Posted on 05/20/2025 8:10:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
LANDERNEAU, France - A small town in western France has set a world record for the greatest number of smurf-costumed people gathered in the same place, according to organisers, who counted over 3,000 this weekend.
Landerneau, population 16,000, on the far western tip of France’s Britanny region, had tried twice before to wrest the record from Lauchringen, a town in Germany that managed to gather together a seemingly unassailable 2,762 smurfs in 2019.
But on May 17, the French challengers finally pulverised that record, assembling 3,076 people clad and face-painted in blue, wearing white hats and singing smurfy songs.
“We smurfed the record,” said one participant.
Smurfs, created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo in 1958 and called “Schtroumpfs” in French, are small, human-like creatures living in the forest.
The fun characters have turned into a major franchise that includes films, series, advertising, video games, theme parks and toys.
“A friend encouraged me to join and I thought: ‘Why not?‘,” said Ms Simone Pronost, 82, sipping a beer on the terrace of a cafe, dressed as a smurfette.
Ms Albane Delariviere, a 20-year-old student, travelled all the way from Rennes – more than 200km away – to join.
“We thought it was a cool idea to help Landerneau out,” she said.
Landerneau mayor Patrick Leclerc, also in full smurf dress, said the effort “brings people together and gives them something else to think about than the times we’re living in”.
Mr Pascal Soun, head of the association organising the event, said the gathering “allows people to have fun and enter an imaginary world for a few hours”.
Contestants were relieved that weather conditions were favourable, after the previous record attempt, in 2023, was sunk by heavy rain that kept many contestants away.
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Landerneau. That’s not far from Remulak.
If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?
Yes, the time-keepers are only an hour or so away by car.
(and gives them something else to think about than the times we’re living in”.)
🎶🎶🎶 Kicks just keep getting
harder to find 🎶🎶🎶
Slings do you still have that “not a ping” ping?
Sheesh, great. Now I’ve got that song in my head.
At least it’s a GOOD song 😜
These are the same people who worship Jerry Lewis.
Like all whites, including in the U.S., the media is encouraging the French to seek their identity in "safe" outlets, like consumer products, Hollywood film and comic book characters, sports teams, etc.
Anything but in their historical European heritage, which would be "racist."
Good to see the Euros have their priorities in order.
This is now what France peads the world in. Sacre bleu
:)
Leads
Frigging touch keyboard
“Furry” analog. Next big Smurf event will probably will be a new terrorist target in Islamic Francistan.
La la lalalala. La la lalala.
They should all be careful. You never know when Jihadi Smurf will show up.
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