On one Danish island, no pizza if you're German or French

CNEWS ^ | Februari 24 2003 | JAN M. OLSEN

[knighthawk]

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Aage Bjerre has three rules for dining at his pizzeria on the Danish island of Fanoe: No dogs. No Germans. No French.

The owner of Aage's Pizza said Monday that he's tired of French and German attitudes toward the United States, calling them "disloyal" and "anti-American" in their bid to thwart a possible U.S.-led attack against Iraq.

Since hearing news of France and Germany's opposition, which has led to a rift in U.S. relations with Europe, a split in NATO and a feeling of malaise between old friends and stalwart allies, he's made it rule No. 1 to bar service to any French or German tourists in Nordby, the North Sea island's largest town.

"Hadn't the United States helped Europe in defeating Germany, there would have been photos of Adolf Hitler hanging on the walls around here," he said, referring to Nazi Germany's occupation of Europe in World War II.

The island, 320 kilometers (200 miles) southwest of the capital, Copenhagen, is a popular spot for visitors from neighboring Germany. Of the approximately 100,000 tourists who come, some 60 per cent are German, said Birthe Elstroem, head of the island's tourism office. The others are mostly Scandinavians and Dutch.

There are few French visitors to the island, which has a year-round population of 3,300.

The idea of losing euros from German and French tourists hasn't curbed Bjerre's zeal.

On Friday, he put two homemade pictograms on the shop door, much like the ones that show the outline of a dog with a bar across it.

One featured the silhouette of a man colored red, yellow and black - the colors of the German flag. The second was painted blue, white and red - the French Tricolor colors. Both silhouettes had a bar across each man.

The ban has yet to affect his business because tourist season typically starts after Easter and peaks during the summer. "I do what my conscience tells me to do," he said.

Should Germany decide to participate in U.S.-led military action against Iraq, Bjerre, 44, said he would lift his ban.

But the few French tourists who do visit the island will need to fill their bellies elsewhere.

Frenchmen have "a lifetime ban here," Bjerre told The Associated Press. "Their attitude toward the United States will never change."

[Michael81Dus]

"Hopefully, he makes exceptions for folks who are not anti-American."

And if he does not, I´m quite sure that any German and Frenchman wants to visit Denmark anymore.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Before trying to insult foreigners, make sure you know how to spell their country correct. I´ll help you: Deutschland. The translation for Germans is Deutsche. So you probably meant Deutsche raus?

Your post reminded me of Monty Python's Life of Brian ... Romani ite Domum

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[A Roman CENTURION notices Brian writing a slogan Romanes Eunt Domus on a wall]
CENTURION: What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?
BRIAN: It-- it says, 'Romans, go home'.
CENTURION: No, it doesn't. What's Latin for 'Roman'? Come on!
BRIAN: Aah!
CENTURION: Come on!
BRIAN: 'R-- Romanus'?
CENTURION: Goes like...?
BRIAN: 'Annus'?
CENTURION: Vocative plural of 'annus' is...?
BRIAN: Eh. 'Anni'?
CENTURION: 'Romani'. 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'?
BRIAN: 'Go'. Let--
CENTURION: Conjugate the verb 'to go'.
BRIAN: Uh. 'Ire'. Uh, 'eo'. 'Is'. 'It'. 'Imus'. 'Itis'. 'Eunt'.
CENTURION: So 'eunt' is...?
BRIAN: Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, 'they go'.
CENTURION: But 'Romans, go home' is an order, so you must use the...?
BRIAN: The... imperative!
CENTURION: Which is...?
BRIAN: Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, 'i'. 'I'!
CENTURION: How many Romans?
BRIAN: Ah! 'I'-- Plural. Plural. 'Ite'. 'Ite'.
CENTURION: 'Ite'.
BRIAN: Ah. Eh.
CENTURION: 'Domus'?
BRIAN: Eh.
CENTURION: Nominative?
BRIAN: Oh.
CENTURION: 'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy?
BRIAN: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! 'Domum', sir! 'Ad domum'! Ah! Oooh! Ah!
CENTURION: Except that 'domus' takes the...?
BRIAN: The locative, sir!
CENTURION: Which is...?!
BRIAN: 'Domum'.
CENTURION: 'Domum'.
BRIAN: Aaah! Ah.
CENTURION: 'Um'. Understand?
BRIAN: Yes, sir.
CENTURION: Now, write it out a hundred times.
[Brian proceeds to write out Romani ite Domum 100 times]

[Michael81Dus]

I remember the scene. I loved this movie - we watched it in a religion lesson in School, really! :-))
What should I have answered instead?

[Steve0113]

Have you ever eaen European Pizza anyways?? EEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

I've had pizza in Rome and I've had it in Chicago. Rome's is much better.

[knighthawk]

There are the Faroe Islands and the Fano(e) Island.

http://www.fanoe-online.dk/

[knighthawk]

http://www.fanoe-online.dk/maps.htm

Aage`s Pizza. Valdemarsvej 14, telef: 75 16 11 22

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

Invented in Italy but perfected in America. You haven't had pizza unless you've tried it here. My favorite is Chicago deep dish pizza.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

Maybe they've improved greatly over the years. I've had 2 or 3 pizzas in Italy, and I didn't like any of them. They use harder bread, less cheese and sauce, and less toppings. A cheese pizza with tomatos was considered a pepperoni pizza in Rome.

[Michael81Dus]

Uhm. I have to admit, Pizza Hut´s Pizzas or Sbarros are not bad - but they have a thick dough, while the Italian pizzas (available in whole Europe) have a good-tasting flat paste. Personally, I love 4-cheese pizza, Mozarella or Funghi. :-))

And to the negative news of today: German special forces are the only special forces of the alliance in Afghanistan - the US have withdrawn their forces and sent them to Kuwait, Canadians and Turks are at home, location of the British SAS is unknown (probably Kuwait, too).

[Michael81Dus]

That was your fault!!
Lesson 1 for Italy-visitors: never eat a pizza in Italy!
You´ll be disappointed. The best Italian pizzas are made in the foreign, made by former Italians (we have many of them here).

[knighthawk]

Mr Bjerre wants France and Germany to see the error of their ways

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2798157.stm

[knighthawk]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2798157.stm

Is almost the same article.

[knighthawk]

Check the photo above.

[RobFromGa]

If you come to Atlanta, I'll buy you a pizza.

I have nothing against Conservative Germans, believe me.

[RobFromGa]

Thanks...here's a repeat...

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I'll bet if we sent him patriotic US postcards or something he could display in his pizza parlor, he'd like those as well.

Aage Bjerre
c/o Aages Pizza
Valdemarsvej 14
6720 Fanø
Denmark

Envelope is 80 cents postage, write AIRMAIL next to stamp.
Postcard is 70 cents postage, write AIRMAIL next to stamp.

[MarkeyD]

I'm sending him a $20

[MrsEmmaPeel]

What should I have answered instead?

I wouldn't have changed a thing. You did a great job. You translated the insult correctly and with class -- just like
Romanes eunt domus -> Romani ite domum.

Good job. Don't let some of these people get to you.

[Coop]

No pizza for you....

...ONE YEAR!!

[Coop]

I am also greatly disappointed in the number of posters on this thread who approve of blatant discrimination against indiviudals based on their ethnicity.

I'm greatly disappointed in people who bend over backwards to post only negative information about the economy - potentially to the detriment of all.

[beaureguard]

Boortz just had this guy on his show. Ordered a pizza from him and told the pizza owner to Fed-Ex it to him.