Ancient France's Provinces Survivor - Normandie ! BBF commits suicide

[big bad fab]

You're a lucky SOB to have your favourite being in the final.

Yep, it was unexpected. Maybe my threats were more effective than yours, after all .

[big bad fab]

I don't really understand your "empty" adjective...
Guyenne as a whole is less empty than Auvergne, Savoie or even Basse-Normandie.

And, as for Bordeaux, yeah, you're talking of the last half of Chaban's reign; that's old now... The city is clean and wonderful now.
River banks are completely transformed: you CAN see the Garonne now !
Really, you wouldn't recognize the city. And you wouldn't think Place de la Bourse has a "pretentious" architecture: it's just beautiful, elegant, besides clean river banks and modern urban furnitures.

[big bad fab]

1. Ile-de-France
2. Berry
3. Orléanais
4. Normandie SURVIVOR !
5. Languedoc
6. Lyonnais
7. Dauphiné
8. Champagne
9. Aunis
10. Saintonge
11. Poitou
12. Nivernais
13. Bourgogne
14. Picardie
15. Anjou
16. Provence
17. Angoumois
18. Bourbonnais
19. Marche
20. Bretagne
21. Maine
22. Touraine
23. Limousin
24. Comté de Foix
25. Auvergne
26. Béarn
27. Alsace
28. Artois
29. Roussillon
30. Flandre
31. Franche-Comté
32. Lorraine
33. Guyenne
34. Gascogne
35. Comtat Venaissin
36. Corse
37. Savoie
38. Comté de Nice
39. Perche

Results:
Round 1: Comtat-Venaissin 15, Comté de Nice 7, Aunis 2, Perche 2, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Comté de Foix 1
Round 2: Comté de Nice 7, Comté de Foix 4, Alsace 2 (3-1), Aunis 2, Corse 2, Angoumois 1, Lorraine 1, Bretagne -1, Roussillon -1 (1-2), Savoie -3
Round 3: Comté de Foix 3, Alsace 1, Angoumois 1, Corse 1, Perche 1
Round 4: Perche 20, Corse 11, Alsace 9, Angoumois 9, Aunis 7, Marche 5, Lorraine 3, Roussillon 3, Flandre 2, Saintonge 1
Round 5: Angoumois 3 (3-0 and 12 previous points), Aunis 3 (6-3 and 11 previous points), Corse 1 (5-4), Marche 1, Alsace 0 (7-7), Artois -1, Dauphiné -1, Lorraine -1 (2-3), Roussillon -5
Round 6: Aunis 2, Marche 1.5, Alsace 1, Corse 1
Round 7: Corse 8, Marche 6, Saintonge 6, Alsace 4, Roussillon 4, Picardie 2
Round 8: Marche 4, Nivernais 3, Saintonge 3 (4-1), Flandre 1, Limousin 1 (3-2), Picardie 1, Roussillon 1 (2-1), Franche-Comté 0 (1-1), Artois -1, Alsace -2 (2-4), Bretagne -2, Guyenne -2
Round 9: Nivernais 4, Alsace 2, Saintonge 1
Round 10: Saintonge 16, Alsace 11, Roussillon 9, Limousin 6, Artois 4, Gascogne 3, Lorraine 3, Béarn 2, Picardie 2, Provence 2, Touraine 2
Round 11: Alsace 1 (2-1 and 29 previous points), Limousin 1 (3-2 and 7 previous points), Flandre 1 (1-0 and 3 previous points), Touraine 1 (2-1 and 2 previous points)
Round 12: Limousin 2, Touraine 1.5, Béarn 1, Artois 0.5, Bourbonnais 0.5, Flandre 0.5, Gascogne 0.5, Lorraine 0.5, Picardie 0.5, Roussillon 0.5
Round 13: Bourbonnais 37, Artois 26, Touraine 18, Béarn 17, Roussillon 14, Flandre 12, Lorraine 11, Provence 8, Picardie 6, Gascogne 5, Maine 5, Franche-Comté 1
Round 14: Béarn 3, Artois 2 (3-1), Touraine 2 (3-1), Bretagne 1, Flandre 1, Provence 1 (2-1), Roussillon 1 (2-1), Lorraine 0 (1-1), Guyenne -1, Gascogne -2
Round 15: Roussillon 3, Artois 1, Flandre 1, Lorraine 1, Touraine 1
Round 16: Lorraine 5 (18.5 previous points), Picardie 5 (11.5 previous points), Touraine 4, Artois 3, Flandre 3, Bretagne 2, Maine 2
Round 17: Artois 11, Picardie 6, Provence 6, Gascogne 5, Flandre 4, Touraine 4, Bretagne 2, Franche-Comté 2, Maine 2
Round 18: Flandre 2.5, Picardie 1.5, Touraine 1, Bretagne 0.5, Franche-Comté 0.5, Gascogne 0.5, Provence 0.5
Round 19: Picardie 12, Touraine 10, Gascogne 6, Maine 4, Provence 4, Berry 2, Bretagne 2, Franche-Comté 2, Bourgogne 1, Ile-de-France 1, Lyonnais 1
Round 20: Touraine 11 (12-1), Maine 6, Berry 4, Lyonnais 4 (7-3), Franche-Comté 3, Ile-de-France 1, Languedoc 1, Provence 0 (6-6), Bourgogne -1, Guyenne -1, Bretagne -2, Gascogne -5 (2-7)
Round 21: Maine 30, Berry 18, Provence 14, Languedoc 13, Auvergne 12, Anjou 11, Franche-Comté 8, Lyonnais 8, Gascogne 6
Round 22: Lyonnais 3 (13 previous points), Auvergne 3 (4-1 & 12 previous points), Provence 2, Languedoc 0 (2-2), Bretagne -1, Guyenne -1, Berry -2, Gascogne -4 (1-5)
Round 23: Auvergne 4, Gascogne 2, Provence 2
Round 24: Franche-Comté 8, Anjou 7, Provence 7, Languedoc 3, Berry 2, Guyenne 2, Poitou 1, invalid votes 2
Round 25: Anjou 20, Ile-de-France 17, Provence 16, Bourgogne 12, Languedoc 12, Poitou 7, Berry 4, Dauphiné 4, Guyenne 4
Round 26: Ile-de-France 2.5, Provence 2, Guyenne 1.5, Dauphiné 1, Languedoc 0.5, Poitou 0.5
Round 27: Provence 4, Poitou 3, Guyenne 1
Round 28: Dauphiné 9, Languedoc 8, Poitou 8, Berry 5, Gascogne 5, Champagne 4, Bretagne 3, Guyenne 3, Bourgogne 2, Savoie 1
Round 29: Berry 5, Languedoc 3, Poitou 3, Bourgogne 1, Bretagne 1 (2-1), Champagne 1 (3-2), Gascogne 1 (3-2), Savoie 1 (2-1), Guyenne 0 (1-1), Orléanais 0 (1-1)
Round 30: Poitou 31, Bourgogne 17, Languedoc 15, Champagne 13, Bretagne 9, Gascogne 9, Savoie 9, Orléanais 2
Round 31: Languedoc 4 (55.5 previous points), Champagne 4 (18 previous points), Bretagne 4 (14.5 previous points), Bourgogne 3, Savoie 2, Gascogne 1
Round 32: Champagne 3, Bretagne 2, Gascogne 1, Savoie 1
Round 33: Bretagne 17, Bourgogne 13, Orléanais 11, Gascogne 8, Savoie 8, Guyenne 7, Normandie 6
Round 34: Bourgogne 7, Gascogne 5 (7-2), Orléanais 4, Guyenne 0 (1-1), Normandie 0 (1-1), Savoie 0 (4-4)
Round 35: Orléanais 5, Gascogne 4, Savoie 4, Normandie 2, Guyenne 1
Round 36: Gascogne 5, Savoie 3
Round 37: Savoie 4, Normandie 3, Guyenne 1
Round 38: Guyenne 4 (14.5 previous points), Normandie 4 (11 previous points)

Sometimes, I'm really tempted to cheat in those STUPID games !!!!
You were right, Hash !!!!!
*outrageous scream*
*Deanesque scream*

Guyenne lost on the last step and, what is more, in atie...
This is really a bad day: Tal is ousted in Chess champions survivor, and now Guyenne is beaten: I've begun to really believe it could prevail...




Hail for this fat region !
Hail for the Vikings !

[big bad fab]

Nah everything is as fine as Normandy. 2 lions beat one. Everything is normal.

Oh, and why fat?

Cream and butter from everywhere, but especially from Isigny (et les caramels, d'ailleurs !).
Cheeses from Livarot, Pont-l'Evêque, Camembert, Neufchâtel.
"Fat" grass and soils.
"Real" cows.

These are the reasons why I prefer Normandie to Bretagne (sorry, Hash ): in Normandie, they know how to eat...
But of course, as for drinking, Guyenne is still the best

[big bad fab]

BTW, I'll soon begin a French big cities survivor.

[big bad fab]

Sorry, but I don't like it. Quite common...

One of the biggest pastries is Paris-Brest, but, of course, it's from Ile-de-France...

The biggest pastry ever is the cannelé bordelais (and it's really not out of parochialism)...

[big bad fab]

The biggest pastry ever is the cannelé bordelais (and it's really not out of parochialism)...

Damn it. I really don't want to be all negative about Bordeaux, but I tasted once, and in Bordeaux! In the Sant-Christoly mall, and really, wasn't much great, slightly dry, not much taste, and expensive!

I prefer Paris-Brest.

Oh, in the Saint-Christoly mall, everything is bad...
But I've got a recipe (is that the English word for recette ?)by an old baker which is very fine.
And if you tkae out 3 quarters of the rhum which Lenôtre puts in its recipe, it's very fine too.
It should be crunchy on the outside and smooth and a bit fat in the inside...