Mac's Musings
French Farce
25/01/2008Trust the French! On the very day that one of our leading politicians stands down after mislaying £100,000 or so, the French have to go one better.
I mean, can't the French be satisfied with producing the best food, the best wine, faster trains, the chicest women and the most stylish politicians? Why can't they just let us produce the greatest losers? And what about poor old Nick Leeson? What's going to happen to his international speaking career after losing his Olympic title in bank fraud?
We've all been so thrilled with rogue trader Leeson's 13-year reign after losing a modest £860million. Then along comes some unseeded French player who casually mislays £3.7billion.
The lads down The Slug and Bank Manager are gutted. They say it's a carefully orchestrated French conspiracy. No coincidence the story dominates news pages on the very same day that another unknown Frenchman, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, monopolises the sports pages with a storming performance in the Australian Tennis Open.
Next thing we know, the French will find a higher mountain than Everest and climb it first, beating our very own honorary Brit, the late great Ed Hillary. And I bet the French announce their conquest on the very day that lusciously languid Italian supermodel Carla Bruni is crowned Queen of France.
