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Finland's sexiest man is its prime minister, says French president
AFP/Yahoo ^ | Sun Sep 10, 12:58 PM ET

Posted on 09/10/2006 4:31:38 PM PDT by martin_fierro

Finland's sexiest man is its prime minister, says French president

Sun Sep 10, 12:58 PM ET

HELSINKI (AFP) - Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen is the sexiest man in Finland, French President Jacques Chirac said in off-the-cuff remarks recorded by television crews at a Europe-Asia summit in Helsinki.

"Let me introduce you to the sexiest man in Finland," Chirac joked to Spain's prime minister when he spotted the 51-year-old Vanhanen entering a meeting room. "You can believe it because it's in all the papers, it's in the press."

Spain's Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero smiled at the remark Sunday.

Last year Chirac caused much offence in Finland and in Britain when he was quoted by a French paper as saying that "after Finland, that is the country (Britain) where you eat the worst".

Last week the French magazine L'Express reported that Chirac had described the Finnish EU presidency's handling of the Lebanon crisis in July and August as "useless and incompetent".

The president's office denied this. Last year it also denied that Chirac had made the disparaging remark about Finnish and British cuisine.


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Humor; Test Topic, Ignore It; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: feelingkindafroggy; handcheck; imasexybeast; leghey; mattivanhanen; oohlala

Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (L) is the sexiest man in Finland, French President Jacques Chirac (R) said in off-the-cuff remarks recorded by television crews at a Europe-Asia summit in Helsinki.(AFP/Sven Nackstrand)

1 posted on 09/10/2006 4:31:39 PM PDT by martin_fierro
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To: martin_fierro
I don't even want to think where Chiracs other hand is.

L

2 posted on 09/10/2006 4:32:46 PM PDT by Lurker (islam is not a religion. It's the new face of Facism in our time and we ignore it at our peril.)
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To: Lurker
Looks like he has the hots for him.

Haven't seen him looking that happy and slightly guilty in a while ... .
3 posted on 09/10/2006 4:37:41 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: martin_fierro
"Finland" is a word I've never been inclined to couple with "sexy".
4 posted on 09/10/2006 4:44:27 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: Gay State Conservative

It's getting easier for me to couple the two.

L

5 posted on 09/10/2006 4:48:20 PM PDT by Lurker (islam is not a religion. It's the new face of Facism in our time and we ignore it at our peril.)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Finland's sexiest man is its prime minister, says French president

Well, he is quite Viiri-le.

6 posted on 09/10/2006 4:50:49 PM PDT by martin_fierro (Hanky-Panka)
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To: Gay State Conservative
A closeup of Matti:


7 posted on 09/10/2006 5:04:03 PM PDT by leilani
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To: martin_fierro
Pardon me, I have to go drop an anvil on my foot.
8 posted on 09/10/2006 5:10:35 PM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: leilani
A closeup of Matti:

Hey,he doesn't do much for me,but then I've always been "butter side up".

9 posted on 09/10/2006 5:14:10 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: Gay State Conservative

Butter side up? Hmmm. Never heard that & I have no idea what it means, but I suspect it would be quite unwise to ask for an explanation, lol!


10 posted on 09/10/2006 5:45:02 PM PDT by leilani
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To: leilani
He kind of looks like Mike DeWine
11 posted on 09/10/2006 5:46:04 PM PDT by CzarNicky (Gentlemen, Dethklok has summoned a troll.)
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To: leilani
Butter side up? Hmmm. Never heard that & I have no idea what it means, but I suspect it would be quite unwise to ask for an explanation, lol!

I think I shouldn't have used that phrase.It's a line from one of my favorite British comedies called Red Dwarf.It means that I,a guy,am turned on by women...not men.

12 posted on 09/10/2006 5:51:37 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: CzarNicky
You mean this guy?

Well, maybe if you squint there is an ever-so-slight resemblance. But let's face it, DeWine just doesn't possess that haughty Nordic charm, that delightfully insouciant je ne sais quoi required to arouse such an overwhelming frisson of passion in Jacques the way that Matti obviously did.:-)

13 posted on 09/10/2006 6:36:33 PM PDT by leilani (And you know what they say: Finnish boys last nice!)
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To: Gay State Conservative
I think I shouldn't have used that phrase.It's a line from one of my favorite British comedies called Red Dwarf.It means that I,a guy,am turned on by women...not men.

That's not what your FR name says lol.

14 posted on 09/10/2006 6:38:52 PM PDT by darkangel82 (Higher visibility leads to greater zottability.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
I suspected as much.;-) But you never know. I'm sure Jacques used to think he knew which side he liked his pain au beurre all these years & look what happened to him!
15 posted on 09/10/2006 6:41:10 PM PDT by leilani
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To: darkangel82
That's not what your FR name says lol.

My profile gives a brief explanation of my FR screen name.

16 posted on 09/10/2006 7:00:20 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: Gay State Conservative

I know, I've read it, I just felt like giving you a hard time over it lol.


17 posted on 09/10/2006 7:08:29 PM PDT by darkangel82 (Higher visibility leads to greater zottability.)
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To: darkangel82
I know, I've read it, I just felt like giving you a hard time over it lol.

OK,fair enough!

18 posted on 09/10/2006 7:11:14 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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