those funny french
Posted on July 15th, 2008 by peter k. o'connell, your friendly, neighborhood voice-over talent
Rémi Gaillard is a fairly notorious French prankster . He gained a certain amount of attention in the French media after performing a well-documented series of pranks, including a famous appearance disguised as a Lorient football player in the 2002 Coupe de France final match where he would eventually take part on the celebrations and even greet the then president of France Jacques Chirac.
It turns out he is tremendously accurate with a soccer ball as well. Wow!
Day late with the honorary French post as Bastille Day was on the 14th. Oh well, better late than never.
Liz, you’ll have to translate some of the video text.
Hey Peter!
Sorry for being a day late myself!
The text at the end says:
“It is by doing something/anything, that we become someone/anyone we want to be.”
Sounds like a nice statement along the lines of NIKE’s “Just Do It”…do something in the pursuit of your dreams
BUT
This statement can also be taken sacasticly…when you say that someone “fait n’importe quoi” it means he’s doing somehting that makes no sense or has no meaning…so it could be that this guy is telling the world that yes, he’s doing something that has no real meaning/value (He’s just kicking a soccer ball around) BUT he has become “someone” by doing just that!
Or..it could be that it’s past midnight & I’m just reading too much into it! 😉
REALLY nice footwork though!
Peace!
Liz
This confusion may also explain the French’s fascination with Jerry Lewis which also confuses we yanks. 😉
Best always,
– Peter
Yeah…I never quite got that either!!!
Peace!
L.