Talk about airing dirty laundry:
Insulting a president can be profitable, a Washington state bag maker has discovered, but it is best if the insult is written in French and tucked away on a tiny laundry label.
Labels on most of the backpacks, messenger and laptop bags made and sold by Tom Bihn have his company’s contact information along with washing instructions in English and French along with a message reading: “Nous sommes desoles que notre president soit un idiot. Nous n’avons pas vote pour lui.”
The translation reads: “We are sorry that our president is an idiot. We did not vote for him.”
Tom Bihn, who designs and makes bags for his eponymous company of 10 employees in Port Angeles, a seaside city 60 miles northwest of Seattle, claims he has no idea how the phrase got onto the label, but credits it with doubling bag sales.
“We don’t know how it got there,” Bihn said in a dead-pan manner.
Asked if the message refers to President Bush or French President Jacques Chirac, Bihn said he had no clue whom the insult referred to.
Speaking of Chirac, here is one reason why I would use his name and the word “idiot” in the same sentence:
French President Jacques Chirac has made a strong statement severely criticizing Sharonís unilateral disengagement plans, and the US president for accepting them.
ìPeace cannot be achieved without negotiationsî, he said at a Paris press conference. ìOnly a negotiated agreement will enable Israelis and Palestinians to live in peaceî.
He also took a covert pot shot at President Bush, over his support of the plan and his undertaking to Sharon to, in effect unilaterally negating the right of return and accepting the idea that some of the Jewish settlements in the territories would remain under Israeli sovereignty. ìOne cannot unilaterally and arbitrarily redefine international law, nor can one decide, in advance, the outcome of any future negotiationsî, he said.
He also hinted that France might make life difficult for the US in the UN, saying he was ìnot convincedî the Security Council, where France has a veto, would approve US plans to transfer sovereignty from the US occupation forces to a new Iraqi government.
But I can provide you with many more.
1 thought on “Pardon my French”
Pro-sharon/pro-israel = moderate
Pro-peace or neutral = idiot
Pro-palestinian = terrorist
Nice logic ..
je vois que tu as bien ete lobotomis’ !
you criticise the fanatical indoctrination of palestinian militants.. but frankly you don’t look better…
salam.
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