[SATIRE À VUE] A village sends a resident disturbed by the bells

A recent resident of the village of Mésigny (74) asks that the nighttime bell ringtone ceases during the summer. A petition bringing together 7,000 signatories under the rallying cry “Save the bells of the Mésigny church” comes to rise against the complaint.

Coqs that sing too early, cows that fart until the point of the hour, manure of manure very far from Chanel n ° 5 … Regularly, city dwellers that are freshly landed by their electric car complain of these nuisances. The Matinale Cocoricos of the Mauritius Coq made it a world star. Relaxed at the end of resounding judicial disinsus, the animal died in 2020 proud of the accomplished duty. He had awakened the legislator via a “Mauritius” law of January 20, 2021 establishing that “The sounds and odors of rural areas are part of the common heritage of the nation”.

In Mésigny (74), the complainant did not have time to carry the case before the courts that, already, a petition cut her herb under his foot. Its complaint relating to the frequency of ringing of the church bell is tornly found by 7,000 signatories raised like the cuckoo of a clock. Installed for a year in the town, the resident hopes that the “Ding” and the “Dong” will stop during the summer nights. Sleeping the window open at the rate of an alarm clock every half hour is no longer possible for it. During the summer season, sheep have the delicacy of going to graze at altitude. Why not do the same with the bell by sending it to ring in town, for example?

Cropping

The idea of attaching bells around the necks of city dwellers who came to spend a few days in the open air was able to cross the spirit of the municipal team. This measure which would point out the arrival of all Parisians in rural areas seems to be making its way in the villages affected by the phenomenon. For the time being, the town is content to crop the complainant via This press release: “We are in a French commune, in rural areas, where the bells of the churches have been ringing for centuries, where the roosters sing very early, where herds live nearby, some even having bells around the neck. »»

From a firm conclusion, the town hall nails the beak of the one who will have to put an impact of an air conditioning: “If that prevents you from living or sleeping, go live in a city center in the middle of cars, for your greatest happiness and ours too. »» Is “sending to graze” the best way to acclimatize the city dweller to the life of the countryside?