Une poubelle is a trash/garbage can. We've all got 'em. Ours is just like this one except that it's grey with a red lid. The sticker on this one says, "Avec le SIVOM de l'Ile d'Oléron pour une île propre." The SIVOM (Syndicat Intercommunal à Vocation Multiple -- don't ask) is the garbage collection organization. Ours is called the SMIEEOM (Syndicat Mixte Intercommunal d'Enlevement et d'Elimination des Ordures Ménagères). I told you not to ask. Translated, the sticker reads, "With the SIVOM of Oléron Island, for a clean island." Just kind of rolls off your tongue, eh?
Poubelle, Ile d'O'léron, May 2008.
The daytime highs are inching up at the moment. Clear, sunny skies and no wind. It almost makes the daily low tolerable.
A poo bin! As for the syndicate that does the work, that’s a meaningless mouthful, isn’t it?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poo! It's 30 here this morning and there's sun. The daffodils are blooming in some spots.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, that SMIEEOM is quite some name!
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