OK, my wife, fluent in idiomatic French, tells me it means (and very
close to the Google):
Minister/ambassador "super"-extraordinary ("plenip." by itself = able
to sign treaties without supervision) available (as in "for hire").
Mobile (as in "will travel" - remember the old TV show Palladin "Have
Gun - Will Travel"?). Without fixed bath (as in "bathroom" - a pun on
"without fixed address").
So, I am reminded of a plumber who has no office - a very obscure
reference to the "terrorist" plumber in "Brazil"?
On 1. Jun, 2006, at 11:22, Matt Howe wrote:
> ...when I saw Paul's sig block I had Google translate it.
> This is what I got back:
>
> Minister ultraplénipotentiaire of availability. Mobile. Without fixed
> bath-tub
>
> Paul Guyot wrote:
> Ministre ultraplénipotentiaire en disponibilité.
> Mobile. Sans baignoire fixe.
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