France · Lyon
The Lyonnais edition
Calls everyone “gone”, solves problems in a bouchon and measures wine by the 46-centilitre pot.
Nobody knew health care could be so complicated
Original: “Now, I have to tell you, it’s an unbelievably complex subject. Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.”
Lyonnais, in the original
Personne savait que la santé, c’était si compliqué ? Oh, les gones, faut arrêter le beaujolais nouveau.
N’importe quel Lyonnais vous le dira : c’est plus simple de traverser la Presqu’île par les traboules sans se perdre que de comprendre une feuille de remboursement.
Bon, on en reparle au bouchon, autour d’un tablier de sapeur et d’un pot de côtes-du-rhône. Et après, promis, on réforme.
The English adaptation
Nobody knew health care was so complicated? Come on, guys, lay off the new wine.
Any Lyonnais will tell you: it’s easier to cross the old town through the secret passageways without getting lost than to understand a medical reimbursement form.
Right, let’s discuss it over lunch at the bistro, with some fried tripe and a jug of red. And after that, I promise, we reform.
Draft: awaiting review by a local speaker