Still No Word on the Catherine Deneuve Bubble Bath

Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi, who's currently visiting France, has erected a heated, Bedouin-style tent in which to receive visitors due to his claustrophobia. And it's not just government officials he seeks to meet. On his way to France he said: “I want my tent to be erected near Elysee Palace. I want to meet 200 attractive French women there.”

I feel you, Muammar. I feel you—but on a much smaller scale, obviously. All I want is a Biff Sandwich on Isabelle Adjani-and-Sophie Marceau bread, and like you, I don't care whom I have to oppress to get it.

My threats, though, produced nothing. If I don't hear back from them soon, I'm going to start to believe that the French reputation for surrender in the face brute force is vastly overrated.