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French President's Camel Eaten in Mali

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French President Francois Hollande’s Camel Eaten in Mali

French President François Hollande can’t buy a break. His nation’s economy has stalled, unemployment is rising, his government has been rocked by scandal and his approval ratings have slipped below 30%. Now, somebody has gone and eaten Hollande’s pet camel.

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The man is having a seriously bad month.

Hollande was given the animal in February as a gift from the leaders of Mali, after French troopes repelled an al Qaeda-linked jihadist insurgency in the former French colony’s north. But after the unruly young camel greeted its new master with unrelenting, ear-piercing howls during Hollande’s visit to Timbuktu, it was decided the creature would probably prove a bit problematic as an Elysée companion (or mode of Parisian transport). Consequentially, the presidential dromedary was left in the care of a local farm family tasked with insuring its good health and happiness.

But something presumably was lost in the translation: this week France’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian reported that the animal was instead slaughtered for a camel tagine, according to the Telegraph.

Tragic as that was on its own, news of Timbuktu Joe’s demise also added to the growing pile of Hollande’s woes. France’s troubles within the euros zone’s enduring debt crisis have grown worse as the economy has slowed to a stop, pushing joblessness up over 10%. That has sent the president’s already sinking approval rating to 27%–a level that could sink further in the wake of his former Budget Minister’s confession he’d repeatedly lied to the public, media, parliament and his president in denying he’d stashed money away in tax-free offshore bank accounts. True, no one is likely to blame Hollande for his camel’s culinary fate, but the improbable development does add to growing public sentiment that the President is caught in one of those dreaded periods where absolutely nothing will go right for him no matter what he does. (Adding insult to injury, New York magazine added the camel’s yowls to the already animal-infested Taylor Swift song “Trouble”.)

But there is some good(ish) news. Officials in Mali have pledged to provide Hollande a replacement camel—and one report quotes Malian authorities describing as “a bigger, better-looking camel” than its digested predecessor. Given the recent misunderstandings, moreover, Hollande’s new pet will be sent to Paris to be fed, groomed, cared for, adored, and otherwise not used as a main course.

Animal lovers will understandably be relieved by that decision. However, given how things are going these days for Hollande, he’ll still be the person blamed if the new arrival eats all the flower buds in the Elysée garden.
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Who says that MSM news always has to be depressing? :lamo
 
Sorry for laughing at the digestion of an Animal, but your post is Humorous' thanks :)
 
Ooooo. A savory camel tagine. Wonder what vegetables they cooked with it?
 
I wonder if that Camel was smoked first. LOL.
 
Probably failed to walk a mile.
 
humbolt said:
Ooooo. A savory camel tagine. Wonder what vegetables they cooked with it?
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Good afternoon, humbolt. :2wave:

None, because vegetables are grown by "redneck farmers," and you know you just can't trust anyone who works that hard, while clinging to their religion and their guns! :shock: I mean, c'mon.....
 
I think I have ate about every kind of meat I have had the opportunity. Never had camel. Have any of you guys?
 
polgara said:
Good afternoon, humbolt. :2wave:

None, because vegetables are grown by "redneck farmers," and you know you just can't trust anyone who works that hard, while clinging to their religion and their guns! :shock: I mean, c'mon.....
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The people who grow your vegetables have brown skin on their necks, not red.
 
Deuce said:
The people who grow your vegetables have brown skin on their necks, not red.
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Good evening, Deuce. :2wave:

I don't understand your post. Do you mean if they are grown outside of the US? That may be true. If you are talking inside the US, those could be migrant workers picking or weeding the vegetables, but not the growers or owners of the land, except in rare cases.
 
polgara said:
Good evening, Deuce. :2wave:

I don't understand your post. Do you mean if they are grown outside of the US? That may be true. If you are talking inside the US, those could be migrant workers picking or weeding the vegetables, but not the growers or owners of the land, except in rare cases.
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Really? The guy whose name is on a piece of paper grows the food, not the people in the field, eh?
 
Deuce said:
Really? The guy whose name is on a piece of paper grows the food, not the people in the field, eh?
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When was the last time you bought veggies, etc from the store, and they listed the field worker's name? It's always the owner or Company who's listed. I don't make the rules... I grow my own garden in self defense...:mrgreen:
 
polgara said:
When was the last time you bought veggies, etc from the store, and they listed the field worker's name? It's always the owner or Company who's listed. I don't make the rules... I grow my own garden in self defense...:mrgreen:
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Everyone loves that smooth, fresh taste of a camel.

Try one today.
 
What is the best part of a camel to eat?
Some might say that a hump burger would hit the spot... but if they were all men they probably really only wanted to eat the toes.
Personally I'd walk a mile for a camel.
Jus'sayin'
 
Anybody have a good camel recipe?

I've eaten quite of few 'exotic' meats in my time, I don't think I've tried camel yet.
 
GottaGo said:
Anybody have a good camel recipe?

I've eaten quite of few 'exotic' meats in my time, I don't think I've tried camel yet.
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Ate camel at a wedding..tasted like strong mutton.. I have a friend who has eaten dog..he said it was vile!!!
 
I wonder why Hollande had the hump
 
wolfie said:
Ate camel at a wedding..tasted like strong mutton.. I have a friend who has eaten dog..he said it was vile!!!
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I've had caribou, moose, possum (ick, won't do that again), rattlesnake, ostrich, squirrel, bear, kangaroo, and a whole bunch of others, some I'd really rather forget. Haven't had, nor likely to try dog or cat.
 
I hope it was served with a nice wild mushrooms and armagnac sauce with a nice glass of red wine, as being French that is what he would have wanted. :)

If it had been us British we would have served it with chips and tomato ketchup :lol:
 
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