The Mystery Note -- Paris

Ok, so this has been a long time coming (thanks).
This MN was performed and written in Paris by your friend Corine St.Ofle.

Here's what Corine has to say:
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dear mystery note lovers,

for the paris edition of the mystery note, also known as mystery note v -- or mystery note/ paris -- i decided to also conduct a little experiment. the premise was the following: how long does it take for an asshole to realize they're parked like an asshole?

so when i saw this champion parked under my window...

i thought, "marvelous!!" (note: the car is not only parked on the corner, but it's also taking up half of the pedestrian crossing. where are the laws when you need them?)

this mystery note was a lot like a james bond challenge. with two embassies around, and an ultra nosy concierge, there were a lot of scrutinizing eyes to dodge.


here's the note, translated into french.

the original sentence was "your car is fat like an american." in the french version, however, i added a polite formula at the bottom that read, "but have a good day anyway." this could be reason for disqualification. i'll leave it up to the master of the mystery note, richard st.ofle.
also, here is a picture with the mystery note on the windshield:


once i displayed the note, i ran home to the window, because surely, i thought, someone who's parked like such a selfish asshole would have to just be running a short errand. wrong.

two hours later, when i had pretty much lost all interest in the assholes and subsequently life in general, they finally showed up. by they, i mean the two middle-aged women whose vehicle that was. and by middle-aged, i mean "probably old."

sadly, i was caught off guard, and couldn't get a decent shot. so here's my best one:

you really can't see that from the photograph, but the driver-lady picked up the note, read it, then put it on her dashboard (which i could see from my vantage point), as opposed to tearing it to shredds as i had hoped. oh well. so that's what happens to the mystery note when it's in paris.

this has been the latest volume of the mystery note. thank you for your patronage, mystery note lovers.