Heard Today in Portland, Oregon: "French Fries are out -- Freedom Fries are in ...

Heard Today in Portland, Oregon: "French Fries are out -- Freedom Fries are in ... "

There was an AP news report out of North Carolina that people are no longer selling or eating French fries in restaurants. They are demanding "Freedom Fries" instead. And asking their favorite restaurants to change their menus.

Seems that people are fed up with the French. Well, after saving their butts in two World Wars, I guess Americans have a right to feel pretty torked off.

I heard the report from a fellow guest in a restaurant. The restaurant is changing their menu. Also heard a story that a major restaurant in New York City thrilled patrons by dumping dozens of bottles of French wine into the gutter. Wow! Hope the report is true, but it has the tone of an urban legend.

The report hit the Internet on February 19th and it was spreading like wild fire and gaining momentum in Portland by the 22nd. People were talking about dropping the word "French" from several other favorite expressions. Now we have even heard about "Freedom Kissing" and "Freedom Poodles" during the same converation.

I think the best way to get under French skins is to just ignore them. Nobody speaks French anymore in diplomatic meetings. They must be slowly boiling with unexpressed rage.

German auto manufacturers are concerned about losing their share of the U.S. market. There are rumors spreading about a boycott. Only time will tell.

And what's really funny is that the french don't even call french fries french fries. they call it "pommes frites" which means "apple fries" which is an incorrect discription of what they're referring to.
french call potatoes (yes, that right with an "e") "pommes du terre" which means "apples of the Earth". So french fries should not be called "pommes frites", but rather "pommes DU TERRE frites".

Man, this is so f***-in lame. I can appreciate a meaningful boycott of French or German products, but this is just infantile. It's hokum when feminists brand themselves "womyn", and it's hokum when conservatives play these irrelevant, pc-ish wordgames.

French fries are French fries. Live with it and continue to hate the French.

'Traitor taters' is pretty funny. But the fact is that Spring Heel is correct. You can love the fries, and still hate the Frogs.

Americans have good reason to hate the Frogs ... and what do you expect from the Freaking Frogs anyway? They surrender at the drop of a hat. They have been surrendering en mass as a habit for nearly 100 years.

Saw a video last night about 'The Great War' (WW I) and it made me sick. The French wasted about one million soldiers in that war with stupid, stupid tactics. The officers would order an attack, and then take a wine break, and 100,000 good Frenchmen would die. Then the officers would take a deep breath and order 'Over the top!' again, and another 100,000 good men would be slaughtered.

In the end, the French soldiers simply refused to go over the top, and said 'We will only defend, we will not advance.' About that time American arrived and with the Brits and with a few tanks we kicked the Kaiser's troops out of France and back to Deutchland.

In the end, about 6 million troops died from all nations in the 'War to end all wars.' Then, just as the troops were coming home, the terrible Spanish flu struck and wiped out another 20 million people. A whole generation was wiped out, including some of the best minds in Europe.

S!rew the snail eating Frogs anyway.

Put me down for thinking that this is pretty low on the list of concerns right now. Get busy thinking about that crazy s* in N. Korea. He's scary, and seems to be set to press for his advantage while we are distracted in Iraq.

Anybody else concerned by just how many people turned out all over the world for that last round of "anti-war" protests? The protesters don't matter themselves. But the FORCE that coordinated the hell out of that thing does....

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