December 08, 2005

Should be a cinch.

France tries to improve tourist image after riots

Ministers Say "Burning Car Smell Really No Worse Than Gaulloises!"

Officials Note Riots Prompted Downturn in Gypsy Pickpockets, North African Trinket Vendors

Fire Department Officials Proclaim Success In Finally Washing Most Dog Droppings From Sidewalks

Plea for Return of American Tourists, "Gives Rioters, Non-Rioters Common Enemy For Whom to Express Haughty Disdain"

Posted by Terry Oglesby at December 8, 2005 03:01 PM
Comments

Here's a new slogan for them:

Death in 2003.

Destruction in 2005.

Come for the Apocalypse in 2007!

Alternatively:

War & Death have already been here - Come see Pestilence & Famine. France, 2006

Posted by: skinnydan at December 8, 2005 03:36 PM

Sorry - all of the first one was supposed to be bold

Posted by: skinnydan at December 8, 2005 03:37 PM

That's okay, Dan.

By the way, have I ever mentioned how much I love France?

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at December 8, 2005 03:57 PM

Exception that proves the rule.

Besides, nobody said they were bad to look at.

Posted by: skinnydan at December 9, 2005 09:26 AM

Well, I won't go so far as to say that Chirac is a pretty man.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at December 9, 2005 09:47 AM