Thuram and Sarkozy: The Meeting

May 11th, 2007 | by: Laurie | View Comments

Take a look at the photo. Do Thuram and new French President Nicolas Sarkozy look like the newest, bestest buds or what?

I think this picture provides a visual definitions of the phrase “shooting daggers.” I wonder who blinked first.

So how did the election go? Let’s see. Thuram called Sarkozy a racist. Sarkozy called Thuram a liar. Then Sarkozy gets elected and suddenly they’re thrown together in a celebration of the end of slavery. (Is this really something Sarkozy is celebrating?) It could be an interesting few years for our Lilian.

Oh, by the way, I thought this pseudo campaign ad (based on a real one) was very funny. Loose translation: “Together, without the poor, foreigners, welfare clients, the Left, the Extreme Left, the Communists, the CDI, Gays, temporary workers, people with AIDS, the handicapped, the minister of culture and education, the journalists, the Independents,The Noahs (refers to Yannick Noah), Les Thuram (refers to our guy Lilian) and the guy who is having an affair with my wife, everything becomes possible”.

(Personal note: I am out of town till Monday night and will be posting sporadically till then. I’ll be back just in time to start thinking about those June Euro qualifiers. Who do you think will be called up?)