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July 31, 2007

Madame de Gaulle

An anecdote told of Charles de Gaulle's wife:

Lunching with English friends at the time of her husband's retirement, Madame de Gaulle was asked what she was looking forward to in the years ahead.

"A penis," she replied without hesitation.

The embarrassed silence that followed was broken by the former president. "My dear," he murmured, "I think the English don't pronounce the word quite like that. It's 'appiness.'

From The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes.

Posted by joke du jour at July 31, 2007 08:00 PM

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