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Liz11685
11/26/08

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I really wanted to do this sewer tour the last time I was in Paris, but we didn't have time. Its one of the things calling me back.
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Jack_Burton
11/26/08

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Sewer?

I don't even know her...

Sorry. Putting gun in mouth...
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Hell on Heels
11/26/08

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Can I just say that I'm going to Paris for the first time on Friday and all of these comments are making me so, so, so excited. I'm not sure I will be checking out the sewers, but the Musee d'Orsay, for sure.
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A Small Turnip
11/26/08

@Hell on Heels: Have fun! And say hi to Pierre Herme for me. I am craving one of his Ispahan macaroons like nobody's business.

[parisbreakfasts.blogspot.com]
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Liz11685
11/26/08

@Hell on Heels: YAY! Have fun! I love Paris(been 2 times). The Musee Rodin rocks, and try to get to Versaille.

I really want a baguette, some chevre and the Seine right now.
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Le Coucher d'Yvette
11/26/08

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When I went to Paris a few years ago, my friends and I took the sewer tour. It was amazing, and not at all gross. In Paris the sewers are cleaned with large balls slightly smaller than the sewer itself. For the rest of our trip all we could talk about were the "shit balls." In fact, when talking about that European Adventure, that's all I ever seem to mention.

I highly recommend the trip.
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Ultraprison!
11/26/08

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i know some people will slam her for having her assistant do a little babysitting, but i think it's cool that she brought them with her. i'm sure plenty of celeb parents leave the kids at home with a nanny when they travel overseas.
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mynamebackwards
11/26/08

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I have friends who work at an ad agency and she was the subject of an ad campaign they shot. apparently, she was a vicious hell-beast and not at all the image of the sweet-natured belle she has attempted to cultivate. I find this information to be very sad.
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BeAgrestic
11/26/08

@mynamebackwards: You know, that doesn't surprise me at all actually. I respect Reese a lot as an actress and a humanitarian(of sorts), but she definitely seems like a control freak.
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sventurata
11/26/08

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Um, Ratatouille?

Get with it, Reese!
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rosasparks
11/26/08

@sventurata: minisparks quotes that movie EVERY SINGLE DAY! She begs me to take her back to Paris FOR THAT MOVIE!
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A Small Turnip
11/26/08

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Sewers rock! Seriously, sewers don't get no sweet lovin', but I'm telling you, they are the best. Poor sewers. Turnip loves ya.
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A Small Turnip
11/26/08

@ASmallTurnip is the Biscuit of Today: Full disclosure: I am writing my dissertation on public health in Victorian London. Meaning, sewers. Or as my supervisor puts it, "turning shit into history."

I love my supervisor.
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Kitanne
11/26/08

@ASmallTurnip is the Biscuit of Today: Ooohhh! I was just reading about Victorian sewers! Well, about cess pools in the slums. Very interesting stuff about the lack of sanitation and the public outcry that happened because of it. Sometimes I forget how recent all our sanitary safety protocols actually are and then I'm super glad I was lucky enough to be born in an age and place where I'm not afraid to drink the water.

Also, there was a book all about the history of poop in my newspaper today and it sounded completely fascinating. People apparently used to shit in the halls of Versailles until people got tired of it and said we gotta clean this up...once a week!
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A Small Turnip
11/26/08

@Kitanne: I love you for being a sewer nerd like me. Let's have tea and cake and talk about mudlarks and nightsoil men. It'll be great, I swear. I make really good cake, and we don't have to dwell on the earthy stuff while we're nibbling.

And a book about the history of poop? I must have linkage.
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BlondeGoddess
11/26/08

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Her son is a very bright boy. The Paris sewer system (didn't the Romans invent it?) is a thing of wonder. All the gutters in Paris are self-cleaning.
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EkaterinaBallerina
11/26/08

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When my brother and I were kids our mother put us in a day camp on summer. The camp had many quirks. One being the urban legend that giant birds lived in the woods and ate bad campers. Another day a man ran through the camp with a gun and the camp director thought that leaving a message on parents' answering machine would suffice. But the best part of camp was the "nature tours". Mine was a walk through the very dense woods finding every dead animal we could find and learning about decomposition. I have never been able to erase the memory of the dead dog with no eyes. This however, was not nearly as bad as my brother's "nature tour". They were subjected to a tour of the sewer system. He said that they weren't even warned, the counselor opened a manhole and told them to jump in.Even being a little boy close to Deacon's age, my brother thought it was just plain disgusting and creepy. That place still gives both of us nightmares.
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badmutha
11/26/08

@ekaterinaballerina: Did your mother hate you? Seriously, that is crazytown.
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EkaterinaBallerina
11/26/08

@badmutha: She feels eternal guilt for that one. We jumped around camps for several summers until we found one safe, normal one. Word to the wise, avoid the Montgomery County camps in Maryland.

The worst story actually was that at the beginning of the week a school bus hit a child on the road leading to the camp. They outlined the body in chalk and then left it there (the ouline, not the body). We had to see it every day thereafter on our way to camp.
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NefariousNewt
11/26/08

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She's just so gorgeous and well spoken. She looked good and she seemed pretty at ease with Dave compared to Nicole Kidman. Unless it turns out she murders kittens in her spare time, I will never fail to like her.

BTW, Musée D'Orsay is a great and unheralded museum in Paris.
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badmutha
11/26/08

@NefariousNewt: My husband went to it when he was there and brought back their book. I,sadly, have never been. He said it is fantastic.
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InCahoots
11/26/08

@NefariousNewt: Agreed on the Musee D'Orsay love!

Wait, I think I'm thinking of the right one. Where in my wanderings I all of a sudden was faced with "Whistler's Mother" and kind of peed my pants with delight??
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dancerevolution
11/26/08

@badmutha:

It is fantastic! And you can feel superior to the other tourists waiting in line at the Louvre (until you are one of them the next day). You need to spend a few months in Paris to get it all in.
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rosasparks
11/26/08

@dancerevolution: I go to to the Museum D'Orsay every time I'm there. minisparks loves it there, too. She wanders around the main area and talks to the art. It is a beautiful, magical place. Much like Paris.
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NefariousNewt
11/26/08

@InCahoots: That's the one. Ever since my wife started "dragging" me to Europe, I've finally been able to gaze upon some of the greatest works of art which were only pictures in books before. D'Orsay is no Louvre, but if you are looking for fine art (I'm a Degas freak, and they have some excellent works by him, as well as Van Gogh), D'Orsay is it.
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dancerevolution
11/26/08

@rosasparks:

Minisparks sounds adorable! I also wandered around talking to the art, but only because I was somewhat tipsy from a wine-dominated lunch. Also, I'm very jealous of the way you said "every time I'm there," in a way that says you're lucky enough to be there a lot.
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badmutha
11/26/08

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Her son sounds like my son. If it stinks, or has to do with something really gross, he is all over it.
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rednrowdy
11/26/08

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that screengrab wasn't hard to get. some of the time i watch the clips and realize that they had to go frame by frame to get the absolute best facial expression for the screengrab.
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evil_green_eyes
11/26/08

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I <3 her
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/26/08

@evil_green_eyes: Same here! She's so darn charming and likable; I want to be her friend!
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Sukie in the Graveyard
11/26/08

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Dave laughs like my grandfather.

I love that.
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