Freedom fries & Freedom toast

Byrnzie

What are peoples opinions on this? I'd like to hear what some pro-war Republicans on here think of these things. I went to a bar in Florida a couple of years ago and they had 'freedom fries' on the menu. I proceeded to rip the piss out of the owner. He he he!

Discuss!

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/send_wolfowitz_.html
Jones, a one-time Democrat who switched his party affiliation for the Republicans' 1994 takeover of Congress, is best known as the one-time staunch Iraq war supporter who called for the House of Representatives' cafeteria to rename its French fries "freedom fries" to protest France's unwillingness to join the operation.

The cafeteria assented, going so far as to rename their French toast "freedom toast."

MrBrian

I once requested freedom cheese. It did'nt go down too well. I think they knew I was joking.
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So is it "frenched" fries? as in thinly cut? or country of origin France?
nevertheless the whole "freedom" whatever was pretty funny.

I'm shocked that the french kiss was also not renamed.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

Overly patriotic chest thumping bordering on self-inflicted neurotic retardation...

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Byrnzie

MrBrian wrote:

I'm shocked that the french kiss was also not renamed.

Can you imagine?

Freedom kiss
Freedom wine - sounds pretty cool actually
Freedom snails
Freedom frogs legs

Byrnzie

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

Overly patriotic chest thumping bordering on self-inflicted neurotic retardation...

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Only 'bordering on' you say? I'm getting worried about you Roland!

Kann

That was a sad, sad idea.
I remember here, at that time, people had contempt for americans to choose to go to war which our media/government descibed as useless. After we heard about this a common idea flowed in the head of every head in my country (disregarding political preferences, origins, religions etc.) : that americans were really stupid fucks. There had not been such a general feeling since the 98 world cup.
Unfortunately what was at best a bad joke and at worst a lame idea gave the impression to even the most stupid people around here that they were more intelligent than americans. And that really sucked because never before had we ever seen such a loving for (stupid) generalisations.
Most people forgot that though, and with our incredible capacity to elect terrible presidents most of us have stopped this superiority complex. Though (to our shame) some of my countrymen can still be heard, drunk and drooling anything except intelligence, "damn those americans are stupid".
But yeah, what happened with the french kiss?

edit : that wasn't particularly clear. What I meant is that not only was it a really stupid idea it also helped promote distrust, contempt, anger and ignorant generalization on both sides. So basically something stupid.

dunkman

i long for the day when an obnoxious american asks me for a 'glasgow kiss'...

Heineken Helen

So in swapping 'French' for 'freedom', were the American administration saying they found the two to be synonymous?

RolandTD20Kdrummer

Byrnzie wrote:

Only 'bordering on' you say? I'm getting worried about you Roland!

It was a rather transparent attempt at being polite...

Why not just call them America fries or America toast? ... I mean that's what were really talking about in this situation.

You (France) wouldn't help us kill people in Iraq so now we (America) hate you.... nya nya...freedom! freedom!...

holy freaks and geeks batman...

Collin

Whether they're called French or freedom fries, it doesn't change the fact that fries suck in the States.

In France, too, by the way.

Byrnzie

Collin wrote:

Whether they're called French or freedom fries, it doesn't change the fact that fries suck in the States.

In France, too, by the way.

Your toast ain't bad though. :cool:

Collin

Byrnzie wrote:

Your toast ain't bad though. :cool:

I'm not from France. We have some good waffles where I live, apparently.

Hitch-Hiker

We have great fries in Ireland, but we call them by their real name - Chips.

dunkman

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

We have great fries in Ireland, but we call them by their real name - Chips.

you tell them hitchy!!!


americans cant call them Chips as then they'll get confused thinking we're talking about deep-fried Poncharelli or whatever he was called!

small town beck

Heineken Helen wrote:

So in swapping 'French' for 'freedom', were the American administration saying they found the two to be synonymous?

hahaha.. good call, Helen.

eMMI

dunkman wrote:

i long for the day when an obnoxious american asks me for a 'glasgow kiss'...

even flow?

This was about as fucking stupid as the facts for the invasion of Iraq and the people who used the terms and fell for those said facts. Idiots!

chopitdown

Byrnzie wrote:

What are peoples opinions on this? I'd like to hear what some pro-war Republicans on here think of these things. I went to a bar in Florida a couple of years ago and they had 'freedom fries' on the menu. I proceeded to rip the piss out of the owner. He he he!

is it 2001-02 again?

Lesbelges

The freedom thing was an incident that was talked about a little bit in Europe. It was such a silly and childish thing to do, how can anyone take people who do this seriously? Besides fries are from Belgium, not France!

whulmef

Apparently the whole Freedom Fries thing started at some burger joint in Eastern North Carolina. It might have been at a Cubbies at the beach/beaufort. Not sure though. I have a feeling Freedom Fries is not used on the menu anymore. I may be imagining, but didnt some legislature approve the name change, like NC state legislature or Congress?

rebornFixer

I think this is old news that gets a renewed life when you guys continue to take it seriously.