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Two amusing incidents to share with you.

The first was at English class which we attend every week when we're here to help Tom with his English conversation group. The topic was the English press coverage of the Royal wedding, as seen in the Guardian. Everyone had a piece to read and explain to the class. When it came to Claire, she told us that

"During his apprenticeship on Savile Row, the late Alexander McQueen sewed something bad into the lining of a suit jacket being made for Prince Charles." This something was so bad that Claire couldn't bring herself to say it aloud. Apparently the offending phrase was "I am a C***". Not many people know this, as Michael McCain would say.

The second story is about a certain little terracotta figure which we bought from the pottery market in Carcasonne last year. He was quite a well-endowed fellow taking a pee, but somehow lost an essential part of his anatomy. It not only fell out but is lost altogether. 

We are hoping that the pottery market will take place again this year but didn't know quite what we were going to ask the stall-holder if we found him. So we went round to see Roger and Evelyne to see if Roger, well-known for his love of puns and word-play, could help. We had a fairly hilarious time explaining as you might imagine but it seems that the commonly used word is "zizi" which is nice and easy to remember. The "correct" word is "verge" for those of you who are curious.