Hello! Let's talk.

In Paris, 81 year-old Miss Lilly St-Nachie sits in the park with her sign: "Hello! Let's talk". It brings people together. People see the sign and they talk to Miss Lilly, and each other. What do they talk about? "No politics and no religion", says Miss Lilly, "because there come the wars from... and I assure you, if you avoid these two subjects, then we understand each other."

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