That would be “Marcel” (think Marcel Cerdan), but otherwise that sounds about right for the era

Oh apparently “vite” was used as an adjective in french until the start of the 20th century and is still used as such by our canadian friends, you learn something new every day...

Sorry to be that guy but “le camion le plus vite du monde” literally means “the quickliest truck in the world” (“vite” is an adverb).

Definitely not Achille Talon but thanks for reminding me of one of my childhood heroes (along with Gaston Lagaffe) :)

Not that I would have had the courage to do the same but Mythbusters has shown that it’s easy enough to stop a car by pulling in front of it and braking gently

Funny you should mention the Poisson distribution because it is used to model devices with a constant failure rate, i.e. it does not depend on the past (memory-less). http://www.engineeredsoftware.com/nasa/exponential.htm

Thanks a lot Luke, Fine Art is my favorite feature on this site!

I’m french and can attest these bags carry even more of a stigma here than in the US (haven’t seen one in a long time).