Coming back from another recent EU summit in Rome, various European leaders were forced to take the train due to a strike by Swiss ATC controllers.

Sitting together in the same compartment, travelling through the Swiss Alps, were Sarkozy, Cameron, Merkel and the young and very attractive female Irish foreign minister.

The train goes into a dark tunnel and a few seconds later there is the sound of a kiss followed by a loud slap.

When the train emerges from the tunnel, Sarkozy has a bright and red hand-print on his cheek.

No one speaks.  Everyone is extremely shocked and embarrassed.

Angela Merkel thinks: 'Sarkozy, not able to help himself, must have kissed the Irish girl in the dark and she slapped his cheek.'

The Irish girl thinks: 'Sarkozy, not able to help himself, must have tried to kiss me in the dark, but missed and kissed Merkel and she slapped his cheek.'

Sarkozy thinks: 'Why me ? That perfidious Cameron must have groped the Irish girl in the dark knowing that I'd get the blame for it and she slapped me. The English bastard!'

Cameron thinks: 'I can't wait for another tunnel, just so I can kiss the back of my hand again and smack that little French sod another time!'