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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Danica Patrick is upset at Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone and confused by his comments likening women to "domestic appliances." Patrick received a telephone call from Ecclestone last week during which he congratulated the Indy Racing League rookie for her performance at the Indianapolis 500, but also reiterated remarks he had made during an interview at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the U.S. Grand Prix was being held.
Among the comments Ecclestone made in the interview and to the Roscoe, Ill., native was that "Women should be all dressed in white like all other domestic appliances."
"I just didn't make sense of it," Patrick said during an IRL teleconference this week. "I was surprised, I guess, somebody would say that to me. And the days after, when it actually came out in the press, people were asking me 'What do you think of that?'
"I was like, 'You know what he told me? He said that on the phone.'
Patrick said some of Ecclestone's comments were positive and complimentary, which made the exchange more perplexing.
"I can't believe that he would say it to me over the phone, not to my face, but directly to me," she said. "I was a bit confused. ... So I don't really know what to think about it.
"I don't know if he was talking about someone else or the majority or what, I'm not really sure. Or, maybe that's his real feeling.
I dunno, Danica. The rich old fool is known for cryptic comments, but this one has everyone stumped. I'm wondering if there might be some U.K. expression or idiom that puts some context to the otherwise nonsensical words. Anyone ?
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posted 25 June 2005 09:44 AM
