Michel: I will never go near those filthy birds.
Lorelai: Why?
Michel: I hate the swans.
Lorelai: These particular swans?
Michel: No, all swans. I was attacked by a band of swans in the Luxembourg Gardens when I was a boy. No one forgets that.
Lorelai: (laughing) Oh no -- not being attacked by a band of swans. Was it an all-boy band? Kind of a scary, feathery 'N Sync kind of fiasco?
Michel: This is not funny.
Lorelai: No, I'm sorry, it's not. It's not funny at all.
(the swans honk and Michel jumps)
Lorelai: (laughing again) Oh my God! Come on, you have to admit, that's a little funny.