Posted on 08/02/2006 4:25:07 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu
French fries are back on the menu in the US House of Representatives, three years after the name was ditched in favour of "freedom fries."
House Republicans renamed fries and French toast in 2003 to protest at France's opposition to the war on Iraq.
The patriotic name change hit the headlines at the time but the change back is getting much less coverage.
A House official would only say that fries are no longer being offered under the "freedom" nomenclature.
The Washington Times newspaper contacted aides of the two congressmen behind the move to "freedom fries " to see if they could shed light on the change back.
"We don't have a comment for your story," a spokeswoman for Republican representative Bob Ney told the newspaper.
At the time, Mr Ney, who together with Walter Jones pushed for "freedom fries", said the action was "a small but symbolic effort to show the strong displeasure of many on Capitol Hill with the actions of our so-called ally, France". The move followed the lead of a North Carolina restaurant whose owner said he got the idea from similar protest action against Germany during World War I, when sauerkraut was renamed liberty cabbage and frankfurters became hot dogs.
The switch to "freedom fries" was seen as reflecting the anti-French sentiment among some lawmakers who felt President Jacques Chirac betrayed the US by opposing its policy on Iraq.
The Senate cafeterias never changed their menus.
A spokeswoman for the French embassy asked about current French-US ties told the Washington Times that the two countries were working closely on the Middle East.
"Our relations are much more important than potatoes," she said.
"French fries are back on the menu in the Capitol, back on the presidential dinner menu and our relations are back on track."
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Sort of proAmerican French, and the Washington Times. The article could have been written by an American, though, using fries instead of chips (though chips are supposed to be larger?).
How quickly they forget.
Note the only lasting renamed product was hot dog, the liberty and freedom ones did sound sort of off--forced.
/decode B15TUG66Y7
France is our secret weapon. We're sending French diplomats to Iran to broker a deal, become allies, and then stab them in the back.
The stabbing in the back part is understandable (to could be wrong), but the French would resist being ordered around by the United States, especially on topics in the Levant and southwestern Asia.
House Republicans renamed fries and French toast in 2003 to protest at France's opposition to the war on Iraq.
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That should have read 'COWARDICE AND SEFISHNESS', not 'opposition'.
There are only two kinds of people the French government feels comfortable stabbing in the back, and neither of them are Muslim extremists.
Does anybody here remember when customized hot rods had Frenched Headlights? Where did that come from? Who cares what we call potatoes cooked in oil? I always say "Fries" with my order. If you wait too long the order person will always say "Do you want Fries with that?" I don't recall anybody ever saying "Do you want French Fries With That"?
French Fries is a thing of the past in our lexicon. Today we just say "Fries" and that gets the job done.
Stuff like this really makes Republicans look like idiots. I'm sure the sponsors of that stupid change are now trying to act like they never wanted to go into Iraq.
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