Laissez Faire, Mon Derriére

laissez faire, mon derrière - laissez faire, my ass! great attitude ;)

Let's play, my arse. If anyone has a better translation or can possibly think of a reason for writing that on a sign then do let me know...

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de-lineation says:

what a fantastic shot. wouldn't that translate to say "leave my ass alone"?
or "hands off my ass"? regardless, i love it.
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Danny Fontaine says:

That makes a bit more sense...sorta (!!). My French is awful....
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

PaulaSheneman says:

she's got a way with words. French words, at that.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

spots1327 says:

Maybe she's a socialist...
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

goldsardine says:

Hi, I'm an admin from FELT LIFE, and we'd love to have your SUPERB photo added to the group.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

nasha lina says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called b&w new york city, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

she's probably complaining about the neoliberal global economy model. the sentence seems to come from the french liberal motto "laissez faire, laissez passer", which talks about no interference from the government on economy, leaving the social causes behind. she did a play on words, literally meaning: "laissez faire, my ass".

to know more about it, you can take a look at wikipedia's entry on the subject::
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laissez-faire .

great photo, by the way ;)

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Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

/\/\ /\ T says:

sweethell, you got it right.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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