for the love of the penguin

[Renaud (Ron) Olgiati]

On Thursday 14 December 2006 11:23, my mailbox was graced by a missive
 from Peter Whittaker <pwwnow at gmail.com> who wrote:

> > I don't know the exact circumstances about de Gaulle's joke(?), but
> > sometimes humour is the best way to make a point.   :-)

> Was it meant as a joke? We'll never really know, what with the next line
> (Vive le Canada francais) having been drowned out by the wildly
> enthusiastic cheers of the crowd.

> What do the two lines together mean? Your guess is as good as mine, but
> I'll bet he was playing the classic Janus politician, trying to please
> everyone and failing spectacularly.

I think he was trying to (and succeeded in) pissing the Americans off.
 
Cheers,
 
Ron.
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