Being a head of state while you’re only 5’5″ must be tough, even when your wife is 5’10″:
People joke about your stoop:
And use your height in car ads:
German ad pokes fun at Sarkozy’s height:
Car rental company Sixt makes fun of Nicolas Sarkozy in a poster advertising campaign. Will the French president see the funny side?
There could be trouble ahead for the car rental company Sixt following its latest advertising campaign.
A German poster for the company carries a picture of the French hatchback the Citroën C3 with the slogan encouraging customers to “Do the same as Madame Bruni, choose a small French model” ((“Machen Sie es wie Madame Bruni. Nehmen Sie sich einen kleinen Franzosen”).
Here’s the ad:
Obviously they didn’t realize what it means when a short man is with a tall woman…