Hoax cooked up by French leaves Bush's chef with egg on his face

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 08/29/03 | Philip Delves Broughton

[dandelion]

What an ugly thing to do to this dedicated chef. Anyone who abuses workers this way - to offer them jobs without any job being available - is despicable. To do it to humiliate someone, or to cause them to lose their job, is beyond evil. What if he had called to discuss it, or told the White House he was leaving pending a better offer?

I don't care that this man is well paid, or high-ranking. Since when did it become funny to publicly make a person lose their job?

[kayak]

[xJones]

If the French think something as petty as that is funny it's no wonder they love Jerry Lewis.

[JeepInMazar]

LOL. This is great. Now let's brainstorm as to what we can do in return to the French. If we all put our heads together we can create a lot of ideas in this thread. Hopefully, some of us will take a few of the ideas and run with them. Let's see what happens.

[kitkat]

I agree.

Alan Funt used to do the same thing to people on Candid Camera when they were desperate for jobs. Yes, I know they had to sign a release to have it on television, but in the meantime they thought they were applying for jobs when there was no job being offered. I always thought Funt should have been fired.

[McGavin999]

Since when did it become funny to publicly make a person lose their job?

We're talking about the french, they'd have to climb up the evolutionary ladder just to reach the level of animal. Remember, these are the people who leave their old folks to die of neglect while they scurry off to the beaches.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

I've made a pledge not to buy French products again. I've no intention of reneging on that. But every culture has it's jerks. We had the guys (sponsored by Sam Adams) who pressed the couple to have sex in the church. And the DJ's who wanted to date the recently deceased baseball player's wife....

Sadly these jerks are everywhere.

[nutmeg]

bump

[dr_lew]

Now let's brainstorm as to what we can do in return to the French.

I have a feeling there might be a spate of crank calls to the land of the intercontinentals come morning drive time.

[Ramius]

But it's the Telegraph. Not buyin' it.

[Libertina]

He worked for the administration but still hadn't learned you can't trust the French... sad, but a slow learner. It was a despicable "joke."

[Brandon]

That's easy -- send Chirac a C-130 loaded with calves' heads, with a note attached saying we heard from his fellow countrymen how much he likes them.

[woofie]

M Chirac, she said, was sick of French food. He had once mentioned that he liked calves' head and he had been eating snouts and lips at official dinners ever since. What he longed for was some good American cooking, hamburgers and barbecue. Would Mr Scheib agree to leave Mr Bush and come to work at the Elysee?

Im not buying it... The chef really thought Chirac wants hamburgers? dont think so

[weegee]

Some shock jocks ALREADY got Chirac himself. They conviced him that he got a phone call from Jerry Lewis. Jerry was not amused.

[weegee]

I don't care that this man is well paid, or high-ranking. Since when did it become funny to publicly make a person lose their job?

What about the Clinton staff making phoney allegations so that they could fire the White House travel staff and hire their's pals' relatives instead?

[RandallFlagg]

That's easy -- send Chirac a C-130 loaded with calves' heads, with a note attached saying we heard from his fellow countrymen how much he likes them.

Or bull balls. They might need them considering there's barely any there to begin with..

[aruanan]

We're talking about the french, they'd have to climb up the evolutionary ladder just to reach the level of animal. Remember, these are the people who leave their old folks to die of neglect while they scurry off to the beaches.

I remember someone telling me, "Los franceses comen toda clase de porqueria." I told a French woman I knew what he had said. "How dare he say that!" she exclaimed, digging out the guts of her raw sea urchin and slurping them off the spoon.

[Nam Vet]

I love your mug!!! Where can I get one? I will enjoy my morning coffee even MORE!

Nam Vet