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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by problematicPanther@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 

Due to wednesday the 8th and thursday the 9th of may, the town hall will be closed on Friday the 10th and Saturday 11th of may.

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[–] Linkyu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Lmao. What a way to word this.

OK here's the context :

Translation:

"MAYOR'S OFFICE CLOSED

Because of the 8th and 9th of May, the mayor's office will be closed on the 10th and 11th of May"

This year, the 8th and 9th of May are both holidays. It is common in France for public offices to do long weekends for these holidays, so this office chose to be closed on the 10th and 11th.

This sign is nothing out of the ordinary, but the wording does make it a bit funny.

[–] Staden_@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

please give the context to us non-french people

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

the town hall will be closed because the town hall was closed.

[–] Titou@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

im french, and there's no context, it just dosn't mean anything.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

what?? I understand the French, I think, but not the reference. what the heck is this about?