Verse And Worse

Random Wit, Errant Rhyme. Not A Literary Crime

Alas, the woe of Teresa Blunden
Who went to visit her aunt in London
Oh, the disaster of her Louis Vuitton
It arrived on the carousel without a buitton

King Louis The Umpteenth

Mikhail Gorbachev Plays Bag Gammon

Raisa was the fashion queen, but Gorby's `bagged' the best gig.

Move over Scarlett Johansson - Mikhail Gorbachev is the new face of Louis Vuitton. The former Soviet leader is to appear in an ad campaign with Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi and French actress Catherine Deneuve. Shot by photographer Annie Liebovitz, the ads feature Gorby in a car, with an LV bag at his side and the Berlin Wall in the background. The campaign will hit magazines next month.

FOOTNOTE: I hope he's not scarred by the experience.