Comments on: The latest secrets from Paris

By: Marie-Christine

Marie-Christine — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:39:02 +0000

Paris smells like piss in the summer, but mercifully in the winter it’s wet enough not to be as bad. Come to the South if you really want to smell piss.. I’m thinking I could make a killing by selling motion-detector activated showers to install in dark corners…

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By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:49:49 +0000

On a little tour of Europe a couple years ago, my family decided Paris was the second smelliest city we had visited. Paris may smell like piss, but Florence smells like sh*t. It’s probably the rivers.

By: Zaz

Zaz — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:49:18 +0000

alison, right, i asked my husband who’d pee, when one could be sure to get back home for a pee, his answer was: i’d pee for the pleasure of it. i think it’s something freeing or something with those men?
like nature call, tarzan, etc… (chuckles)

By: Alison Cummins

Alison Cummins — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:11:59 +0000

Zaz: Men.

By: Zaz

Zaz — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:25:44 +0000

say i am with you on that eric, then who do you suppose pees in the street instead of their loos?

By: Eric H

Eric H — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:44:40 +0000

About this business of poorer = dirtier: Prague is much poorer, but there was very little trash in the streets and little or no smell of urine. I very seriously doubt that can all be laid off on some homeless people and “british people with kilts.” Also, all public places may be de jure smoke free, but they are certainly not de facto smoke free. I was not kidding about seeing people smoke inside the metro around a sign prohibiting their action.

By: coco

coco — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:22:12 +0000

How about giving us details on a great source in Paris for fabrics and such???

By: Zaz

Zaz — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:08:50 +0000

i dunno susan. what struck me when i attended an exhibition in detroit is the tramps searching inside the bins to take out coke and pepsi bottles. when i asked my cousin she said they redeeem them to get money, now THIS is poverty.
i think by now it is forbidden to search in those small bins.
yes, poverty is not a good advertisment for “big” countries.

about free lessons for kids in “everything”: yes.
for adults: sometimes no, but often yes.

on french being big smokers: no, honest, everywhere it’s forbidden to smoke now and the cigarette packs are priced VERY high on purpose.
if people want to freeze they can just go outside to smoke on the street.
all public places are non smoking areas.

about pee, yes although the public toilets on the streets are free and open to all some homeless would piss on the street when not seen.
i have seen british people with kilts take a pee in the 18eme after getting drunk, that is all.

if you have seen, the streets have water running from holes under the catwalk (trottoir) everywhere, at least someone is trying and been trying to fix things.

and yes people sometimes consider themselves poor but at least everyone is covered by social security including doctor visits and medication. it’s not everywhere in the world, right?

we are spoiled people, nature is great and we whine a lot )

By: susan

susan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:41:29 +0000

The reason you did not find so many children was because they were in school and they don’t need to go so far and take the train. You can find schools in just every 3-4 blocks in each district. And they are not miserable and not loved. Here in France, even the children from the low income group can attend violin courses and have extra curricular activities – and it’s the same rights for french citizens and immigrants, even those without permit to stay.

By: Eric H

Eric H — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:29:38 +0000

Zaz;

Oh, no, we made it to the exhibits all right! There was a workaround train, but it was extremely crowded. That was what led to the girl saying “This is Paris, everyone is miserable”.