Humour - The Parnassian (Page 19)

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Probably the most long-suffering window opening in the world

Probably the most long-suffering window opening in the world. Yesterday the notorious window of the Galerie d'Apollon at the Louvre was at last fitted with a protective layer of Makrolon, a polycarbonate of exceptional strength with fire-resistant properties. Not yet bulletproof glass, but already a very

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"What Is This, Madame?" "It Is Called 'Art'"

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I wrote that I was impressed to hear Wagner performed by Currentzis's orchestra; a music critic replied: a mediocre performance of a mediocre arrangement

I recommended Smirnov von Rauch's book "The Board of Dionysius" to my book club, and my fellow members say: a dreadful book, Alexandr, why did you choose it? I find no answers; such, it seems, is my taste 😭 The photograph shows a portrait of Pushkin by

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"And who gave you leave to hang portraits of your floozies in here?"

"And who gave you leave to hang portraits of your floozies in here? Eh? Who put up this slattern?" "That is Mozart, sir." "The Barber of Siberia"

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The President of France complained in his book that he had to press the buttons on a telephone himself

It seems that Nicolas Sarkozy is a Zoomer. In his now much-discussed book, the former President of France writes some quite astonishing things. For instance, that to make a telephone call he had to "dial no fewer than ten digits, each of which is a code required to

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J.W. Anderson has blithely copied the design of old Christmas-tree decorations and is selling them at prices from €80 to €300

J.W. Anderson has blithely copied the design of old Christmas-tree decorations and is selling them at prices from €80 to €300. Many items are marked "request to buy": the request, presumably, implies a search for cheaper analogues on Avito. Do you like this sort of "

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It has taken barely three hundred years, but the Louvre has installed protective barriers along the roadway beside the Galerie d'Apollon

It has taken barely three hundred years, but the Louvre has installed protective barriers along the roadway beside the Galerie d'Apollon. Robbers will no longer be able to park beneath the windows. A small victory, but at what a price!

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Chagall had no memory at all of painting this work when a photograph of it was put in front of him

Chagall had no memory at all of painting this work when a photograph of it was put in front of him. He looked at it and thought: respectable people, they have an interest in the matter, I shan't disappoint them. He agreed, they say: it looks like me,

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There Is a Parable

There is a parable. Harun al-Rashid liked to wander about at night. One evening he strayed into a dark hovel in which an elderly woman was offering up a prayer for his health. “How pleasant!” he said. “How shall I reward you?” “You see, you are a good deal

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"Comrade Stalin, what did you and Churchill agree on?" "He asked whether I could hear him well."

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What, in essence, are we looking at?

What, in essence, are we looking at? Nicholas II, in signing his abdication, acted under the influence of swindlers and did not grasp the consequences of his actions

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