A First

I've seen hundreds of flyers under Paris windshield wipers. This is the first round one.

It figures they'd get around to it sooner or later.

Picasso

It would be nice, I think, to have all cars named Monet, Degas, Da Vinci, Botticelli... the possiblities are endless.

Free-for-All

Gratuit, of course, means "free" or "given." I like to think of all the other words that come from the Latin gratis: gratuity, gratuitous, congratulations, ingrate.

Not the same as libre, which means "free" as in available or unconstrained: as in liberty, liberate, and so forth.

Jouez

Music lessons at home. Better tell the neighbors first.

Blavatsky

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Puss in Boots

Perrault's fairy tale "Le Chat Botté" is better known in English as "Puss in Boots." Helpful when trying to understand this flyer.

Pare-Brise de la Semaine?

Pardon while the posts and flyers become less frequent -- it's bait-and-switch to call this Pare-Brise du Jour and not post anything for a week.

Check out Polly-Vous Francais? for another flyer.

I love the word pneu. Think of pneumatic drills, pneumonia, and the etymology suddenly becomes crystal-clear.