१५ ऑगस्ट, २००७

Oh, Cécilia, I'm down on my knees, I'm begging you please....

... to go on a picnic -- a peekneek -- with George Bush.

But she won't! She's a French-style political spouse. She Cécilia Sarkozy. She had a "throat ailment" -- she had a mal de gorge -- mal de George.

१० टिप्पण्या:

Ron म्हणाले...

Perhaps she has confused him with ze Bill Cleeenton, no? He would offer her "ze deviled egg", as you say, and l'honor du France would be impugned! On the other hand, if the shotgun-toting VP were there...he would make le coeur race just that much faster...

John Doheny म्हणाले...

Maybe she just wasn't up for junk food and an unsolicited 'massage.'

Bissage म्हणाले...

Pique-nique? Non.

Ratatouille? Oui.

Jeremy म्हणाले...

How wonderfully French. I liked the comments about their marriage, too. It sounds consistent with what I've read on French culture and attitudes, and I think it's charming. I'd love to meet her, but she'd probably bow out due to a throat ailment or something. :(

Jeremy म्हणाले...

Oh yeah, and you're clearly familiar with Simon and Garfunkel, given your post's title, so your silence on my question from a while back about Paul Simon's theft of Martin Carthy's "Scarborough Fair" arrangement speaks volumes.

Wait, that joke died a few posts ago. Oh well.

Invisible Man म्हणाले...

Good for Cecilia, better to spend time shopping with friends than to go over extended conversation with Laura about the Dewey decimal system.

Joan म्हणाले...

Jeremy: ha!

Invisible Man, not so much.

Chip Ahoy म्हणाले...

Dear France, I love you so it's time for me to teach you a new word that perhaps might be accepted by Académe Française once the last of les immortels has perished; barbeque. Feel free to add whatever extra letters you see fit.

Hotdogs and hamburgers, hotdogs and hamburgers, the only thing on the menu if you were to listen only to the French press, which is full of Cécilia's shopping schedule while under the weather.

I'd be tickled to see Laura return the favor. The French aren't the only one's with a point to make.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Cecilia, patron saint of musicians, inspiration to Simon and Garfunkel at least for this one good radio play song, Christian Roman noblewoman martyred third century AD.

From Wiki: “…officials attempted to kill her by locking her in an overheated bathhouse. However, the attempt failed, and she was to be beheaded. The executioner attempted to decapitate her three times unsuccessfully, at which time he fled. Cecilia survived another three days before succumbing,” praising God all the while.

Sark’s saint's not so much the martyr as a Cecilia d' Arch. I agree with Chip- let Texas teach her the superiority of not acting so superior.

Jennifer म्हणाले...

Mal de George. lol