At the top of the climb we went through the charming town of St Pons-de-Thomieres and as we sat in the mid morning traffic we drove past the Hôtel de Ville and in the courtyard there was a magnificent statue of Madame Liberty, the traditional female embodiment of the French Republic with her ample bosom unashamedly thrusting out and exposed to all.
When the US and France postal authorities issued a joint international rate postal stamp featuring Madame Liberty commemorating 200 years of French-US friendship, the French issue showed a Madame Liberty with nipples proudly displayed.
The US issue showed a topless Madame Liberty with no nipples on her ample breasts! LOL!
Needless to say, perhaps, on a postage stamp, that detail was so small there was little chance the average person pasting the stamp on an envelope or package would even notice the detail or find it titillating if they did, but the US Postal Service apparently thought there was a chance its patrons couldn’t handle a couple tiny dots placed on her breasts!
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Thanks for the additional information. A nice piece of trivia!
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I’ve never had a problem with beautiful women unashamedly thrusting out their ample bosoms. Go for it, girl!
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She is a wonderful national symbol! Better than the Cockerel!
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A yes our Marianne, she is everywhere and even call Giraldilla in some countries like in Havana and Sevilla , but the French are better at it . McDo well now over 3500 restos the most outside the USA a record, and burgers replacing ham and butter baguette sandwich as tops in France: there is a culinary revolution as for me prefer Burger King lol!!!
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I would always choose McDonalds over BK. Better fries!
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nahh there are just more famous but BK grew up in Florida with them ::)
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It is a long time since I enjoyed a BK. Compared to McD they are more expensive, the bread buns are not so good and the fries taste weird. The burger meat is better I do concede!
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Nothing béats à whopper.😎
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I may have asked you this before, but, have you made a map for us to see, of the places you have visited?
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I did it one time but the map got too crowded…
https://apetcher.wordpress.com/visited/
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I see what you mean!
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Fries??? Fries??? DON’T YOU MEAN CHIPS?
The Good ol’ US of A,home to Stormy Daniels not showing a nipple on a postage stamp? Figures
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Can’t get chips in McDonalds Brian!
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I do I refuse to ask for the other things I ask for chips, they might not be proper chips but it’s the best they can do
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Yes, The Statue of Liberty could use a little less drapery, too, considering her French origins!
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Need to build a new one then?
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Hmm. It’s made of hammered copper plates. Perhaps the existing ones could be reworked! LOL!
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Shouldn’t be too difficult!
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It would be a more honest French piece of art!
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It’s hard to believe the French love McDonalds so much.
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