Curious Man For President!
The Curious Man would love to live in France for a little while without any financial pain on his part, and he's thought up a way to make his dream come true: just run for president!
There are a number of reasons why The Curious Man would make a great president.
For a start, he's happy to mix it with the locals:
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| In San Sebastian, trying to argue his and the NW's way into a private men's club-gourmet focussed-men do the cooking. Okay, technically not a local.... |
He's really good at cost cutting measures-
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| Two vintage French plates and cutlery for 3 Euros. |
He's a big supporter of the arts:
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| In Mirepoix..
and small business:
He's interested in effective defence mechanisms:
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| Talked his way into a comprehensive impromptu tour of grand Chateau Gudanes-currently undergoing restoration by an Australian couple . "Finish your house and die." he's really working on learning the language: 
he'll appeal to the animal loving voters:
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CM and his NW came a long way to visit this exotic birds and birds of prey 'donjon"......
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| Very good with diplomacy-Cats that look like Hitler...Cordes sur Ciel...
And, now he's a national hero!!
It happened like this.
A couple of weeks back, the CM and his NW were heading towards France via Guernica
and San Sebastian
(yes, It's in Spain, but near enough)
They were travelling along the coast road which was beautiful-quite like the Ocean Road, especially the parts with gum trees! And they pretty much had it to themselves- until a massive truck pulled out in front of them as they left the pretty fishing village of Leiteko.
Oh well, they thought, just gives us more time to enjoy the scenery. The road was twisty and steep and narrow and then it split in two. The Curious Man's side was through a rock pass and really narrow. They watched the truck enter the very narrow pass and almost instantly its back wheel went into the ditch. Nice Wife, who was driving, stopped and reversed a bit and they sat there for a while as a line of cars built up behind them...
They watched the truck struggling to get out of the ditch, the line of cars getting longer and longer, and the truck's hazard lights flashing on and off.
Suddenly, something came over The Curious Man. He jumped out, squeezed past the truck, and disappeared.
Yes, he had gone to valiantly guide the driver (English truck-right hand drive, Englishwoman-not that there's anything wrong with that) .
It was a very tricky manoeuvre and took quite a while. The truck moved back and forth by inches. Other guys went over to help but they realised the Curious Man was there, so they wandered sadly back to their cars, forced to face the truth of their own inadequacies.
Then suddenly the truck was through and dozens of French people could continue on their way.
Curious Man had saved the day! Yay! What a hero!
Of course the truck was still in front of them and the road was still narrow and winding with a sheer drop on the coast side with no chance to pass, but they were content to enjoy the scenery and bask in the glory of the CM's achievements.
And then..
..another tunnel, this one with a roof -an arched roof!
The truck was no sooner in than she was stuck again. It was much more serious this time. Not only were the sides hemming her in but the roof with its arch looked like the truck would never make it.
Hazard lights again, same long line of cars. Curious Man, undaunted, jumps out.
This time it takes even longer. CM guiding, the truck moving forward imperceptibly, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,
and then, it was through!
Literally by millimetres!
And as the truck proceeded on its merry way and The Curious Man returned, he appeared to be bathed in a dazzling light as if the very gods in the heavens were endorsing him as the rightful leader of the French people...
Wow! What a guy!
President material for sure...
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