Dave Clark Five

Yesterday's Jimi video was live TV. This is about as phony/lip-synced as it gets but it's still a fun song.

After our early morning wake up from burning whatever below, we eventually made it onto our TGV in Nice for the ride back up to Paris. Our very smelly Saturday continued as we open the door to our train and noticed an odd scent that was a cross between curdled milk and the putrid smell of rotting fish. It wasn't our day as we realized it was the otherwise normal looking 60-something year old couple sitting behind us. Someone obviously didn't believe in deodorant or that he smelled. Others arrived and immediately looked around to see what or who was causing the stench. Newcomers all started to either plug their nose or rub it in the hope that maybe something was wrong and it needed to be adjusted. Many left and begged the conductor for other seats elsewhere. We had already tried that option but it was completely booked due to the Cannes Film Festival and the Monte Carlo Gran Prix.

Once the flailing stopped and his bags were settled onto the luggage rack, the smell eased up a bit. As if they weren't bad enough, the nasty wife jumped over the seat to yell at Jojo for laughing while matching a movie. "It's a quiet train" she barked. "Perhaps, but aren't their regulations against that horrible funk?" Only four more hours left with our train mates. At least they slept so arm movement remained limited. I still think she was bitter because she had to live with that smell every day. Either that or she just realized that her haircut was the same as Moe from the Three Stooges.

The cats were thrilled to see us and slept on top of us. Sushi ventured out in the middle of the night and brought us a wonderful gift which was waiting for us on the floor. He usually eats everything but in this case, it's a headless something-or-other. In the cat world, it's a big honor to be left such a gift, so thanks Sushi. If only it was an equal honor in the cat world to find the dustpan and pick it up and dispose of it.