Strike action

What is the national sport of France?

a) Football
b) The Gallic shoulder shrug
c) Eating small life forms that no-one else in their right mind would eat (except maybe Hugh Fearnley-Whitingstall and Ray Mears)
d) Going on strike

Unfortunately, I am unable to provide you with the answer as the people responible for answers are currently on strike.

Will somebody please do some bloody work?!!!!  No post for a week now as our local posties have been on strike and today is apparently a 'General Strike' countrywide.  Fortunately the school teachers managed to make it in today, but then they did have their strike just 3 days after the school year started again.  I wouldn't mind really, but it just so happens that I've got quite a bit of stuff on order and already on it's way, mainly for Georgia's birthday and it bothers me that the more post stacking up in the Post Office the more likely it is to go missing.  That, plus I'd actually quite like my stuff now.  And no doubt Mr Postie will be around at Christmas asking me to buy one of his calenders so that he can ensure that he provides a good service for us next year (service appropriate to the amount I choose to pay, there is no fixed price, get it wrong at your peril).  Actually, he's a very nice guy our postie, so I'm not whinging about him personally.  Although when he was round here, sitting at our table, drinking our wine and accepting our gifts (Tyres.  Don't ask.) just 6 days beforehand, he might have had the decency to forewarn us.

Monsieur Le Stig

Je vous présente the all new Monsieur Le Stig.  Some say he's been spotted in France.    

He's got a new ride as well.