{"id":82,"date":"2012-02-07T00:29:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T16:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ming.mu\/art\/?p=82"},"modified":"2012-02-07T17:39:30","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T09:39:30","slug":"wish-you-were-here-oui-%e6%98%af-you-wew-weew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ming.mu\/art\/2012\/02\/07\/wish-you-were-here-oui-%e6%98%af-you-wew-weew\/","title":{"rendered":"Wish You Were Here (Oui \u00e6\u02dc\u00af You Wew Weew’)"},"content":{"rendered":"

WARNING :<\/span>
\n This post was originally written in French<\/span>
\n and then translated\/adapted as best as I could… I.e. it’s full of odds, and over-explicit.<\/span>
\n If you have any comment to make, just send it to my Ninja Chipmunk. \ud83d\ude1b !<\/span>
\n No seriously, I’ll be glad to hear from you. \ud83d\ude42<\/span>
\n _________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n

With luv from… Montreal?!<\/span><\/p>\n

Special thanks to Dominique for being my best postcard pusher ever.<\/span>
\n (By the way, the next step would be to work from my own pics…!)<\/span><\/p>\n

And thanks to Olivia for spending such an awesome artistic afternoon with Ming!<\/span>
\n (I want some more!)<\/span><\/p>\n

Okay, so I’m sharing my little pop-tart series with you guys,<\/span>
\n even if choosing the photos is a total nightmare <\/span>
\n (golden spray paint is everything but camera-friendly)…<\/span>
\n [Plus, this is only a sample, <\/span>
\n as some of the cards were posted without any trace of their existence… oh well.]<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/a>
\nCastorium<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n Let’s first go awkward : \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Beaver\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, in [English] Canadian culture, for what I know,<\/span>
\n isn’t just an animal. <\/span>
\n (Or yes, it still is… After all.)<\/span><\/p>\n

In French, it’s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153castor\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, but it-ain’t-no-beaver, but it is…<\/span>
\n “Castor”: it explains the name of that beautiful potion<\/span>
\n we use to make out of its glands. (Yeah, we’re that kind of people.)<\/span><\/p>\n

In New France, it\u00c2\u00a0 was believed that Castorium<\/em> could cure several diseases, <\/span>
\n which is… somehow true,<\/span>
\n since that our little rodent is technically a furry Aspirin -full of acetylsalicylic acid.<\/span>
\n (We thus can conclude<\/span>
\n that beavers never suffer headaches,
\nand to some extent that their species isn’t endangered.)<\/span>
\n …<\/span>
\n A few centuries ago, Christians believed in the “Signatures Doctrine”,<\/span>
\n i.e. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153God has left hints everywhere for humankind to understand how to use His creation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span>
\n …<\/span>
\n It’s quite similar to Chinese medicine thinking, <\/span>
\n where something looking like a specific organ <\/span>
\n might be efficient to heal it -or to maintain it in good health.<\/span>
\n …<\/span>
\n So,<\/span>
\n for Canadian pioneers, <\/span>
\n the beaver’s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fish-like tail\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was an indication from God<\/span>
\n that it was a good option as a Friday dinner. No worries : it’s seafood.<\/em><\/span>
\n (What??! -They thought about it just after \u00e2\u20ac\u0153making peace\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with their neighbor, right?!) <\/span>
\n Got the munchies? Bon app\u00c3\u00a9tit!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/a>
\nNever Far<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n (View : Montreal Botanical Garden)<\/span>
\n It’s a puppet-theater concept, as sent with the next picture (for a sophisticated<\/em> dialogue)…<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/a>
\nWhat the??????<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n Warning. I’m about to swear.<\/span>
\n Should I explain that a “seal”, in French, is a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153phoque\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. It sounds the way you think it does.<\/span>
\n A stupid phoque. Completely phoqued up. WTP???<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/a>
\nOh My Tractor<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n (View : Old Montreal)<\/span>
\n Oh my love, oh my tractor, I’ll be tracking you in the snow,<\/span>
\n though your so slow, <\/span>
\n and so noisy, <\/span>
\n that you’ll never be able to hide from me for too long anyway…<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/a>
\nNinja!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>
Warning. Canadian chipmunks can be real assholes.<\/span>
\n “Hey Kung Fu Panda,<\/span>
\n noodle-sucker bamboo-licker, no wonder you were born with permanent black-eyes!<\/span>
\n Da-da-da-dada, da, <\/span>
\n catch me if you can, fatty!”<\/span>
\n *GOOOOOOONNG*!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/a>
\nFormula One<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n I like your race, baby tank…! Or maybe it’s just you :)!<\/span><\/p>\n

For the two next ones,<\/span><\/span>
\n you are cordially invited to find the 777 differences.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span>*\"\"<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/em>
\nStadium 1<\/em><\/strong><\/span> and Stadium 2<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span><\/a>
\nThe \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Unlucky Hunter’s Stew\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n Some [unfortunate] traditional recipe!<\/span>
\n I’m serious. Google Jehanne Beno\u00c3\u00aet’s traditional cookbook if you don’t believe me.<\/span>
\n …<\/span>
\n I Never had this faaaaamous stew yet, <\/span>
\n but I guess we can have it for dessert -after the main course : beaver.<\/span>
\n (But not on a Friday, nononono<\/em>, there’s no “Fish Tale” about that one!)<\/span>
\n …Now tell me again that Chinese are weird for eating crayfish <\/span>
\n [whatta \u00e2\u20ac\u0153calorie-wise\u00e2\u20ac\u009d mess]…<\/span>
\n Detail, the sticker on the squirrel says \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Life is short, eat poutine\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Indeed.<\/span>
\n If you live in China and have no idea what \u00e2\u20ac\u0153poutine\u00e2\u20ac\u009d stands for, go get some at Julie’s. :)!<\/span><\/p>\n

That will be all for now, <\/span>
\n so have a very… (lucky) rodent day (whatever that meant)!<\/span><\/p>\n

Ming Mu xo<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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