the 3 punchlines of the evening in Coulommiers

During the vows ceremony in Coulommiers, Monday January 13, Laurence Picard and Franck Riester juggled between personal anecdotes, punchlines ironies and announcements. A look back at three highlights of their speeches.

The “lol” punchline*

“I wear the jersey well”

The evening was of course an opportunity to look back at the year 2024 with its joys and dramas. And the floods of last October inevitably punctuated everyone's speeches. If the deputy Franck Riester was keen to welcome the general solidarity which resulted from these events and to underline the courage and dedication of the firefighters, the latter, personally affected by the rising waters, did not however resist a little touch of humor.

“There was so much water in the Grand Morin that I had to put on a swimsuit and cross on foot to get from my home to city hall. And I wear the swimsuit well! » We just want to see that… perhaps on the occasion of the upcoming opening of the outdoor pool of the swimming pool, heated by geothermal energy, work on which begins in February. Opening to the public in early 2026.

*lol: abbreviation for dying of laughter

The revenge punchline

“Many said the hospital was going to close”

And knock! Here is how we could summarize the little barb launched by Franck Riester when addressing the theme of health, sensitive due to medical desertification. In his speech, the elected official thanked the nursing staff, emphasizing the hospital which “despite the difficulties of reception times in the emergency room, has been completely renovated with a new ultra-modern operating theater, new ultra-modern emergency rooms, a new psychiatric building to come…”

And to recall: “When I became mayor of Coulommiers in 2008, many said that the hospital was going to close, that there would be no more maternity wards, no more surgery, that there would be no more medicine. Well, we have today and we will have tomorrow a hospital that is even more up to what you expect. »

The caustic punchline

“Fault of circumvention…”

The mayor of Coulommiers, Laurence Picard, rolled out the projects for the year 2025 and in particular the work to improve access to the activity zone from Avenue de Strasbourg, with the creation of a slip road. entrance.

“This will reduce traffic jams, both at the intersection with Boulevard de la Marne and access to Prairie Saint-Pierre from the Europe roundabout,” she declared, before concluding on a “sea serpent” file which, to his despair, has still not seen the light of day. “In the absence of a bypass, which we continue to call for from the Department, we are implementing all local solutions at our disposal to make traffic flow more smoothly in Coulommiers…”

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