pigeon in the chimney !

the door rings, hippo slippers get kicked off 

it's Burt, the chimney sweep from Mary Poppins, but the French version !

apparently, we should have this shiny metal thing below cleaned out once a year

it goes into a column all the way up to the tippy top of the apartment (3 stories above)

i cannot say that it's been cleaned recently

so "Burt" comes in, removes the metal pipe and pulls out a dead pigeon and a dead quail

um...disgusting !

i think he was trying to convince me that his company was the best and cheapest

blah... blah... blah...

i didn't care - i was convinced

just clean that thing !

 our hot water heater works like this

you see the fire?

hence the need for a "chimney"

 so, he goes to get his singing and dancing props...

i mean, he gets his chimney sweeping broom thingy

and attaches about 5 or 6 extensions to clear it all the up to the roof

i, the American country girl, am impressed, and

he definitely likes that he's got a newbie in the audience

below is about 5 pounds (2 1/4 kilos) of pure disgusting

i'm sure you found the pigeon feet

anywho, this house-bred, country gal learned a lot today about apartments

and it solidified my hypothesis about the stupidity of the pigeon race

i hope you are not too grossed out

it's pretty funny

love from an apartment in Nice with a very clean, pigeon-free chimney,

Linz