Madeline Albright Mistaken for a Troll

["Anders Püschel" <ahp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is from BSNNOnline, who admittedly are "Striving to be accurate 25% of the
time", which is probably the accuarcy rate of the piece below. It's funny,
though.

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Madeline Albright Mistaken for a Troll

On the heals of an embarrassing incident where a group of Albanians
understandably mistook Madeline Albright for a hotel cleaning lady, the U.S.
Secretary of State has again been the victim of misidentification. While on a
diplomatic mission to Finland, Madam Albright frightened a group of school
children who mistook her for a troll.

Trolls have a long history in Scandinavian folklore, and a reputation for being
ugly, nasty and dangerous. In Finland, children are warned to behave themselves
lest the trolls come and take them away. BSNN does not know if the children in
question had misbehaved or not, but they certainly do not like trolls, and they
certainly were afraid of Ms. Albright.

According to reports, Albright was taking a walk through one of  Helsinki's
beautiful parks when she tripped, dropping her attaché case. Her attaché case
came to rest under a small stone bridge. Ms. Albright, being a resourceful
woman, made her way under the bridge to retrieve the case.

While Albright was under the bridge the children came along and lingered for a
few moments, unaware of what lurked beneath them. As she was walking up from
under the bridge, Ms. Albright again tripped, kept herself from falling, and
began hurling the most un-diplomatic, foul language imaginable.

Upon seeing such a sight, the children became frightened, screamed and ran to
the nearest police station, where they filed a report. Albright was briefly
detained before her identity was verified by the U.S. embassy.

Little Johannes Lindqvist, of Helsinki, told BSNN, "I was so frightened. Just
earlier that day my mother warned me to be good at school or a troll might take
me away. But I wasn't good that day. Then on my way home that terrible,
horrible, awful,
deplorable, little troll came screaming at us. I feared I would never see my
family again!"

All charges against Madam Albright have been dropped. The State Department
refuses to comment on the incident.

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