On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote: > 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.
Did you read the Subject? --> ORWELL <-- You know, 1984? Victory Gin? Sheesh... -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
