“Look at me, I’m short but I’m not the shortest!”

Short people ordered to stand behind President Nicolas Sarkozy during speech

Twenty short people were ordered to stand behind French President Nicolas Sarkozy to make him look taller while delivering a televised speech.

Reason being?
“Mr Sarkozy, who is notoriously sensitive about his height, did not want a repeat of the fiasco in June when he was caught using a footstool when delivering a speech alongside Gordon Brown and President Barack Obama on one of Normandy’s D-Day beaches. Both the 5ft 11ins British Prime Minister and 6ft 2 ins US leader towered above Mr Sarkozy when they used the same podium, humiliating him in front of a worldwide audience.”

Extracted from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6148922/Short-people-ordered-to-stand-behind-President-Nicolas-Sarkozy-during-speech.html

HILARIOUS.