Canadian pranksters fool French president elect

Nicolas Sarkozy, president-elect of France, was duped by Quebec humorists pretending to be Canada's conservative prime minister in a telephone call, but he hung up after being invited to a "dinner of fools," the jesters said Tuesday.

The "Masked Defenders," who caught French President Jacques Chirac in a similar gag in January 2006, said they called the rightist Sarkozy on Sunday night after his election win over socialist candidate Segolene Royal.

Royal was herself the victim of a similar prank prior to the campaign.

In their taped conversation, obtained by AFP, one of the callers pretended to be Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and asked Sarkozy, "How's it going?"

"I'm well and everything seems to have gone pretty well (with the vote)," Sarkozy replies.

"You're very kind," he adds when congratulated for the win. "You know that I'm a big fan of Canada and our bilateral relations are excellent."

The prankster apologizes for his poor French skills, which he claims to have picked up at a Montreal language school.

They invite Sarkozy to visit Canada to eat poutine, a popular Quebec dish of fries, cheese curds and gravy. The president elect accepts.

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