PARIS IN A FEW NUTSHELLS
CLERIHEWS ON DIVERS TOPICS
Marcel Proust
Spent June in Saint Just-
Or was it September?
He couldn't remember.
Auguste Escoffier
Declined a Montgolfier.
"Seeing Paris from the top?
I'd lose my amour propre."
Whispered Jean-Luc Godard
"Ecoutez, mes gars.
You must never tell -
The vague's not all nouvelle."
Ordered Emile Ajar
"Stop where you are!
I'm no Tom, Dick or Harry -
Meet… Romain Gary!"
Auguste Renoir loved les fesses.
"I frankly confess
What's above their epaules
Doesn't move me at all."
Dab dab dab went Georges Seurat,
Then paused pour frottait les bras.
Who knew it hurt your wrist
Being a pointilliste?
Said Cole Porter "You all know
I adore Boris Kochno.
He's the top, I concur -
But.... it's his bottom I prefer."
Says Annie Hidalgo, "I'd like
All Paris on a bike.
And if you won't vote for me?
Well, je m'en fiche et tant pis."
