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In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 01:36:52 PM EST

Well, that's obviously Sarkozy on the right, and I would guess the woman sitting next to him is his ex-wife. The couple on the left looks very familiar but I don't know who they are.

by lychee (lychee9393 A yahoo D com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 01:51:34 PM EST
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Re: Guess who is who... (4.00 / 2)

You see Sarko's first and future second wife, Cécilia being the latter.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 02:21:06 PM EST
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Heh. I heard of the story that Sarko got to know Cécilia when he wed her to her first husband, but only after looking at that photo and checking on Wiki did I realise it was a certain media personality...

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 02:22:45 PM EST
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Re: Guess who is who... (4.00 / 4)

Is the baby on the left Carla Bruni?

;D

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 01:55:05 PM EST
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I was wondering about that!

by lychee (lychee9393 A yahoo D com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 02:34:25 PM EST
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Is the other couple Holland and royal ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 02:00:37 PM EST
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Is N's forehead photoshopped, or is that indicative of some imbalance say, from generations of you know with inbred clerics or something?

Skennah Kowa

by Crazy Horse on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 02:23:25 PM EST
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I think the that's just egogenic swelling.

"Ideas or the lack of them can cause disease." - Kurt Vonnegut

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 02:30:39 PM EST
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OK, folks, on the left is the late French TV presenter Jacques Martin with his wife Cecilia. They were married by the mayor of the swish town where they resided, Neuilly-sur-Seine. The mayor of Neuilly who married them is on the right with his wife.

Babies all round before the mayor took over the TV presenter's wife...

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 02:44:09 PM EST
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"swish town"?

Skennah Kowa

by Crazy Horse on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 02:57:25 PM EST
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swell, swanky.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:03:56 PM EST
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Re: Guess who is who... (4.00 / 3)

BTW, after the rumour that Carla is preggers comes a report today in a usually dependable regional paper, that Nicolas and Carla are already married.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:06:56 PM EST
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Yeap, de Gondi posted this important piece of news in the Salon today. :-)

http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2008/1/14/12022/1986#99

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:12:37 PM EST
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Methinks this is a morganatic marriage. Their offspring won't be in the line of succession to the throne! (;

You're clearly a dangerous pinko commie pragmatist.

by Vagulus on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 10:12:33 PM EST
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They didn't stay together that long though. Did he think he could just, like, borrow her?

"Ideas or the lack of them can cause disease." - Kurt Vonnegut

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Mon Jan 14th, 2008 at 03:08:31 PM EST
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