-- Argh !!!! --

AVANT

APRES

-- Exemplaires --

Vive le vol British Airways du soir !!!! Notre vol Phoenix-Londres partait samedi à 19h25, donc les enfants ont facilement accepté de dormir car c'était la nuit pour eux. Regarder des dessins animés était pourtant bien tentant mais la fatigue a eu raison d'eux. L'arrivée, le transit et le second voyage en avion se sont donc passés au mieux. 

Le voyage décollage à Phoenix/atterrissage à Paris aura duré 15h dont une escale de 3h30.

-- You know you are in Arizona when ... --

✔ You buy salsa by the gallon.  

=> pas acheté mais vu dans les magasins

✔ All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October but clear out come the end of April.

✔ You think someone driving while wearing oven mitts is clever.  

=> plusieurs je m'étais mal garée et j'ai regretté ne pas en avoir dans ma voiture !!

✔ Most of the restaurants in your town have the first name "El" or "Los." 

✔ You think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful yard.  

=> sérieusement, ce n'est pas si laid ... et c'est bien mieux pour le porte-monnaie !

✔ You notice your car overheating before you drive it.

✔ Your house is made of stucco and has a red clay tile roof.

✔ You can say Hohokam (HO-ho-ko'm) and people don't think you're laughing funny.  

=> ha ha ha

✔ You no longer associate bridges or rivers with water.  

=> tellement vrai !!

✔ You see more irrigation water on the street than there is in the Salt River.  

=> so true !!

✔ You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.

✔ You can say 120 degrees without fainting.  

=> but it's a dry heat !!

✔ Every other vehicle is a 4x4.  

=> et mon 4x4 qui m'a l'air déjà tellement énorme paraît tout petit à côté d'autres mastodontes de la route

✔ You can be in the snow, and then drive for an hour and it will be more than 100 degrees.  

=> incroyable mais vrai

✘ Vehicles with open windows have the right-of-way in the summer.  

=> faut pas exagérer, le premier arrivé au stop passe en premier !

✘ You have to go to a fake beach for some fake waves.  

=> pas encore fait

✔ People break out coats when the temperature drops below 70.  

=> ne riez pas, c'est vrai !

✔ You discover, in July, it only takes two fingers to drive your car.  

=> et que sur une certaine partie du volant qui est moins brûlante que le reste !

✔ The pool can be warmer than you are.  

=> et soit la piscine est équipée d'un système de refroidissement soit on y jette des blocs de glace

✔ You can make sun tea instantly.

✔ People will drive over 100 miles just to see snow.

✘ You run your air conditioner in the middle of winter so you can use your fireplace.  

=> peut-être dans quelques années ... On y avait pensé juste pour se faire une raclette ...

✔ Most people will not drink tap water unless they are under dire conditions.

✔ People with black cars or have black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out-of-state or nuts.  

=> Sérieusement, je ne sais pas comment ils le supportent ...

✔ You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.  

=> oh que oui !!

✔ You realize Valley Fever isn't a disco dance.

✘ You can finish a Big Gulp in 10 minutes and go back for seconds.  

=> un Big Gulp est un gobelet de 1,2L à 1,9L de soda vendu chez 7-Eleven. Nous carburons aux gourdes, glacière et bouteilles d'eau uniquement.

✔ The water from the cold water tap is the same temperature as the hot one.  

=> j'étais obligée de faire refroidir l'eau du bain des enfants le soir car elle sortait brûlante du robinet ... et impossible de prendre une douche le soir !!

✔ You can (correctly) pronounce the words: "Saguaro" (suh-WA'R-o), "Tempe", Gila Bend", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly," "Mogollon Rim," "Cholla," and "Ajo".

✔ It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is moving on the streets.

✔ You actually burn your hand opening the car door.  

=> ou le portail de l'école qui est en fer

✔ Sunscreen is sold year round, kept at the front of the checkout counter, a formula less than 30 SPF is a joke, and you wear it just to go to the Circle K.

✔ You put on fresh sunscreen just to go check the mail box.

✘ Some fools can market mini-misters for joggers and other fools will actually buy them. Worse ... some fools actually try to jog.

✔ You can fry an egg on the hood of a car in the morning.

✔ You see two trees fighting over a dog.

✔ Hot-air balloons can't go up, because the air outside is hotter than the air inside. 

✔ No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car.

✘ You eat hot chilis to cool your mouth off.

✔ You learn that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron.

✔ The temperature drops below 95°F (35°C), you feel a bit chilly.  

=> on ne pensait pas l'être, mais on est tropicalisé ...

✔ You discover that you can get a sunburn through your car window.  

=> combien de fois ai-je regretté de ne pas avoir une combinaison anti-UV dans la voiture ...

✔ You break a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m. before work.  

=> voire même avant !!

✔ Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"

=> pareil, en voiture, si on tombe en panne ... 

✔ You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.  

=> véridique !!!

✔ You take rain dances very seriously.

✔ When a rainy day puts you in a good mood.

=> même un ciel gris a ce pouvoir !! mais ça ne doit pas durer plus de 48h, après l'Arizonien râle comme un Parisien ...

✔ You can attend any function wearing shorts and a tank top.

✔ Petrified doesn't mean scared.

✔ You feed your chickens ice cubes to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs.

✔ Everyone goes outside in the pouring rain.

✔ Dust storm ? Continue driving.

=> pour les énormes tempêtes de poussière, il est tout de même préférable de s'arrêter. Des accidents mortels existent.

✔ When you hear people say "But it's a dry heat".

✔ You can't leave a water bottle in your car for more than 5 minutes otherwise it will be too hot to drink".

=> ne jamais laisser une bouteille d'eau dans sa voiture à l'arrêt !!

✘ Kids ask "What's a mosquito ?"  

=> ils existent encore mais il vrai que passé une certaine température, mouches, abeilles, moucherons, moustiques disparaissent de la circulation !!

-- L'Américain --