French politician confuses inflation with fellatio

[Bragi]

Rachida Dati, a glamourous French politician often nicknamed “Rachida Barbie” for her seeming lack of understanding of important political issues, confused the word inflation for fellatio on a live radio interview in Europe over the weekend.

Ms. Dati, 44, made the embarrassing faux pas when she was being asked about overseas investment funds, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reports:

Asked about overseas investment funds profiteering during a period of economic uncertainty, she said: “I see some of them looking for returns of 20% or 25%, at a time when fellatio is almost non-existent.”


Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/09/27/french-politician-confuses-inflation-with-fellatio/#ixzz10q5CFUNY

[marmar]

1. Well, in both, something goes up.

:P

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Inflatio?

I love that guy!

[Dappleganger]

3. ...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Mass]

4. She is a woman and she spoke in French, where the two words rhyme.

[Mass]

5. LOL. Poor Rachida.

And thanks to the Telegraph to remind us how sexist they are (for the Barbie comment).

[sonomak]

6. Close enough for government work

Same idea. LOL

[avaistheone1]

7. Is this woman related to Christine O'Donnell?

lol

[seabeyond]

8. see what happens when you give barbie a voice.

:sarcasm:

[xchrom]

9. i like the way she thinks! nt

[qb]

10. More a slip of the tongue than confusion. The two words are very nearly homonyms in French.

la fellation
l'inflation