making friends

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I am trying to make friends outside of Facebook while applying the same principlesTOUT EN APPLIQUANT LES MÊMES PRINCIPES. ThereforePAR CONSÉQUENT, every day I walk down the street and tell passers-byLES PASSANTS what I have eaten, how I feel at the moment, what I did the night before, what I will do later and with whomAVEC QUI.

I give them pictures of my family, my dog and of me gardening, taking things apartEN DÉMONTANT DES OBJETS in the garage, watering the lawnEN ARROSANT LA PELOUSE, standing in front of landmarksDES MONUMENTS CÉLÈBRES, driving around town, having lunch and doing what anybody and everybody does every day.

I also listen to their conversations, give them the "thumbs up"LEUR FAIRE UN « POUCE LEVÉ » and tell them I like them.

And it works just like Facebook! I already have four people following me: Two police officers, a private investigator, and a shrinkUN PSY.

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Vocabulary

Passers-by: people who are walking past a place in the street.

Shrink: informal word for a psychiatrist or psychologist.

He tells passers-byLES PASSANTS everything about his day.

In the end, even a shrinkUN PSYCHIATRE starts following him.

Grammar

The joke mainly uses present simple to describe a repeated habit, combined with -ing clauses to add extra actions or circumstances.

Present simple for routine: Every day he walks down the street and tells people about his life.

-ing participle clauses: He shows pictures of himself watering the lawn and taking things apart in the garage.

Synonyms & Alternatives

Passers-by: pedestrians.

Shrink: therapist.

Mini Dialogue

Oliver: Yesterday I spoke to several passers-byPASSANTS about my holiday plans.

Daniel: Really? And who are you travelling withAVEC QUI?

Oliver: I’m visiting famous landmarksMONUMENTS CÉLÈBRES across Europe.

Daniel: Brilliant! I’ll give you the thumbs upTE FAIRE UN « POUCE LEVÉ » for that plan.

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