On 9 Jul, 17:32, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
An old chap was saying to a friend of ours he had finally bought himself
what he'd wanted for years, a Jezebel. Keeping a straight face our friend
asked a few questions and he had actually bought a Gazebo. *:-)

I was describing, in French, a way of fencing the garden of a friend
in Bordeaux and said that I would in my opinion use some 'brandade'.
The looks I got were serious and questioning, until they all laughed
loudly. I had meant of course 'brande' which is a type of fence made
of differerent wood, and not 'brandade' which is a fish and potato
dish )