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Perhaps I'm boring people.

Perhaps some, but not me.

[Ezekiel]

Thanks. Otherwise it's the Sound of Silence; i.e. crickets.

(There's no escape even on that point -- heh, it's always something.)

The offensive, attention-getting events of the ceremony occurred during the eighth sequence, Festivité, in which

A tribute to the European Union was introduced by "The Final Countdown" and a drone show around the Eiffel Tower forming the 12 stars of the EU flag, and featured drag queens...

Kind of reminds me of the scene in Home Alone, when Gus Polinski was describing the bands biggest hits.

"These.. are songs.?"

There was a dire need to make it home in time for Christmas.

Plot
The McCallister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Paris...
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