Why am I so sure that it really did go something like this? Except Jacques probably said something a lot fruitier than "dude" all the time. I'll bet he kept saying "Mon vieux." That's what the French dudes say when they are trying to be chummy.
Posted by Andrea Harris at April 16, 2003 03:15 AMI'd hope that Dubya gave Chirac a strongly worded directive about posterior osculation, but, inasmuch as he's a plainspoken Texan, he probably used one-syllable words. Anyway, I'm sure the message crossed the Atlantic loud and clear.
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at April 16, 2003 at 08:26 AM