Saturday, March 29, 2008

Another Day, Another Dollar


A familiar figure in the Jardin des Tuileries.
The next question, of course, has to do with voluntary pecuniary remuneration. The sunglass-ed tourist lady handed her a 5€ bill!


5 comments:

  1. Since $5 only around €0.50 these days, I'm surprised she accepted it.

    (Not that I'm feeling grumpy about the exchange rate or anything.)

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  2. Wow. The baby-in-a-sling scam is so well known it's even the Rick Steves guidebooks. Nice opening line.

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  3. You may see me out there asking if people speak english. Anyone have a baby can borrow... I mean babysit?

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  4. She didn't have a baby in a sling, just chutzpah in a sling.

    Misplaced, I'm sure you can work on your act sans bebe! You could offer to sell some of your great Parisian prose -- it's priceless!

    I do mean 'priceless' as in, worth infinite amounts of euros...

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  5. Misplaced, i've got 2 kids you can watch. I get 50% of the take though.
    I tell them, in perfect English, that "no I dont speak English have a great day". This seems to annoy them more than they annoy me.

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