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I'm sorry, but this is completely assinine.
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I'm sorry, but this is completely assinine.
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» Freedom Fries from Karma to Burn
Well, now I've seen everything. Apparently some cafeterias in Washington have changed the name of "French Fries" and "French Toast" replacing "French" with "Freedom". CNN has the story. Link via Michele (With One "L") of A Small Victory.... [Read More]
» Freedom fries from WIWIWIS
CNN.com - House cafeterias change names for 'french fries' and 'french toast' - Mar. 12, 2003 Set aside the fact that I never really understood what is so French about french fries in the first place (much like I never... [Read More]
» On Freedom Fries and French Dips from Cato the Youngest
There's been a lot of huffing and puffing and snickering about the House Cafeteria's renaming of French toast and French fries to "freedom" toast and fries. [Read More]
» On Freedom Fries and French Dips from Cato the Youngest
There's been a lot of huffing and puffing and snickering about the House Cafeteria's renaming of French toast and French fries to "freedom" toast and fries. [Read More]
» On Freedom Fries and French Dips from Cato the Youngest
There's been a lot of huffing and puffing and snickering about the House Cafeteria's renaming of French toast and French fries to "freedom" toast and fries. [Read More]
» Freedom fries from WIWIWIS
CNN.com - House cafeterias change names for 'french fries' and 'french toast' - Mar. 12, 2003 Set aside the fact that I never really understood what is so French about french fries in the first place (much like I never... [Read More]
Comments
Oui.
Posted by: dave | March 11, 2003 07:53 PM
It is getting a little silly. Just call them chips like the Brits do if you want to change the name.
Posted by: Bill McCabe | March 11, 2003 08:10 PM
It's ironic really, From my understanding, when the fight for freedom for America was on, the French fought WITH the Americans to get rid of the British. How the tables have turned.
Posted by: Jessica Parker | March 11, 2003 08:31 PM
I'm glad they found time in their obviously busy schedules to hold a press conference to announce that.
Posted by: Joe | March 11, 2003 09:35 PM
Oi. I saw that earlier.
I've been wondering if we're going to start doing the same thing with all things Russian.
Freedom roulette has a nifty ring.
Posted by: Pfish | March 11, 2003 09:52 PM
I have a better idea. Let's nuke Paris, annex France and change the name of everything there to reflect their new masters.
Nothing would piss them off more than to have to eat American bread with their Brie and wine.
Posted by: beaker | March 11, 2003 10:17 PM
Why don't they call them what English speaking countries call then - chips?
Posted by: Ken | March 11, 2003 11:16 PM
Beaker, forget that. Feed them Velveeta. And Cheez Whiz. BWAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by: Ken Summers | March 11, 2003 11:17 PM
Wait, an extra l in Michele is wrong, but it's okay to put the extra s in asinine? Never mind; I DO want to freedom kiss you. And have some freedom onion soup. And a salad with freedom dressing.
Posted by: Greg | March 11, 2003 11:56 PM
It's a little silly, but the French are very silly, and I believe in fighting silliness with silliness. It's certainly no sillier than renaming sauerkraut, "liberty cabbage", as was done during WWI. And I'd be willing to "freedom kiss" you, Michele (one "l"). ;-)
The problem with calling them "chips", is that in the US, people would think you were talking about Ruffles™, Pringles™, etc.
Riyadh delenda est!
Posted by: Cato the Youngest | March 12, 2003 12:53 AM
beaker (are you the muppet? mi mi mi):
You're cruel. American bread!
Of course I'll Freedom you ;)
Posted by: Joshua Scholar | March 12, 2003 02:22 AM
I can't believe I'm the first to point out that French fries are from Belgium.
And French toast sure as hell isn't French, in ten years of living there I never once saw a Frenchie make it or even understand what I was talking about. They would have called it a bread omlette.
Posted by: D | March 12, 2003 04:54 AM
actually french toast DOES exist... but I think only kids eat it, and it is done with day old leftover baguettes. but in french it's called "pain perdu"... lost bread.
Posted by: kismet | March 12, 2003 06:50 AM
last week in tulsa, our mayor and his kids were on the front page of the newspaper eating 'freedom fries' at a local burgertorium. i was so po'ed that i called his office to tell them that i thought that this was the most facile, insipid thing that i had ever seen. and when i asked if he was going to stop driving his german car they didn't have anything to say. good grief!
Posted by: undertoad | March 12, 2003 09:52 AM
WTF do they expect this pissing contest to achieve? Bah. 'Scuse me while I go play with my "freedom tickler" tonight. :)
Posted by: dawn | March 13, 2003 07:48 PM
Bob Ney and his idiot cronies are the reason why this country is headed for the shitter... oops, pardon my freedon.
Posted by: Payo | April 23, 2003 01:58 PM