Thursday, August 20, 2009

Colette et cochon


1967
Belgium

47 comments:

Anonymous said...

3 seconds after this picture was taken. Cochon was never seen again and Colette was walking away whistling and picking her teeth!

KANKERPIN said...

WHAT IS THAT???????

Anonymous said...

I give up. What kind of animal is it?

Martín Emilio said...

A really, really cute photo. Cochon...such a tender name!

Anonymous said...

am I the only one that can't quite figure out what that kid is holding?? seriously,WTF is that??!?

**feels stupid**

Anonymous said...

i had to go to an internet translater for this, but apparently "cochon" means pig...

Whatever you say, Colette!

Anonymous said...

thats some kind of pig, nice one

Mick.S said...

It's a Guinea Pig, or Cochon D'Inde.

Bob Bobs said...

I think it's a guinea pig with it's head turned sideways looking up. The dark spot facing the camera is it's ear.
But... who in the world get's their picture taken with their guinea pig???

Anonymous said...

"Cochon" is for "cochon d'Inde", that's how we call that big hamster species in French.

What happened to the Gilmore Girls, by the way ?

If Only said...

cochon is french for pig.

Carrie said...

I'm pretty sure it's a guinea pig. It's head is kind of craning up adoringly at Colette.

MamaChristy said...

Guinea pig?

Rachael said...

It's a guinea pig, guys :)

John the Revelator said...

I think it's a Furby. Cochon the Furby.

Sander said...

Have none of you people ever seen a Guinea Pig?

Anonymous said...

Colette was most certainly ahead of her time.

PrincessLuceval said...

Is it a guinea pig, then?

Anonymous said...

Cochon is for cochon d'Inde, as we, french people, call these big hamsters.
A translator gave me "Guinea Pig" in English.
Sorry if I ruin the mistery.

Anonymous said...

I believe that is a guinea pig

Marina said...

I gues it`s a guinea pig. Don`t you guys think?

Anonymous said...

That animal looks like the creatures in the old Quizno's "We love the subs" commercials. Ewww....

God's little treasures said...

this is going to be my senior picture, most definitely.

Julia said...

That is defiantly a baby sloth

Anonymous said...

guinnea pig

Anonymous said...

Cohchon > "Cochon d'Inde" = Guinea Pig

beigebanana said...

Is cochon screaming for help, is he yawning, is cochon singing a sad song? No one will ever know . . .

Anonymous said...

It's a guinea pig.

Lisa said...

It's a guinea pig people...

Molly said...

A cochon is a pig... a guinea pig in this case!

Brenda said...

People, it's a guinea pig for crying out loud!

And this is actually a pretty cute photo.

Anonymous said...

I think it's a guinea pig.

bazuden said...

guinea pig, maybe?

PunkyPower said...

I think it's a sloth. I don't know why anybody would want to own a sloth, but you know how nutty the French are.

PunkyPower said...

I mean Belgians...

No way that's a pig.

PunkyPower said...

Ohhh, it IS a guinea pig. It's looking up at her - the two bigger, darker spots are its ears. Now it's a sweet picture...not weird when I thought it was a sloth.

Anonymous said...

I think this picture is rather sweet. Nothing wrong with holding a guinea pig for a photoshoot. :)

Anonymous said...

Hi, I'm Colette. It's indeed a guinea pig (a "cochon d'Inde" in French). I was in second grade and we had guinea pigs in our class. So the teacher had the idea of taking a picture of each child with one of the guinea pigs. I have fond memories of this teacher who had turned our class into a little zoo with birds, fish and small rodents...

Adrienne said...

This is one of the sweetest pictures ever.

Leah said...

Colette is rockin' the Amelie hairstyle!

Duct said...

This picture is so cute ^_^

Anonymous said...

I don't think anyone said this yet, but it's a guinea pig.

:|

Hungarican Chick said...

I think this picture is sweet. And it has nothing to do with the fact that I grew up in Belgium. :)

deimos said...

the best foto here

rott said...

colette on the metro

Anonymous said...

Stop saying horrible things about Cochon!

COCHON, WE ALL LOVE YOU!

zfirpo said...

This is actually really cute. WTF is she holding though, a gremlin?