurice Petit, an exec from American company Caterpillar is led away by workers in 2009.
AFP
And then there's the naked protests... even in front of minsters.
Could this photo of a comedian getting naked in front of a Minister of Culture have been taken in any other country?
(Screengrab France 2)
And sticking with the theme of nudity...We just can't imagine this photo of an ex-minster turned presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron sharing a glance with a nudist could have been taken in any other country.
La photo WTF du jour d'Emmanuel Macron en vacances dans @ParisMatch pic.twitter.com/n8CgXHTCon
— Thomas Joubert (@tomjoubert) August 11, 2016
Protests aside, a terrible parking effort is one sure sign you're in France.
Photo: mokapest/Flickr
Meanwhile, surely it's only in France that the bread is so good that people will wait in long queue for it...
Photo: Garycycles7/Flickr
Often in very long queues...
Photo: Annie and Andrew/Flickr
Or they can always find it in an self-service machine. No, seriously.
Distributeur de pain #OnlyInFrance pic.twitter.com/9QmLu6sQUD
— Shannon Aleen (@clytn_) January 3, 2015
The French put some weird things in their dispenser machines actually, including pigs' entrails...
And cheese, of course.
Only in France? A 24-hour vending machine selling Beaufort cheese. In the lovely village of Beaufort. #cheese #beaufort @McPBen @TheLocalFrance pic.twitter.com/jsuQgoLICk
— Rory Mulholland (@mulhollandrory) February 26, 2019
Sticking with food, there's the amazing menu at the school canteen in France. Look closely.
Talk about a balanced diet. Salad, cheese, fruit, vegetables and no turkey twizzlers in sight.
And sticking with food. The tough job of translating French dishes leads to many a great pic.
Photo: Rory Mulholland
And where do they drink cider out of a cup and not a glass?
Cider from a cup not a glass - #onlyinfrance https://t.co/Pi4pXzwJgs pic.twitter.com/YTUYRLErqz
— Vicki Emily Evans (@vickiemilyevans) July 11, 2016
And obviously short story vending machines at train stations had to be invented in France...
#OnlyInFrance: short story vending machines (via @HuffPostArts) https://t.co/z7dsGfmRd0 pic.twitter.com/F0GGENnvlB
— Public Books (@publicbooks) November 27, 2015
What else? Well, how about police on roller blades? A regular sight in some French cities.
Photo: Hugefluffy/Flickr
Especially in tourist areas of Paris
Photo: AFP
And only in France... well perhaps not actually , but the country's swimming pool laws are famous for being as tight as the skimpy swimming trunks they force men to wear.
Photo: jaybergesen/Flickr
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