Anglo-French tensions heightened last night after Jacques Chirac delivered a series of insults to Britain as London and Paris fought to secure the 2012 Olympic Games and faced fresh disagreement at the G8 summit.
The president, chatting to the German and Russian leaders in a Russian cafe, said: “The only thing [the British] have ever given European farming is mad cow.” Then, like generations of French people before him, he also poked fun at British cuisine.
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“You can’t trust people who cook as badly as that,” he said. “After Finland, it’s the country with the worst food.”**
No 10 reacted with disbelief, saying it would not respond to such undiplomatic comments. British officials were particularly angered by the mad cow remark, saying that France had exacerbated the BSE crisis by refusing to accept British beef after it had been declared safe.
Re: 'The only thing the Britian have ever given Europe is mad cow disease
Unlike Pommieland, Hinglish is not our official language…We are free to speak whateva we like…Being American and the ability to sapeak flawless english are mutually exclusive thingies…
Re: 'The only thing the Britian have ever given Europe is mad cow disease
i don’t know what’s funnier…Chirac being so dumb to get caught cracking these jokes…or the fact that he cracked them in front of a RUSSIAN and a GERMAN…the only two countries with worse food than English
Re: 'The only thing the Britian have ever given Europe is mad cow disease
The germans sausages with beer
russains no idea apart from caviar
french well frog legs and snails.
British food is much better than french.
Chirac has a confidence rating of 21% of the electorate so playing games to keep himself in the picture. French clearly dont like him. He's taken bribes when mayor and president. using his preseidency to stop courts prosecuting him. Should be intresting in 2007 when he leaves his job.
Re: 'The only thing Britian have ever given Europe is mad cow disease
ummm, maybe the British and others who aren’t hate-mongering racists? How can you stereotype so easily by saying the people of 4 different nations can’t be trusted? You will use any post or situation to demonstrate your disdain for others.
Re: 'The only thing the Britian have ever given Europe is mad cow disease
The brits hate this food fight with the French, they have some very fine restaurants in the UK now, so let's not generalize. On the other hand there is dental hygiene.....
Re: 'The only thing the Britian have ever given Europe is mad cow disease
yanks are synthetic. Have fake tits and bums and now moved onto the teeth. Vabiers, bleaching and you name it. I wonder how they would look with that McDonald (sigar) diet withought dentist.
