The scene was happening this summer in Cambridge, a charming English university town. On one of the many firms that sail on the river to introduce the prestigious architectures of local universities, a guide read to its passengers the names of mathematicians, scientists and Nobel prizes that had worked there when a noisy boat covered its voice. On board, young dead women sipping cocktails using penis -shaped straws, the dresses barred with Miss scarves. The passengers pretended not to see them, the guide tried to speak louder to tell the passage of Newton to Cambridge, when the neighboring boat threw an inflatable doll to them.
This is a joint effect of the resumption of post-Cavid trips, the catch-up of post-pandemic ceremonies and globalization: the funeral of young girls exploded, from the Costa Brava to Budapest, from Malta to Marrakech, from Prague to London. In all the big European cities, tourists have learned to compose with bands of girls dressed in half-princes Disney outfits, half-heroine of Sex and the City, walking the streets with “Same Penis for Ever” balloons (another effect From globalization, as for baby shuters and ceremonies graduation, merchandising is often in English) and giving themselves wages that even grandes écoles no longer want in their hazing. At a time when we debate the sex of the barbecues, EVJF (for bachelor party) and EVJG (for boy) are ultra chromosomed, with pouch-surprise for girls and paintball beers for boys.
All major tourism players have adapted: those who compensate for the clientele of corporate seminars who have still not returned; The SNCF, which lends its microphone to the pledges and ads of the girlfriends (the other passengers now fear them even more than families with children); And to the CPAM du Gard which set up a campaign “Do you organize a bachelor party? Remember to order your European health insurance card” …
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In Orly or in the TGV for Amsterdam, they blinded their girlfriends to hold the secret destination. In Ouigo, they brought bottles of rosé and speakers. In their path, the children ask: “Mom, why the lady she has balls on her t-shirt?” They wear the same top (“bride team”), sometimes the same sunglasses (heart-shaped); The future bride is the one that is disguised as a unicorn, wears a tutu, a little tulle in the hair, a crown, fairy wings, a headband with phallus.
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