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‘Cheese-eating surrender-monkeys’ lose business due to US boycott
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| 13/02/2003
Posted on 02/13/2003 12:06:09 PM PST by new cruelty
French online cheese boutique, Fromage.com, is receiving a raft of e-mails from irate US customers who may like the cheese, but take offence at Frances position on Iraq, in what seems to be the start of an unofficial boycott of French goods, according to a report from Reuters.
While American lawmakers are drafting legislation to impose sanctions on French water and wine because of the countrys demand that a case for war against Iraq has yet to be made, and her hawkish columnists are calling France a nation of cheese-eating surrender-monkeys, Main Street, USA has stopped ordering French cheese online.
Orders for Fromage.com have declined considerably, says the report, but Marc Refabert, the owner of the internet fromagerie, is not moved. "You've got to be adult. I don't think it's a very well thought-through reaction," said Refabert.
He expects the Americans will climb down in a few months, saying that French cheese just tastes too good.
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To: new cruelty; dighton; dennisw; Alouette; Yehuda
The French are so morally superior:
JERUSALEM, March 15 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - A French hotel refused to receive Israeli guests, protesting the massacres perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday.
A French Hotel Declines To Host Israelis
To: new cruelty
They can take their smelly cheese and stuff it. Give me Tillamook anytime!
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To: onetimeatbandcamp
every conflict since 1776 they've been on our side.
I'm tired of hearing this garbage. The French were on the side of whoever happenned to be winning at the time. Not to mention the fact that we inherited their mess in Vietnam! This statement is complete rubbish!
To: TroutStalker
To: ken5050
Ah yes, the beauty of French engineering...
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:27:29 PM PST
by
inkling
To: ken5050
Comme ceci?
Comment #28 Removed by Moderator
To: new cruelty
Now, can I please, pretty please, how the formula to change lead into gold?.......alternatively....a 1950ish Lancia Flavia coupe...
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:29:38 PM PST
by
ken5050
To: new cruelty
"Orders for Fromage.com have declined considerably, says the report, but Marc Refabert, the owner of the internet fromagerie, is not moved. "You've got to be adult. I don't think it's a very well thought-through reaction," said Refabert."
Man, why didn't I think of this....I gonna give Marc a jingle and rip him a new one on his voice mail....not well thought out? Oh, well, what the hell. Make him pay.
To: new cruelty
French cheese? I won't even eat French fries!
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:31:06 PM PST
by
Barnacle
(Navigating the treacherous waters of a liberal culture)
To: inkling
naw..that's the "mad clamshell"...see #27 for first prze.....the one you showed has that weird pneumatic suspension......the French had the original "low-riders"
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:31:09 PM PST
by
ken5050
To: N3WBI3
This is "REAL" Cheese!
You wouldn't find this "CheeseHead/bra" being unAmerican!
NOW THAT'S CHEESE!
To: ken5050
What a beaut!
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:33:10 PM PST
by
deziner
(I always wanted to be a chicken. Do you think God could turn me into a chicken?)
To: N3WBI3
Let's not go too far. I wouldn't buy Vermont cheese if I were you. As the senators from vermont illustrate, I think there is something in the vermont milk that effects the brain. Use at your own risk
snooker
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:33:11 PM PST
by
snooker
To: new cruelty
Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey
To: deziner
Awesome......dare I ask?.....
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posted on
02/13/2003 12:34:52 PM PST
by
ken5050
To: new cruelty
French cheese just tastes too good. Not good enough to justify supporting the economy of a country that supports a brutal, terrorism-enabling dictator. Sorry, Jacques, until further notice, my wine is coming from California, Italy and Spain, and my cheese will be from Wisconsin.
To: ken5050
Here is a 1965-1976 model to hold you over.
To: ken5050
Correction that was a Lancia Fulvia, here is a 1965-1976 Lancia Fulvia Coupe.
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