How will Google deal with this?

[woolybanana]

 Aujourd'hui, je suis à Londres, en vacances, et plus précisément au restaurant. Je vais aux toilettes et, pensant être seul, lâche un gaz plutôt sonore. Je sors me laver les mains et tombe nez à nez avec un Anglais, qui me gratifie d'un "nice shot !" ainsi qu'un pouce levé. VDM

http://www.viedemerde.fr/

[Kitty]

I liked:

"Aujourd'hui, je passe une bonne minute à mater mon copain sous la douche. Alors que je suis sur le point de le rejoindre, je le vois sortir des toilettes. Ah oui, c'est vrai, son père est à la maison cette semaine. VDM"

I wasn't quite sure what 'mater' is but I can guess...

[Punch]

"I wasn't quite sure what 'mater' is but I can guess..."

mater - to watch closely / to have a gander at / to be a peeping tom/ voyeur !

mate-moi ça ! - get a load off that !

[woolybanana]

The viedemerde site has quite a following, apparently. It is great for picking up colloquial French.

[woolybanana]

POPOL? BANANE!

Aujourd'hui, pendant l'acte, mon copain a une panne. Prenant cela avec humour, je lui dis : "Arrête de penser à ma grand-mère, voyons !" Je n'aurais jamais pensé que Popol serait de nouveau au garde-à-vous une fois ces mots prononcés. Dois-je me poser des questions ? VDM

[Clair]

I found the website just so yawn-inducing... Reading a few of its posts was enough for me.

Must you copy them here too?[8-)]

[woolybanana]

I think of them as translation exercises for the readership

Aujourd'hui, j'ai croisé mon ex. C'est en voyant sa calculatrice que je me suis rappelée pourquoi je l'avais largué. Il avait l'habitude de compter le nombre de frites ou de feuilles de salade que je mangeais pour voir combien je devais payer. Plus radin, tu meurs. VDM

But you are right, perhaps it is a bit young for most here[6]

[Clair]

[quote user="woolybanana"]... perhaps it is a bit young for most here[6][/quote]

Too much like navel-gazing for me.

"My misery is worse than yours [:(]"

"No, no, mine is so much more miserable [:'(]"

[woolybanana]

Nah, it is just fun. Besides, I like young people, they keep me young too.

[Chancer]

Keep em coming, they amuse me and as you say its good translation and patois training HEIIIN!

[Clair]

[quote user="J.Rs gone native"]Keep em coming, they amuse me ...[/quote]

Then why not visit the site itself???

[Chancer]

That would probably be too much and spoil my appetite, one selected gem every few days whilst I am browsing this site is fine for me, it saves me spending money and time on BD's.

I appreciate that the extracts are not everybodies cup of tea but I hear so many colloquialisms in daily speech that cant be found in a dictionary, I get the feeling from the sense in which they are spoken and/or the person that most are gros mots I am loathe to ask others what they mean. 

What I really would like to find and perhaps WB can direct me is a French equivalent to this site http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/f.htm although what is contained in that one (or hopefully its French equivalent) is definitely not suitable for repeating on this forum.

[woolybanana]

I don't know of one JR but will look. My slang is picked up from youngsters mainly.