Caught on Tape: Infamous Gaffes
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:59 pm
Thank you snooze, good to see you posting lots again.
I am reminded of when Tony Blair admitted that during a trip to France he decided to make his big speech to a gathering of French VIPs in their native language (he actually speaks French very well by all accounts). Unfotunatly during a passage praising the then Prime Minister of France, Lional Jospin, instead of saying "I greatly admire Mr Jospin", he instead quipped, "I can say to you with all frankness, that I greatly desire Lional Jospin". It took him a while to understand why his audience couldn't stop laughing.
I am reminded of when Tony Blair admitted that during a trip to France he decided to make his big speech to a gathering of French VIPs in their native language (he actually speaks French very well by all accounts). Unfotunatly during a passage praising the then Prime Minister of France, Lional Jospin, instead of saying "I greatly admire Mr Jospin", he instead quipped, "I can say to you with all frankness, that I greatly desire Lional Jospin". It took him a while to understand why his audience couldn't stop laughing.