As you may have noticed, I have been going nuts with the Gilets Jaunes aka Yellow Vests lately, ever since the French have started sporting these most fashionable garments on their Saturday strolls. This designer touch comes from a 2008 law that has made it compulsory to have a safety vest inside each vehicle. Failure to comply is punished with a fine of 135 Euros.
So when the proverbial straw came down on the backs of the French with a hike to fuel prices starting January 2019, they finally came out of their torpor. Realizing that they had to stop bending over and taking it in the ass or they’d soon be toast, they took to the street and did so in high visibility style.
Ironically, now some Gilets Jaunes have been fined 135 Euros for wearing those darned things trying to get near Macron during his Great National Debate one-man-show appearances. As they say, you’re damned if you do, and you’re damned if you don’t.
At any rate, I’ll give myself (and probably you too) a break for the rest of the day and there won’t be any more socio-political comments. So from high visibility yellow vests, I’ll have a bit of fun and switch to vehicles at the Barrett-Jackson auto auction, but I’ll keep to the yellow theme. Sometimes, you just got to lighten up…
