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Rox
03-11-2003, 12:57 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/...ries/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/index.html)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The cafeteria menus in the three House office buildings will change the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries," a culinary rebuke of France, stemming from anger over the country's refusal to support the U.S. position on Iraq.

Utterly ridiculous.
Almighty Colin
03-11-2003, 01:11 PM
NM. It wasn't funny ;-)



Last edited by Colin at Mar 11 2003, 01:20 PM
sarah_webinc
03-11-2003, 01:11 PM
freedom kissing?
Almighty Colin
03-11-2003, 01:12 PM
Originally posted by sarah_webinc@Mar 11 2003, 01:19 PM
freedom kissing?
That was fast ... but it's been withdrawn!
Trev
03-11-2003, 02:14 PM
What next.... :blink:
Torone
03-12-2003, 08:17 AM
I think I posted somewhere about the movement to boycott France...
I actually meant not buying French products. BTW, 'French Fries' didn't originate there.
Almighty Colin
03-12-2003, 08:28 AM
"Freedom Fries"? I think the whole anti-French thing is just kinda silly and won't last long. There is precedent though. Many of you might remember being told this story as a kid. During World War I, Americans took to calling sauerkraut "liberty cabbage".

There was more. Many cities stopped teaching the German language, changed German street names, and a host of other *ahem* nutty things.

I bet Congress will change the signs back pretty quickly.
Trev
03-12-2003, 09:43 AM
Originally posted by Torone@Mar 12 2003, 05:25 AM
BTW, 'French Fries' didn't originate there.
If memory serves they come from Belgium, but 'Belgian Fries' doesn't quite have the same ring does it.... :D
Almighty Colin
03-12-2003, 10:18 AM
Originally posted by Trev+Mar 12 2003, 09:51 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Trev @ Mar 12 2003, 09:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Torone@Mar 12 2003, 05:25 AM
BTW, 'French Fries' didn't originate there.
If memory serves they come from Belgium, but 'Belgian Fries' doesn't quite have the same ring does it.... :D[/b][/quote]
That's what waffles are for. The french have toast.

Rename to "French Waffles"?
Evil Chris
03-12-2003, 11:41 AM
Canada wasn't immune to these things either...

Prior to Germany's attack on Poland, Kitchener, Ontario's name was Berlin.

They never changed it back.
Almighty Colin
03-12-2003, 11:55 AM
Originally posted by Evil Chris@Mar 12 2003, 11:49 AM
Canada wasn't immune to these things either...

Prior to Germany's attack on Poland, Kitchener, Ontario's name was Berlin.

They never changed it back.
Interesting!
Almighty Colin
03-12-2003, 11:57 AM
I feel left out. Is this how it's done?

French Military Victories (http://www.pleasurelabs.com/french.txt)
Trev
03-12-2003, 11:58 AM
Interesting!

hahahaha I was just going to say that...


I guess it's true, you do learn something new every day. But howcome it was named Berlin? I didn't realise the Germans had any history in Canada...
Evil Chris
03-12-2003, 04:05 PM
Originally posted by Trev@Mar 12 2003, 01:06 PM
Interesting!

hahahaha I was just going to say that...


I guess it's true, you do learn something new every day. But howcome it was named Berlin? I didn't realise the Germans had any history in Canada...
Trev,
The Kitchener area in south-western Ontario is one of the biggest German areas outside of Germany. It also throws the biggest Oktoberfest outside of Germany every year too. :stout:

Just a half hour down the road, you would find London, Ontario which is the biggest city in the area. It's complete with a Thames river running through it.
photogregg
03-12-2003, 04:10 PM
How many French soldiers does it take to save Paris?

Answer: No one knows...it's never been done.