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Post by andy on Jul 13, 2008 11:06:50 GMT
My daughter's teacher is leaving her school on the 23rd July. He has been an inspiration to the kids and every parent is absolutely gutted that he's leaving. He's also become a good friend of mine and i've helped him run the school football team. But he has been presented with an opportunity to teach in the south of France for a few years. His girlfriend is 7 months pregnant and it's far too good a chance to miss out on. So apart from the usual plethera of pressies he'll get, i'd like to make him up a box of goodies from the parents for a bit of fun....a French survival pack if you like made up of nicnaks that are often laying around the house. So in this box, i can think of garlic bulbs a french phrase book a small bottle of "vin de table" A few onions some french tarragon a beret And that's what ive got so far (i stopped short of French letters  ) Any suggestions for fun, silly things would be most useful Andy |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2008 11:56:39 GMT
French mustard and some french bread perhaps ?
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Post by thecleaninglady on Jul 13, 2008 12:38:42 GMT
Some boules?
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Post by andy on Jul 13, 2008 12:50:33 GMT
Thanks...keep em coming  i need a decent list to give to some of the parents garlic bulbs a french phrase book a small bottle of "vin de table" A few onions some french tarragon a beret french mustard french bread Boules A French flag or two Brie Can of Kronenberg |
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Post by Tig on Jul 13, 2008 13:42:53 GMT
Black and white stripey t-shirt? Stick on moustache? Champagne bottle bubble bath? Bicycle helmet  |
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Post by andy on Jul 13, 2008 13:55:01 GMT
Black and white stripey t-shirt? Stick on moustache? Champagne bottle bubble bath? Bicycle helmet  Keep em coming |
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Post by Weeterrier on Jul 13, 2008 16:58:00 GMT
A packet of Gauloise? Pernod? (I that French?) A recording of 'Je t'aime'?
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Post by Shrubrose on Jul 13, 2008 18:52:52 GMT
What a lovely idea Andy A small bottle of cassis (gorgeous with cava or champers)? Abba's 'Voulez Vous?' A paperback novel by Simone De Beauvoir, Jules Verne, Jean Paul Sartre? Pack of french impressionist postcards? French recipe book? Bottle of Perrier water? |
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Post by Tig on Jul 13, 2008 22:27:55 GMT
Map of the region he is moving to?
Tinned Escargot?
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Post by nightowl on Jul 13, 2008 23:39:20 GMT
What about including some of the things you think he might miss  Like, maybe, Branston Pickle ENGLISH Mustard HP sauce Things that the French, with all their culinary expertise, just WOULD NOT have in their shops  |
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Post by Plocket on Jul 14, 2008 7:18:51 GMT
Some French cider from Normandy |
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Post by Shrubrose on Jul 14, 2008 17:36:11 GMT
Eiffel Tower key ring?
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Post by MamIDdau on Jul 14, 2008 18:09:16 GMT
Should give him an english hamper too of stuff he might miss but can't get over there.
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Post by Missredhead on Jul 14, 2008 19:28:54 GMT
Cadburys chocolate mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ;D
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Post by Ruthie on Jul 14, 2008 19:39:42 GMT
Marmite..................
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Post by Shrubrose on Jul 15, 2008 6:29:58 GMT
Oxo cubes? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2008 16:31:00 GMT
Du vin,du pain, du boursin!! ;D Brie even!!  Oh and English tea |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2008 19:03:28 GMT
hello, andy,seeds, hollyhocks,canterburybells,poppies,a garden of seeds, if not a very good book about how to survive france,
the telephone number of a very good french accountant, and a day off when he gets there, where's he going? a bumff pack
from the local touriste information, a night in the nearest 4 star hotel...........i'm wishful dreaming again
love the auw of an expat, the unknown, i wish him and his misses all the best, i expect the date of return some what delayed!!!! ;D
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i need a decent list to give to some of the parents
