{"id":55,"date":"2006-07-06T19:47:33","date_gmt":"2006-07-06T19:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/62.253.218.153\/~rpmsoft\/45rpmdump\/?p=55"},"modified":"2011-06-16T12:49:54","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T12:49:54","slug":"dear-jacques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.45rpmsoftware.com\/blog\/?p=55","title":{"rendered":"Dear Jacques"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an open letter of thanks to Jacques Chirac. I publish it here so that the good people of the world can see for themselves how indebted I feel towards him.\u00a0 If you can\u2019t remember this particular storm in a teacup, you can read the story\u00a0here<\/a> – How Jacques lost the Finnish vote for France.<\/p>\n

English Version<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Jacques,<\/p>\n

Thank you for your kind comments about the English, our cuisine and our trustworthiness that you made on Sunday.\u00a0 Many of the more excitable newspapers in this country lambasted you for it, but I saw greatness in those words.\u00a0 Who but a genius, a true lover of all Englishness, a man such as yourself, would commit political suicide and hand the glory of the Olympics to a rival nation?\u00a0 In your infinite wisdom, you scuppered the Paris bid and handed the honour to London.<\/p>\n

I have always been a Francophile, but now I am greatly in your debt as well (although I am quite untrustworthy, so I have no intention of paying up). You will always be welcome at my home, where I will be delighted to feed you stodgy stews and ready meals purchased from one of our many fine supermarkets.<\/p>\n

Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n

Pascal<\/p>\n

French Version<\/span><\/p>\n

Cher Jacques,<\/p>\n

Je vous remercie des aimables commentaires que vous avez pass\u00e9 dimanche dernier sur les Anglais, notre cuisine et notre fiabilit\u00e9. Un grand nombre de nos journaux plus susceptibles vous ont raill\u00e9 pour cela mais j’ai vu une certaine grandeur dans vos paroles. Qui d’autre qu’un g\u00e9nie, un v\u00e9ritable admirateur de toute anglicit\u00e9, un homme comme vous, commettrait un suicide politique et passerait la gloire d’obtenir les Jeux Olympiques \u00e0 un pays rival ? Dans votre sagesse infinie, vous \u00eates arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 torpiller les chances de Paris et passer un tel\u00a0 honneur \u00e0 Londres.<\/p>\n

J’ai toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 un francophile, mais maintenant je vous suis aussi tout \u00e0 fait endett\u00e9 (bien que je sois peu fiable et n’aie donc aucune intention de payer). Vous serez toujours le bienvenu chez moi o\u00f9 j’aurai grand plaisir \u00e0 vous offrir des rago\u00fbts bourratifs et des repas tous pr\u00e9par\u00e9s, achet\u00e9s dans l’un de nos excellents supermarch\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

Veuillez agr\u00e9er, cher Jacques, mes sinc\u00e8res salutations,<\/p>\n

Pascal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is an open letter of thanks to Jacques Chirac. I publish it here so that the good people of the world can see for themselves how indebted I feel towards him.\u00a0 If you can\u2019t remember this particular storm in a teacup, you can read the story\u00a0here – How Jacques lost the Finnish vote for … <\/p>\n

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