[Sherman Logan]

I was told by a taxi driver as we passed through a black neighborhood: “I hope you got your shots. You don’t need to go to Africa anymore to get a tropical disease.”

The implication here is that this is false, just a racist rant.

But is it TRUE? The author is profoundly uninterested.

[MegaSilver]

The implication here is that this is false, just a racist rant.

But is it TRUE? The author is profoundly uninterested.

There are lots of nasty things circulating around here these days.

If you come to Paris, your best bet is to stick to the Left Bank west of rue Monge and avoid the 13th district. Do not cross into the suburbs unless you are going to Yvelines, and even there, avoid Trappes and do not leave your sheep out at night (my friend's cousins are agriculteurs and do not keep sheep anymore because they kept disappearing every year around Ramadan).