Has Chirac lost it?

**English assassin** · 07-05-2005, 11:02

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4651109.stm

Ahh, zeez Eeenglish, zer food is zo bad....

Don't you just love it when someone lives up to their national stereotype?

Alas the report does not relate:

(1) whether or not Putin and Schroder laughed nervously (lets face it Russia and Germany aren't exactly know for haute cusine) and

(2) what is so bad about Finnish food that makes it even worse than England.

Is Chirac popular in France, or do the French think he is a buffoon too?

**Spetulhu** · 07-05-2005, 11:31

Originally Posted by English assassin

Is Chirac popular in France, or do the French think he is a buffoon too?

He's trying to be a bigger buffoon than Italy's Berlusconi, that's all. The Italian PM insulted Finnish food as part of his campaign for an EU department.

"Traditional" Finnish food is nothing special. Foodstuffs had to be prepared so you could store them over winter. Soured, salted etc. It's quite bland.

There's a wide range of different cuisine available these days.

**Samurai Waki** · 07-05-2005, 11:47

Well you have to give credit where credit is due... I absolutely love Italian Food... never personally had Finnish Food, but in some book I read that during the middle Ages Finnish Peasants would use Moss and Bark from trees and mix it into their bread (the moss served as yeast). Man, Finns were tough.

**Ianofsmeg16** · 07-05-2005, 11:59

Chirac's french, therefore we english should think he's a buffoon. I do, although, not all frenchmen are frog eating wierdo's some are quite nice

**Louis de la Ferte Ste Colombe** · 07-05-2005, 12:18

Definitly a buffon. He lost it a loooong time ago.

His approval rating are in the low 20%. It's high time he retires. Too bad he fears judge too much to quit.

Louis,

**A.Saturnus** · 07-05-2005, 12:59

I can`t say anything good of Chirac, but where he´s right he´s right.

**Redleg** · 07-05-2005, 13:21

Originally Posted by Louis de la Ferte Ste Colombe

Definitly a buffon. He lost it a loooong time ago.

His approval rating are in the low 20%. It's high time he retires. Too bad he fears judge too much to quit.

Louis,

I would image there are a whole lot of people in his government that don't want him to retire for the same reason - they fear the same judge.