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French family enjoys its consumer durables, invokes Talking Heads

Cory Doctorow at 6:00 am Thu, Oct 18, 2012

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This French family is certainly pleased by its exciting gadgets!

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  • Andrew Perrine

    Cool ad! In other news, every francophone person in the world invokes the Talking Heads 76 times a day on average.

  • http://twitter.com/davejenk1ns Dave Jenkins

    What’s in the suitcase with the question mark?  Marcelus Wallace’s soul?

    • anwaya

      Du vin, du pain, du fromage.

    • rattypilgrim

      It contains the only thing missing that would make their lives perfect.

      • Boundegar

        And it is impossible to open.

        Je me lance, vers la gloire, okay!

  • gumbowing

    It’s Monsieur Hulot’s suitcase at the start of a Jacques Tati movie.

  • http://twitter.com/chrisjimson chris jimson

    I see the large automobile, and the beautiful wife, but where is that beautiful house?

    And, well. . . how did they get there?

    • amuseamuse

      never mind the beautiful house, the kid on the right is clearly the psycho killer.

  • http://www.geekforce.com Hugh Johnson

    Four person family, two seat car.
    Silly cheese-eaters!

  • tw1515tw

    That car is a Sunbeam Alpine, I think. 

    • david guilbeault

      Simca Aronde Oceane

    • Dave Larson

      Sorry not an Alpine, not even a Tiger. . .

  • http://www.matthewpetty.com/ Matthew Petty

    My building has every convenience

  • rattypilgrim

    Maybe it’s the Book of Mormon.

  • http://www.epinardscaramel.com TokenFrenchDude

    Where are those “club” laundromats now ? :(

  • http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo

    What good is a phone with only eight numbers?