Bastille Day
Noel Laflin
7-14-23
Tom, Jim, Marilyn and I threw a Bastille Day party 45 years ago
today. I think it was to celebrate our leaving the old place and moving to
better, bigger digs. Regardless, Marilyn thought we needed a theme. As the party was falling on July 14th,
Bastille Day became the reason.
I remember folks storming the old apartment that night, but they
came bearing copious amounts of alcohol, instead of clubs, knives and guns, so
all was well in the end.
Marilyn, being the smart one in our household, thought everyone
should sing the French National Anthem, La Marseillaise, so she wrote out the
words and made copies for all to sing at the stroke of midnight.
Unfortunately, few in the crowd read French, let alone knew how
to sing, so there was a lot of drunken humming instead. So all was well in the
end there too.
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