What do the following have in common?
- la poire
- la fraise
- Jean Genet
- la pêche
- la groseille à maquereau
- Marcel Proust
- la pomme
Well. Do you give up? Do you give your tongue to the cat, as the French would say?
The plain people of Ireland: Hold yer whisht! Sure that's an easy one. We know!
Whipping Cats Management: Well, let's hear it then, if ye're so clever.
The plain people of Ireland: They are all French fruits!
Whipping Cats Management: Sometimes you do manage to amaze me with your primitive peasant cunning.
I was sorry to miss the reconstruction of Proust's cork-lined bedroom at Hotel Carnavalet. But I won out in the fruit department, fruit tarts at any rate.
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