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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Sarkozy: “Get Lost Dumbass”

By Rob on February 24, 2008 at 07:12 pm
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Awesome…

PARIS (Reuters) - A video of French President Nicolas Sarkozy telling a bystander to “get lost” has become a hit on the Internet.

Sarkozy was filmed by a journalist from the daily Le Parisien on a walkabout at the annual farm fair in Paris on Saturday.

Sarkozy offered his hand to a man who said: “Don’t touch me, you are soiling me.” In reply, Sarkozy said, without dropping his smile: “Get lost, dumb ass.”

Apparently, not even Sarkozy likes snotty French people.

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Avatar for DianneM

I can’t tell what he says on the video, whether it’s “Caches toi” (go hide yourself) or “Casses toi” (go break yourself)
The caption on the video says, “casse toi,” which is certainly more vulgar than just telling someone to hide themselves…
Much as I like the idea of a more macho French president, uttering vulgarities is a bit more, um, de rigeur for the French. So this episode doesn’t necessarily mean that he cool like Cheney.

DianneM on February 24, 2008 at 10:24 pm
2Hotel9

I’ll link this to Froggy, he may have missed it.

Una Salus Victus Nullam Sperare Salutem

2Hotel9 on February 25, 2008 at 09:47 am
Avatar for frenchie

casse-toi means “get the hell out of here”. i think the most suitable translation is “beat it”.

frenchie on February 25, 2008 at 12:02 pm
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