French (toast) cinema

Published 10:42 pm Friday, February 27, 2009

What’s for dinner? Pate! Herald travel guru Rick Steves has several suggestions if you’re making a trip to France. Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower and Normandy are all sure bets, but Steves also suggests taking in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” while in Paris, complete with airborne “French” toast.

Audience participation in the cult classic is easier for most Parisians, because French women and men routinely wear fishnet stockings as part of their everyday dress.

Coffee, tea or Depends? The head of budget airline Ryanair suggested that it might install pay toilets on its flights throughout Western Europe, charging about $1.40 for in-flight relief.

Those who want to save a little will be able to buy adult diapers for $1 from flight attendants prior to takeoff.

And a cup of primordial chowder: Paleontologists in Peru have found the fossilized skull of a giant seabird with a wingspan of 20 feet that lived about 10 million years ago.

Along with the rare specimen of a thin-boned bird, scientists also were surprised to discover fossilized french fries found in the bird’s jaws from the Ivar’s Acres of Trilobites stand.