La Ville-lumière is, it seems, in the grip of a
rodent epidemic.
Don't worry though, something's being done;
A two-month advertising campaign, which began yesterday, is advising inhabitants to report brown rats to the police. Officials want them to identify neighbours whom they believe to be the source of the plague
I don't want to spoil anyone's fun (much) but people aren't generally considered to be the source of rats. It's more the mummy-rats that are implicated here.
The authorities claim that the number of rats in Paris hasn't gone up, although they fail to explain why they're suddenly so very visible on the Paris streets.
It's all in hand though, the Paris Council has created its own anti-rat team,
Service Municipal d'Actions de Salubrité et d'hygiène - which also goes by the terrific soubriquet
Le Smash - to exterminate the rodents on public property.
Until Johnny Frenchman has sorted out this furry infestation of the World Capital of Romance it might be best to hold off on any visits though. You could spend your Bank Holiday Weekend somewhere a bit nice. Your house, perhaps?
