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Vintage Blair to enjoy a French toast (Chirac fills Tony with booze, hopes to get lucky)
Sydney Morning Herald ^
| 5/8/03
Posted on 05/07/2003 8:40:11 AM PDT by dead
BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair tried to treat his 50th birthday as just another day, but he could not contain a huge smile over a surprise gift from President Jacques Chirac yesterday.
The French leader sent half a case of fine wine, worth €1,500, as a birthday present and peace offering.
Mr Chirac, whose opposition to the Iraq war enraged Mr Blair, gave him six bottles of Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1989 and a crystal carafe, describing the present as a sign of his "personal esteem and loyal friendship".
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: olivebranch
Your ice, Tony, zey are leek gleestening pools...
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posted on
05/07/2003 8:40:11 AM PDT
by
dead
To: dead
Source is Irish Independent, not Sydney Morning Herald.
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posted on
05/07/2003 8:45:05 AM PDT
by
dead
To: dead
I'm no oenophile (and probably mis-spelled it) but isn't giving half a case showing less than full enthusiasm? Can't France spring for a whole case?
To: ClearCase_guy
Yeah, I thought the same thing.
Chirac's got dinosaur arms, apparently.
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posted on
05/07/2003 8:53:54 AM PDT
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dead
To: dead
Drink the wine and ship Chirac some UK delicacies -- maybe some Spotted Dick (from the Brits) and some Haggis (from the Scots.)
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posted on
05/07/2003 9:09:41 AM PDT
by
dark_lord
(The Statue of Liberty now holds a baseball bat and she's yelling 'You want a piece of me?')
To: dead
Luck Tony, Chirac didn't give him a case of V.D.
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posted on
05/07/2003 9:11:53 AM PDT
by
hgro
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