Bonne Chance!
Maybe you know what that means...but I definitely did NOT in the school year of 2005-2006, my last in college. Living in an old, creaky house with 2 little wooter squats had some wonderful times... Taylor was really good at writing down funny things we did. I found that list a while ago before we moved this fall and emailed both Taylor and Lynette to remind them. And it happened again, so I must share.
I don't know whose paper it was, or for what class, but there was a paper explaining an upcoming test. At the bottom of the paper it said "Bonne chance!" So I look up at Lynette after reading this and with an extremely baffled look on my face say "Bon chance??? What the heck does that mean?" Lynette without skipping a beat, says ever so matter-of-factly, "Oh I think it means you have to buy a blue book and take it with you to the testing center."
Pause.
My baffled look continues with this response. 'Um, how on earth could Lynette get all of that out of 2 words?' So I said something like "Oh, really?" And that conversation was over. I do not remember if we resolved the mystery at this time (do you remember, lynette or taylor?). But eventually we DID and had it as a joke ever since. For those who don't know, it means "Good Luck" in French.
Fast-forward to Friday January 20th. Perris and I are with some friends watching the movie Flyboys. (Really enjoyed it, good flick.) The movie is set in France and one of the pilots falls for the French woman. Anyway, somewhere during the movie someone says "bonne chance" so I start giggling and immediately text Lynette how the movie is talking about blue books for the testing center so as we can reminisce yet again. I cannot stop giggling. Lynette responds and she can't stop laughing to speak as her husband asks what is so funny. We continue our text-message hilarity and I say "Oh my dear, that will go down as one of the best moments of our friendship. I need to blog that."
Lynette responds, "Haha Yes it says two things. I knew nothing about french and I liked to make things up so it seemed like I knew everything." "I.e. ignominious death" (in high school or sometime we were at my house reading scriptures with the fam and someone dies an "ignominous death". I say "what is that" (for obviously, I am the one who never knows the big words) and Lynette says "it's when you die by fire." My Dad corrects her that actually it just means "shameful" Whoops!)
We were obviously good friends because I still like to pretend I know everything. Thanks for those good, eye-full-of-tears, abs sore afterward giggles.
I don't know whose paper it was, or for what class, but there was a paper explaining an upcoming test. At the bottom of the paper it said "Bonne chance!" So I look up at Lynette after reading this and with an extremely baffled look on my face say "Bon chance??? What the heck does that mean?" Lynette without skipping a beat, says ever so matter-of-factly, "Oh I think it means you have to buy a blue book and take it with you to the testing center."
Pause.
My baffled look continues with this response. 'Um, how on earth could Lynette get all of that out of 2 words?' So I said something like "Oh, really?" And that conversation was over. I do not remember if we resolved the mystery at this time (do you remember, lynette or taylor?). But eventually we DID and had it as a joke ever since. For those who don't know, it means "Good Luck" in French.
Fast-forward to Friday January 20th. Perris and I are with some friends watching the movie Flyboys. (Really enjoyed it, good flick.) The movie is set in France and one of the pilots falls for the French woman. Anyway, somewhere during the movie someone says "bonne chance" so I start giggling and immediately text Lynette how the movie is talking about blue books for the testing center so as we can reminisce yet again. I cannot stop giggling. Lynette responds and she can't stop laughing to speak as her husband asks what is so funny. We continue our text-message hilarity and I say "Oh my dear, that will go down as one of the best moments of our friendship. I need to blog that."
Lynette responds, "Haha Yes it says two things. I knew nothing about french and I liked to make things up so it seemed like I knew everything." "I.e. ignominious death" (in high school or sometime we were at my house reading scriptures with the fam and someone dies an "ignominous death". I say "what is that" (for obviously, I am the one who never knows the big words) and Lynette says "it's when you die by fire." My Dad corrects her that actually it just means "shameful" Whoops!)
We were obviously good friends because I still like to pretend I know everything. Thanks for those good, eye-full-of-tears, abs sore afterward giggles.
Ah thank you for the giggle. You guys funny, oh so funny :)
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