As long as the world is turning and spinning

dizzy / étourdi

Today's prompt is dizzy / étourdi.

I found a nice quote by Mel Brooks "As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes". 

It is not in French of course, but never mind.

une force appliquée

En physique, la traction est une force appliquée par des moyens mécaniques solides // In physics, traction is a force applied by solid mechanical means.

Today's prompt are "tread" in English and (Suddenly!) "traction" in French. I am not even sure if  wikipedia definition in the caption is correct, but the two come together nicely when I think about tractors.

Cat seems to be happy, too. Finally a vehicle to match his powerful personality.

Une légende

Une légende (de l'adjectif verbal latin legenda , « qui doit être lue ») est, à l’origine, un récit mis par écrit pour être lu publiquement // A legend (from the Latin word "legenda", "one that must be read") is originally a written account to be read publicly

Today's prompt is "legend/légende". And here is the cat, looking quite legendary.

Le bacchu-ber du poisson

La gifle atterrit // The slap is landing

A few days ago we went for a short walk along seaside promenade towards San Cristóbal. When coming back, I suddenly felt something wet and cold touching my neck. Turning, I discovered a very embarrassed-looking fisherman with a small stripy fish on the end of his line. It was obvious that I was subjected to fish slapping as a result of an over-enthusiastic pull of the rod. He was very relieved when we started laughing instead of berating him.

The episode made me think of The Fish-Slapping Dance, of course. Unfortunately, the Wikipedia article doesn’t have a French equivalent, so I looked around a bit. Clearly, the fish-slapping dance is a variety of weapon dance (no French equivalent either). But I did find one French weapon dance — Bacchu-ber, name origin unknown. So, here we go: Le bacchu-ber du poisson, le style de Las Palmas!