D Friday, November 27, 2009 METRO Prank pair crash Obamas White House party nightIN A flowing sari-esque red dress and a smart tux, Michaele and Tareq Salahi didnt look out of place at Barack Obamas White House state dinner. The couple mingled easily with the likes of vice-president Joe Biden, Washington mayor Adrian Fenty and CBS News presenter Katie Couric. They even took pictures of themselves with Indra Nooyi, the boss of Pepsi, and Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff. The only problem was the pair were not actually on the 300- strong guest list for the dinner in honour of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh. In fact, the couple are wannabe reality TV stars, who boasted about their party crashing antics on Facebook, including posting pictures of themselves with the great and the good of Washington. They never actually made it to the sit-down dinner but the US Secret Service is now looking into its procedures to see how the couple were able to go unnoticed. However, the agency insisted president Obama was never in any physical danger because the couple from Virginia would have gone through all the screenings. The Salahis are well known in the Virginia polo-playing set and are being considered for the reality show, Real Housewives of DC. In an interview with US channel CBS in September, Mrs Salahi said: President Obama has made it very accessible for anyone to visit the White House, so thats like a big thing right now. Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said: I want to stress these individuals went through magnetometers and several other levels of screenings just as all of the guests attending the dinner did. We dont rely on just magnetometers or the level of screenings we have our agents with our protectees at all times. Dressed to impress: Michaele and Tareq Salahi at the White House Say cheese: The Salahis pose with vice presi- dent Joe Biden top, while Mrs Salahi is later flanked by three Marines during arrivals at the White House state dinner Pictures: AP Joker says pg mo thin to the new neighboursBy ALEISHA SCOTTNEIGHBOURS of a planned hous- ing development reacted angrily to developers who said they would call the estate Pogue Muhone Court af- ter objections to the proposals. Plans to demolish an Edwardian home in Old Bath Road, Chelten- ham, Gloucestershire, England, and replace it with six new townhouses was agreed by Cheltenham Borough Council this week. Kevin and Susan OGorman joked they might give the new develop- ment the name Pogue Muhone Court, claiming the name refers to their family village in County Tip- perary, Ireland. Irish band The Pogues were founded in 1982 as Pogue Mahone, being the anglicisation of the Irish pg mo thin, meaning kiss my a**e. Caroline Donnelly, 48, who has lived next door to the OGorman family for 13 years, told the Gloucestershire Echo: We found out what it meant when my husband and I were on the internet trying to find this village. We were shocked. Weve man- aged to conduct our campaign in an adult way. But this is just complete- ly rude. But Mr OGorman, a solicitor, yesterday said he suggested the phrase in jest in reaction to objec- tions to the development, but neigh- bours took it seriously. Work on the development has not yet begun and Mr OGorman said there are no plans to put up a sign bearing the name. He said: I was asked to make a comment by the local newspaper af- ter the application was approved and I said we think we might call it Pogue Muhone Court after my fam- ily village in Ireland, which anyone will know is nonsense, and anyone who knows the Pogues will know it. My mother used to say it in our house all the time. It usually means dont take yourself too seriously. Cheltenham Borough Council re- ceived around 40 complaints about the proposals and three previous planning applications were reject- ed. Two of these were also dismissed at appeal. The council said they have not re- ceived an official application to name the development Pogue Muhone Court. A spokesman said, while the de- velopers can choose to name the building as they wish, it would not be officially recognised as such be- cause it is not registered. Helen Thomas, from the councils built environment team, said: There hasnt been a request for a name change. Theres nothing to prevent people from erecting a sign on their property calling it whatever they wish. I said we might call it Pogue Muhone Court after my family village in Ireland index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html28.html29.html30.html31.html32.html33.html34.html35.html