Apologies in advance to any French readers

I read this on the EDP blog and I just had to post it here. I might take the piss out of the French but I do quite like them really. I thought this was so funny ...

Prime Minister Chirac has officially raised the French terror alert from "Run" to "Hide". There are only two higher alert levels in France, which are "Surrender" and "Collaborate". The rise was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed France's white flag factory - effectively crippling their military.

This is up there with The Onion's "Arc de Capitulation" story.