A stagiaire working at the European Commission has told the geekiest joke ever in the history of the EU institutions, it was confirmed this week.
The stagiaire, who wished to remain anonymous, quipped that he was going to order a batch of t-shirts for his colleagues bearing the slogan ‘I survived the Health Check 2008′ – EU sources told the BULLetin.
The joke followed a particularly hectic period at the Commission in the wake of the publication of draft proposals for a ‘health check’ on the Commonly Unpopular Policy (CUP) for EU farming. Staff were forced to work round the clock spinning rolls of red tape and dreaming up new jargon – cutting short their usual two-hour, four-beer subsidised lunches, and afternoon naps.
The stagiaire had attempted to cheer his exhausted colleagues with the joke, but sources said it ‘went down like a lead balloon’.
The BULLetin is now appealing for any readers who may have heard a geekier EU-related joke to come forward.
Tags: afternoon naps, Commonly Unpopular Policy, geek, Health Check, jargon, lead balloon, stagiaire, subsidised lunches
