This Bee Has A Sting, A Grenade Launcher And A Gold UFO
October 8, 2009 No Comments
Mick // As secretary of state, Madeleine Albright used to match her brooches to the topic of the day.
She had over 300 when she left office, most from flea markets.
During her talk with Yasser Arafat, she was preparing to send him a sting, so she wore a bee.”I wore wasps on touch days when I wanted to do a little stinging and deliver a tough message,” she said.
According to the Guardian, this trend started in Iraq.
The fad kicked off after the Gulf war in 1994 when the Iraqi press referred to her as an “unparalleled serpent” and she decided to wear a coiled snake to her next meeting with Saddam Hussein. By the time she left office she had a collection of more than 300 brooches – most of them picked up for next to nothing at flea markets – including a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and a gold UFO with three aliens…
She is a woman who deserves great respect, but I can’t help thinking: This is the cutest thing ever!
It reminds me of my grandma who was also a tough cookie, while also managing to be ridiculously adorable.
