French Islanders using live dogs as shark bait

Islanders on the French controlled Reunion Island have been using live dogs as shark bait. The Sun claims that "a six-month-old labrador pup was recently found alive with a huge double hook through its snout - like the ... continue

French three strikes law struck down

France’s highest constitutional authority has struck down legislation that would have seen internet users banned from the internet if caught pirating content. The French "Hadopi legislation" passed in May with the support of the music industry. The legislation, ... continue

Dog-O-Matic Dog Washing Machine – What will PETA say about this?

A french inventor, Romain Jarry, has invented a dog washing machine called the Dog-o-Matic, which can best be deacribed as hybrid laundry machine/car wash for dogs. There's one Dog-O-Matic machine in operation right now in France and it's ... continue

The new French 3-strikes law hides a bigger threat

Not to long ago there was a lot of talk about France’s move to implement a 3-strike law against Internet downloaders of <ahem> illegal files. Then like most hot topic items it sort of blended with the ... continue

Video Star L’escargot

Just so you know that we're not biased towards the Japanese when it comes to weird stuff, we've found a rather bizarre example of French Art. Video Star L'escargot comes from well known French prankster Rémi Galliard. I just ... continue

French airforce surrenders to German virus

French fighter planes were grounded in January due to a computer virus. According to an unnamed Intelligence Magazine quoted by the Telegraph, the aircraft were unable to download their flight plans after databases were infected by a Windows ... continue

French Solution to Newspaper Downturn: Subsidies and Free Newspapers for Kiddies

The French Government will subsidize newspaper deliveries, and a scheme to offer a free annual newspaper subscription to 18 year olds as part of a plan to save the ailing newspaper industry. The newspaper delivery subsidy is the ... continue

Excuse me but you have a text message from your car’s parking meter

Isn’t technology wonderful? We do so many incredible and world changing things with it. Lives can be forever changed as newer and newer technology comes along. Then like a full face smash into a brick wall ... continue

Aquarium Phone Booth

How cool is this phone booth that's been turned into an aquarium.  The aquarium was designed by Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino and was a street installation forming part of the Lyon Light Festival in France. The designers ... continue

In France, Attacking People While Dressed as a Shark is High Culture

Likely a comedy program of some sort, but bizarre none the less. A man dressed in a shark costume attacks fisherman with what looks like shaving cream. Bonus points go to the victims, who don't enjoy the ... continue

Those poor silly deluded French RIAA wannabes

It never ceases to amaze the lengths these pseudo protectors of musician rights will go to in order to push their broken agenda down the throats of everyone. The delusions they suffer under about how they have ... continue

Angelina Jolie Gives Birth– Confirmed!

Angelina Jolie has given birth via cesarean to a baby boy, named Knox Leon, and a baby girl named Vivienne Marcheline at the Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France. And YES, it's actually confirmed, so we can ... continue

Mischa Barton Has Left the Building!

Are any of us really going to complain that Mischa Barton has now left the U.S. and has settled down in Paris? I think that she just can't handle the pressure, considering that she cited "time off" ... continue