‘…You may be familiar with these two stories… The first was told to me by Jean Nohain. He claims to have seen the following poster in a village in Haute-Provence: Grand concours de boules * First prize: a magnificent rabbit. * Second prize: a beautiful rabbit. * Third prize: a rabbit. I can’t help but think of this third rabbit without a speciality. The second story I’ve already told somewhere. But I can affirm that it’s authentic, since fifteen years ago, in Barbentane, I saw it written on the window of a café: Grand pétanque competition * First prize: a bottle of pastis. * Second prize: half a bottle of pastis. * Third prize: a magnificent objet d’art. I don’t mean to use the word “surreal” lightly, but if this text isn’t surreal, what do you need!’ Yvan Audouard
