Emery Davis wrote:
> here's a little incident that happened to me today.
>
> Waiting at the pharmacy, we witnessed the gentleman just in front of us,
> apparently not a French speaker, hold out his iPhone to the pharmacist
> with a poorly pronounced "s'il vous plait?" She smiled, shrugged and told
> him "Sorry, we don't have that here, try the Nicolas (wine store) next
> door." When I asked her what it was all about, she responded "He asked
> for a Cremant d'Alsace, but I don't know anything about wine!"

Too funny, Emery. Was this out by your farm, or at your pied-Ã*-terre?
Equally incomprehensible either way...

Mark Lipton