On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 08:54:13PM -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote:
> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The cafeteria menus in the three House office buildings
> changed the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries," in a culinary rebuke
> of France stemming from anger over the country's refusal to support the
> U.S. position on Iraq. 
> 
> Ditto for "french toast," which will be known as "freedom toast." 

::sigh::

So, my two thoughts:

1. Yeah, the French will be really insulted by our removing their
name from a Belgian dish. Oh yeah. They're quakin'.

2. We're trying to out-petty the French? The French are the pettiest
fuckers you ever will meet![1] They still want the national dateline
moved to Paris! They have a government bureaucracy devoted to keeping
foreign words out of common usage in Proper French! C'mon...

[1] Nothing personal against French subscribers. I'm sure at least
30% of you are mostly reasonable people. More than that and you're
beating out the US subscribers.

-- 
gabriel rosenkoetter
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