I forgot to put them in this morning first thing as usual, and then the phone rang. A female voice asked me if I was the owner of my house, and my alarm bells rang. I asked what she was selling, and she said nothing, but that I was eligible for a free check for serpents! At least, that is what I thought she said. I gave an involuntary exclamation, and said I had never heard of a snake problem in our area. Her turn to exclaim. So when we had cleared up the confusion, what she was offering was a check of the roof beams (charpente), not snakes (serpents). I bet she had a good laugh at my expense when she hung up.
