Ceci n'est pas une pipe

• Bob Frost

  • Location: Deal
  27 September 2010     18:2672744
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  An easy mistake, no wonder she laughed when I asked her if she was interested in a little inflation!
  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11419212
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  27 September 2010     18:3272746
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  despite that faux pas she is still heading for a high position.
• Guest 698

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  27 September 2010     18:3472747
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  Reminds me of when, at a lunch at Number 10 to mark General de Gaulle's retirement, Madame de G was asked what she most looked forward to in retirement. To every one's amazement, she blurted out 'A penis'. After an embarrassed silence, the general said, 'No, no my dear, I think in England they pronounce it 'appiness'.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Bob Frost

  • Location: Deal
  27 September 2010     18:4072749
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  I see that most sub editors have gone for the easy 'slip of the tongue' headline....
• Guest 698

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  27 September 2010     18:5572752
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  Something of a cock-up, I would say.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  27 September 2010     21:0872766
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  trying to move away from the cheap jokes and onto more substance, it seems to me that she is just another politician giving lip service.