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To be fair, they weren´t as bad as Yugos. This is a "Deux Cheveaux" (pronounced "dew shiv-oh"), a car
formerly made by Citroen that achieved worldwide fame for making people smirk. Deux Cheveaux engines were only slightly more powerful than a Weed Eater, which is why this card was intended to be funny. You couldn´t climb over a
speed bump in one of these without first getting out and emptying your pockets to reduce weight. The caption says "Demenagement" (I left out the accents, since they´re a pain to type and may not reproduce correctly in all
browsers). In French, this means "Moving," but to get the full flavor of the irony here I´ll quote the actual dictionary definition (from The New Cassell´s French Dictionary, if you don´t believe me):
"Demenagement, n. m.: Removal, removing one´s furniture. Demenager, to remove. Demenager a la cloche de bois, to remove surreptitiously. Il demenage, he is getting queer."
Caption: "Demenagement" (Citroen 2cv, 1961)Credits: Art Unlimited Amsterdam & Citroen Nederland, B.V. |
