[Redcloak]

"Allo, zees ees Jacques Chirac calling from France. Ah would laak to speek to zee Prezeedent Boosh, s'il vous plaît."

"May I ask who's calling?"

"Zees is Prezeedent Jacques Chirac of France."

"Please hold..."

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"May I ask who's calling?"

"Ah alreadee told you. Jacques Chirac."

"And where are you calling from Mr. Shirk?"

"Eet ees 'Chirac' and ah am calling from France."

"Please hold..."

"WAIT!... Great, she put me on hold again..."

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"Mr. Shirk, what is this in regard to?"

"Mah name ees 'Chirac' and zees ees about Iraq."

"A Mr. Irac? Is this a relative of yours? Perhaps you should call INS instead of the White House. They may be in a better position to answer your immigration questions."

"No, no, no... Iraq. Ah am calling about Iraq."

"Oh... Iraq."

"Yes, Iraq."

"Please hold..."

"WAIT!!"

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"Please remain on the line. Your call is very important to us."

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"Mr. Irac? The-

"CHIRAC!"

"Mr. Chirac, the President is very busy right now. Would you like to hold?"

"Ah have been holding for an hour!"

"I'm sorry, but you'll have to understand; we're rather busy here at the moment."

"What could be more important than another head of state calling?!?"

"We're sort of in the middle of a little war at the moment..."

"Zat ees what ah'm calling about."

"If you would just hold for a few more minutes..."

"Just a few minutes?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, the war's almost over."

"WHAT?!? How can zees be??"

"I'm just a secretary, sir. I don't really understand these things. But the President did say something about it going much quicker 'without the accordion player', whatever that means."

"Oh... Ah'll hold."

[Grampa Dave]

Absolutely great!

[TLBSHOW]

France's Chirac, Bush Speak by Telephone


PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac and President Bush (news - web sites) spoke by telephone for the first time in more than two months Tuesday, in a possible sign of warming ties after their bitter dispute over war in Iraq (news - web sites).


Chirac, apparently signaling a desire to repair frayed France-U.S. relations, told Bush during the telephone call that France is prepared to adopt a "pragmatic approach" to the postwar situation in Iraq.


No other details about the phone call, which was reported by Chirac's office, were immediately available. It was the first phone call between Chirac and Bush since Feb. 7, his office said.


France led European opposition to the war in Iraq and has been pushing for the United Nations (news - web sites) to have a central role in postwar reconstruction.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030415/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_france_us_2

[Scothia]

Very pointed and creative, both of you. I'll pay the ultimate compliment: "Wish I'd written it first."

[showme_the_Glory]

Touche..........