Translation: Hello everyone, compared to the evening scheduled at my house on Friday night it would be more appropriate that two or three of those who planned to bring drinks bring food as there are only 3/4 people who have planned To bring food. So to avoid that we take the person next to us as a meal (at least we will be in the theme of the evening), I would like some of you to bring some food for the dish (Fanny is going to make a cake and I'm sure most of those who bring drinks will also bring peanuts ...). A pizza may very well do the trick.
Edit: on closer inspection could well be innocent, always a danger of confirmation bias with this stuff!
Not everyone needs to bring a bag of peanuts. And you'll be taking the person next to you as a meal? My interpretation is there won't be enough kids to go around.
I think the only way to be sure about this stuff is to have a fluent French speaker translate, because running it through the google thing it doesn't always come out right, especially slang and jargon. And the code words might be entirely different in French than English.
What is interesting is that the word "peanuts" is used. In french we say "Pinottes" pronounced very French and it's a word that can stand in for just about anything like chips, cheatos or any nuts. It's what you munch on with alcoholic beverages. Peanuts for beer and cheese/fruits with wine. I just got back from Vegas, a city that is built to give the impression of "savoir vivre" to people who have no fucking idea or clue how to live life to the fullest or create it for themselves. Reading this thread is quite similar and very entertaining.
So to avoid that we take the person next to us as a meal (at least we will be in the theme of the evening)
Basically: "We don't want to end up eating each other (AKA "Cannibalism") HOWEVER, if we did end up eating each other (AKA "Cannibalism") at least we will still be doing the same thing we planned on doing, anyway, lol."
In other words: "We're eating human meat tonight, whether we eat each other or somebody else, lol."
Except in French, eating each other would be a code for 69ing or oral sex. That is the first most obvious and common interpretation of this phrase... Though it could be a cannibalism reference. The parenthesis is the only really sketchy part of this e-mail, the rest is codified Paris mores having to do with sex and eating.
The mention of pizza makes me think it's an orgy rather than something else in code. Their problem is that they themselves aren't that attractive/are mostly male. Therefore multiple people need to bring in extra participants to make the orgy better. At least one woman(?) is coming for sure, and someone has promised to bring children.
Could peanuts be casual partners, or perhaps some sort of pills? I haven't seen that code before. I'm going to guess pills for a drug-fueled drunken orgy.
I think that's just a joke, like a cartoon where the a starving character will see their buddy as a chicken drumstick and start licking their drooling chops.
"To avoid getting so hungry that the guy next to us starts looking like dinner."
It could be the kind of potluck dinner where you invite people who don't know each other but you think could get together. Matchmaking is fun and entertaining. If you interpret the e-mail being about young people socializing and making sex jokes, it's very French.
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Mad_As_Hell ago
Suspect e-mail re pizza? https://wikileaks.org/macron-emails/emailid/21779
Translation: Hello everyone, compared to the evening scheduled at my house on Friday night it would be more appropriate that two or three of those who planned to bring drinks bring food as there are only 3/4 people who have planned To bring food. So to avoid that we take the person next to us as a meal (at least we will be in the theme of the evening), I would like some of you to bring some food for the dish (Fanny is going to make a cake and I'm sure most of those who bring drinks will also bring peanuts ...). A pizza may very well do the trick.
Edit: on closer inspection could well be innocent, always a danger of confirmation bias with this stuff!
conspiracyprincess ago
Not everyone needs to bring a bag of peanuts. And you'll be taking the person next to you as a meal? My interpretation is there won't be enough kids to go around.
turitelle ago
I think the only way to be sure about this stuff is to have a fluent French speaker translate, because running it through the google thing it doesn't always come out right, especially slang and jargon. And the code words might be entirely different in French than English.
10013408? ago
email isn't verified
DonutofShame ago
I interpret this to mean snacks and drinks or if people get too hungry, a pizza may be enough.
10013004? ago
Is she making a cake of light?
yrtyrtyryrthr ago
Halloween!
yrtyrtyryrthr ago
The theme of the evening?
Are they serving human?
srayzie ago
I think has to be code for either drugs or food. Who talks like this? I wonder what they mean by (peanuts). Little boys?
EvaEverywhere ago
What is interesting is that the word "peanuts" is used. In french we say "Pinottes" pronounced very French and it's a word that can stand in for just about anything like chips, cheatos or any nuts. It's what you munch on with alcoholic beverages. Peanuts for beer and cheese/fruits with wine. I just got back from Vegas, a city that is built to give the impression of "savoir vivre" to people who have no fucking idea or clue how to live life to the fullest or create it for themselves. Reading this thread is quite similar and very entertaining.
srayzie ago
Well that's really interesting
Mad_As_Hell ago
Yeah 'peanuts' is weirdly specific, anything similar in Podesta e-mails?
srayzie ago
Walnut sauce
darkofthemoon ago
Talking about an orgy, but they don't want to be stuck with just each other as sex partners?
GuannaRue ago
Basically: "We don't want to end up eating each other (AKA "Cannibalism") HOWEVER, if we did end up eating each other (AKA "Cannibalism") at least we will still be doing the same thing we planned on doing, anyway, lol."
In other words: "We're eating human meat tonight, whether we eat each other or somebody else, lol."
EvaEverywhere ago
Except in French, eating each other would be a code for 69ing or oral sex. That is the first most obvious and common interpretation of this phrase... Though it could be a cannibalism reference. The parenthesis is the only really sketchy part of this e-mail, the rest is codified Paris mores having to do with sex and eating.
UnicornAndSparkles ago
Yes. Exactly how I read this too.
darkofthemoon ago
The mention of pizza makes me think it's an orgy rather than something else in code. Their problem is that they themselves aren't that attractive/are mostly male. Therefore multiple people need to bring in extra participants to make the orgy better. At least one woman(?) is coming for sure, and someone has promised to bring children.
Could peanuts be casual partners, or perhaps some sort of pills? I haven't seen that code before. I'm going to guess pills for a drug-fueled drunken orgy.
GuannaRue ago
Agreed
markrod420 ago
Could also be a less literal metaphor like an orgy. But obviously taking it literally provides a chilling potential.
GuannaRue ago
True
Gorillion ago
I think that's just a joke, like a cartoon where the a starving character will see their buddy as a chicken drumstick and start licking their drooling chops.
"To avoid getting so hungry that the guy next to us starts looking like dinner."
GuannaRue ago
But what about:
What kind of theme is associated with "taking the person next to you as a mean"?
EvaEverywhere ago
It could be the kind of potluck dinner where you invite people who don't know each other but you think could get together. Matchmaking is fun and entertaining. If you interpret the e-mail being about young people socializing and making sex jokes, it's very French.