French fry ban targets wrong country (no, it doesn't)

Yahoo News ^ | March 12 2003 | Reuters

[knighthawk]

Now that what I call swatting two flies with one blow, the French and Belgians.

[knighthawk]

Europe-list

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[UncleSamUSA]

Memo to Belgium: SHUT UP, YOU LITTLE TWERP.

[Question_Assumptions]

As if French dressing has anything to do with France, either. I'm reminded of a certain scene in the movie Better Off Dead...

[debg]

memo: add Belgian waffles to banned list

[gunnedah]

You are so wrong, Al Gore invented French Fries!

[UncleSamUSA]

No, I think Al Gore invented Belgium.

[Jemian]

I gotta wonder about any country that serves mayonaise with freedom fries. Yeech!

[jellybean]

As a show of support I've given up French kissing for the duration. I know it's a sacrifice, but I'm willing to do my part.

Geeesh...if only... :(

[dfwgator]

So what do we call Belgian Waffles or Brussels Sprouts now?

[Blackyce]

In light of Belgium's recent conduct, I think its only fair that we continue to call Brussels sprouts, Brussels sprouts.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Anyway, we modest Belgians don't mind the French claim, because we know that fries are God's gift to our people."

And like most everything else in Europe these days, they came about from American ingenuity (so the domestication of the potato was Pre-Columbian--it's STILL an American "product").

[Blackyce]

Also, I've been waiting for Congress to change hamburgers to Freedom Sandwiches

[Conspiracy Guy]

I still like the term French Toast. I see a picture of Chirac and his band of clowns after lighting a gas grill that was been customized by some of their German friends. They look like used matches with a caption "Le Boom".

[Jackie]

FREEDOM POODLE

[facedown]

So what do we call Belgian Waffles or Brussels Sprouts now?

Inedible!

[Renfield]

Why aren't we calling these "surrender-monkey fries", instead of "freedom fries"?

[riri]

I say we sent a few planes over a drop crates full of Heinz ketchup and white tennis shoes. That'd surely piss 'em off.

[riri]

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[Sci Fi Guy]

I gotta wonder about any country that serves mayonaise with freedom fries. Yeech!

Hey Now! That's how I like them. I discovered pomme frites with mayo when I was stationed in Germany. Yum yum! But in Belgium they actually offer a variety of different sauces for the fries, not just catsup or mayo.