{"id":14702,"date":"2012-05-05T20:21:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T18:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=14702"},"modified":"2021-08-05T22:37:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:37:24","slug":"french-tribute-song-to-sarkozys-memorable-slur-casse-toi-pauvcon-get-lost-you-jerk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-tribute-song-to-sarkozys-memorable-slur-casse-toi-pauvcon-get-lost-you-jerk\/","title":{"rendered":"French Tribute Song to Sarkozy&#8217;s Memorable &#8220;Casse-toi, Pauv&#8217;Con&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">French singer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaslibres.com\/tribune\/post\/2008\/03\/21\/503-casse-toi-pauv-con-bingo-pour-tum-sally\">Tum Sally<\/a><\/strong> insisted upon paying a vibrant tribute to <strong>Nicolas Sarkozy<\/strong> by immortalizing his now (in-)famous slur aimed at an old farmer who had the impudence of refusing to shake his hand: &#8220;<em><strong>Casse-toi, Pauv&#8217;Con<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; <strong>(&#8220;Get Lost, You Jerk&#8221;)<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sarkozy : casse toi pauvre con LE CLIP !!!\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x4m6jp&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tum Sally&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Casse-toi, Pov&#8217;Con<\/em>&#8221;<br \/>\n(&#8220;Get Lost, You Jerk&#8221;)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A bit of a strange name, &#8220;<strong>Tum Sally<\/strong>&#8220;, no?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It won&#8217;t sound too strange anymore when you realize that it&#8217;s actually a clever <strong><em>jeu de mot <\/em><\/strong>(pun) doubled with an &#8220;<strong>inside joke<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The pun is <em>&#8220;<strong>Tum Sally<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; = &#8220;<strong><em>Tu me salis<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (&#8220;<strong>You sully me<\/strong>&#8220;, i.e. &#8220;<strong>you make me dirty<\/strong>&#8220;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As for the &#8220;<strong>inside joke<\/strong>&#8220;, check the video below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tum Sally is not alone in his <em>hommage <\/em>rendered\u00a0to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/a-sarkozy-turned-borat-says-give-me-your-tears-le-gypsy\/\">Sarko<\/a>&#8220;: There is now almost an entire franchise in France branded &#8220;<em>Casse-toi, Pov&#8217;Con<\/em>&#8220;, as with &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trictrac.net\/index.php3?id=jeux&amp;rub=detail&amp;inf=detail&amp;jeu=15071\"><em>Casse-toi, Pov&#8217;Con<\/em>&#8212;<em>Le Jeu<\/em><\/a>&#8221; (&#8220;Get Lost, You Jerk&#8212;The Game&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=axDyUNWyuw8\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=axDyUNWyuw8<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Genesis of the moment that infamously went down in the history of the French <em>Cinqui\u00e8me R\u00e9publique<\/em> (Fifth Republic)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>To be fair to &#8220;Sarko&#8221;, his <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/hollande-vs-sarkozy-comics-economics-and-freakonomics-part-ii\/\">thuggish<\/a> slur came as a reaction to an old farmer who not only refused to shake his hand, but also said: &#8220;<em>Touche-moi pas, tu me salis<\/em>&#8221; \u00a0(&#8220;Don&#8217;t you touch me, you make me dirty&#8221;)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.google.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRmjD7ae_UuxMU-w5VlSM4AXw0sE5jFeNE0685r0noZ35n9s13R\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Si t&#8217;\u00e9gorges des moutons dans ta baignoire, casse-toi pauvre con<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>If you slaughter sheep in your bath tub, get lost, you jerk<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Si t&#8217;es sans papiers et noir, casse-toi pauvre con<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>If you&#8217;re an illegal alien and black, get lost, you jerk<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Si t&#8217;es pas un bon chr\u00e9tien, casse-toi pauvre con<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>If you ain&#8217;t a good Christian, get lost, you jerk<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Si t&#8217;aimes pas les <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/344\/\">am\u00e9ricains<\/a>, casse-toi pauvre con<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>If you don&#8217;t like Americans, get lost, you jerk<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>T&#8217;es pas d&#8217;la France qui se l\u00e8ve t\u00f4t? Casse-toi pauvre con<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>If you ain&#8217;t from the France of those who wake up early? Get lost, you jerk<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>J&#8217;ai sign\u00e9 l\u00e2che moi ton stylo ou bien&#8230; Casse-toi pauvre con<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>I signed, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Buy6EXsnOdY\">gimme your pen<\/a><\/strong> or else&#8230; Get lost, you jerk<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Ton pr\u00e9nom s&#8217;finit pas en &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/top-10-must-know-french-slang-a-as-in\/\">a<\/a>&#8220;? Casse-toi pauvre conne<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Your first name doesn&#8217;t end with an &#8220;a&#8221;? Get lost, you jerk (i.e. like &#8220;C\u00e9cilia&#8221;, &#8220;Carla&#8221;, &#8220;Rachida&#8221;, etc.)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Si tu m&#8217;as dit &#8220;touche moi pas&#8221;, casse-toi pauvre con<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>If you said &#8220;don&#8217;t you touch me&#8221;, get lost, you jerk<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Casse-toi pauvre con, tu veux m\u00eame pas m&#8217;serrer la main, alors que j&#8217;m\u00e9rite une ovation<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Get lost, you jerk, if you want even shake ma hand, whereas I deserve me an ovation<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Casse-toi pauvre con, ben c&#8217;est vrai si j&#8217;te plais pas fais donc comme C\u00e9cilia et Martinon, casse-toi<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Get lost, you jerk, if you don&#8217;t like me, just do like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jolpress.com\/blogs\/cecilia-attias\"><strong>C\u00e9cilia<\/strong> <\/a>(ex-wife) and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/davidmartinon.blogspot.com\/\">Martinon<\/a><\/strong> (ex-spokesperson)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>T&#8217;as 10 ans, tu parraines pas d&#8217;mort?<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>You&#8217;re a ten year old and you ain&#8217;t godfathering a dead person?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Ta <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/oh-cest-ce-quelle-a-dit-oh-thats-what-she-said\/\">rolex<\/a> elle est pas en or?<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Your rolex ain&#8217;t of gold?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Si tu touches le RMI<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>If you benefit from the RMI (stands for <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmi-fr.com\/\">Revenu minimum d&#8217;insertion<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, a form of social welfare in France)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Si Gaddafi n&#8217;est pas ton ami<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>If <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/jacques-brel-vs-colonel-gaddafi-zangra-meets-zenga-zenga\/\">Gaddafi<\/a><\/strong> ain&#8217;t your friend<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Si t&#8217;as pas lib\u00e9r\u00e9 d&#8217;otage<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>If you haven&#8217;t freed any hostages<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Ton <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/oct\/09\/jean-sarkozy-nepotism-row\">fils<\/a> a pas l&#8217;nom d&#8217;un fromage<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Your son doesn&#8217;t have the name of a cheese<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Tu veux t&#8217;faire \u00e9lire \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/oh-cest-ce-quelle-a-dit-oh-thats-what-she-said\/\">Neuilly<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>You want to get elected at Neuilly (i.e. <strong>Neuilly-sur-Seine<\/strong> is the French &#8220;<strong>Beverly Hills<\/strong>&#8220;)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Mais t&#8217;es m\u00eame pas d&#8217;ma <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/jaime-ma-famille-i-love-my-familly\/\">famille<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>But you ain&#8217;t even a member of my family!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Casse-toi pauvre con, si tu veux m\u00eame pas m&#8217;serrer la main, alors que j&#8217;m\u00e9rite une ovation<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Get lost, you jerk, if you won&#8217;t even shake ma hand, whereas I deserve me an ovation<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Casse-toi pauvre con, ben c&#8217;est vrai si j&#8217;te plais pas fais donc comme C\u00e9cilia et Martinon, casse-toi<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Get lost, you jerk, well it&#8217;s true, if you don&#8217;t like me, just do like C\u00e9cilia and Martinon, get lost<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>T&#8217;es plus tente <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/salut-les-amis-have-you-ever-seen-a-french-papa-pingouin-daddy-penguin-who-sings\/\">igloo<\/a> palavas<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>You&#8217;re more into igloo tents at Palavas (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palavaslesflots.com\/\">Palavas-les-Flots<\/a><\/strong>, in the South of France)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Que jet priv\u00e9 aux Bahamas?<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Than a private jet to the Bahamas?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>T&#8217;as pas tes entr\u00e9es chez Maxim&#8217;s?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>You can&#8217;t get into\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxims-de-paris.com\/soiree\/soireeUS.html\">Maxim&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong>?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Quand tu marches \u00e7a fait pas <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/oh-cest-ce-quelle-a-dit-oh-thats-what-she-said\/\">bling bling<\/a>?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>When you walk, it doesn&#8217;t go bling bling?<\/div>\n<div><em><strong>T&#8217;es plus grand qu&#8217;moi sans talonettes?<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>You&#8217;re taller than me without high heels?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>T&#8217;es moins discret qu&#8217;Fran\u00e7ois Fillon?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>You&#8217;re more ostentatious than Fran\u00e7ois Fillon (current Prime Minister of France)?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>T&#8217;\u00e9tais prem&#8217;s aux informations?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>You made to the news headlines?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Casse-toi pauvre con: &#8220;la France tu l&#8217;aimes ou tu la quittes, hein?&#8221;, tu veux m\u00eame pas m&#8217;serrer la main, alors que j&#8217;m\u00e9rite une ovation<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Get lost, you jerk: &#8220;You either love France or you leave it, got it?&#8221;, you won&#8217;t even shake my handm whereas I deserve me an ovation<\/div>\n<div><em><strong><br \/>\nCasse toi pauvre con, (la France tu l&#8217;aimes ou tu la quittes, hein?&#8221; ben c&#8217;est vrai si j&#8217;te plais pas fais donc comme C\u00e9cilia et Martinon, casse-toi<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Get lost, you jerk: &#8220;You either love France or you leave it, got it?&#8221;, well it&#8217;s true, if you don&#8217;t like me then do like Cecilia and Martinon, get lost<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"340\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/05\/casse-toi-pov-con.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/05\/casse-toi-pov-con.jpg 340w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/05\/casse-toi-pov-con-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><p>French singer Tum Sally insisted upon paying a vibrant tribute to Nicolas Sarkozy by immortalizing his now (in-)famous slur aimed at an old farmer who had the impudence of refusing to shake his hand: &#8220;Casse-toi, Pauv&#8217;Con&#8221; (&#8220;Get Lost, You Jerk&#8221;)! Tum Sally&#8217;s &#8220;Casse-toi, Pov&#8217;Con&#8221; (&#8220;Get Lost, You Jerk&#8221;) A bit of a strange name, &#8220;Tum&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-tribute-song-to-sarkozys-memorable-slur-casse-toi-pauvcon-get-lost-you-jerk\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":23606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[108,13],"tags":[224284,224273,224272,224276,224275,24398,224278,224285,224279,224286,224277,66255,525,224282,224283,66257,224280,224271,224281,224274],"class_list":["post-14702","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-vocabulary","tag-bling-bling","tag-casse-toi-pauvcon","tag-casse-toi-povcon","tag-cecilia-sarkozy","tag-david-martinon","tag-gaddafi","tag-gest-lost-you-jerk","tag-jean-sarkozy","tag-la-cinquieme-republique","tag-la-france-tu-laimes-ou-tu-la-quittes","tag-maxims-paris","tag-neuilly-sur-seine","tag-nicolas-sarkozy","tag-revenu-minimum-dinsertion","tag-rmi","tag-rolex","tag-sarko","tag-thuggish-language","tag-touche-moi-pas-tu-me-salis","tag-tum-sally"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14702"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34032,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14702\/revisions\/34032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}