WhiteKnight77 Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 A restaurant in NC, enraged about the French lack of support for removing Saddam from power by means of an invasion and war, has decided to not call fries french fries any more. Freedom Fries is the new name at Cubbie's in Beaufort, NC. French Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pave Low Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 Or you could be like us (UK) and call em chips (we call potato chip's crisps) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakebite1967 Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 i hear ya confused me when i first came to canada ask for chips and get a bag of dill pickle crisps eww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 "Freedom Fries"??!! This is the height of stupidity. Don't get me wrong I don't support France in any way but this is just rediculous. Do you really think France gives a shat what you call your fries? Am i the only person in the world left who is tired of this stupid crap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnumkp Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Am i the only person in the world left who is tired of this stupid crap? No. But I have started calling French Kissing, Freedom Kissing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budgie Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 That what you gonna call it when your girlfriend catches you kissing someone else? Seriously, though this is purile. when in 1996, France resumed nuclear testing in the south pacific, New Zealanders, myself included, became enraged. Many bakeries even resorted to calling baguettes, otherwise known as French sticks, "kiwi sticks." This made me almost as sick. Despite my support for the anti-testing cause, I didn't blame French people and culture. Wearing your flag on your sleeve is admirable, but resorting to childish tantrum-throwing is a poor form of protest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yodasplat Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Besides I know for a fact that the French get really furious when Americans called fried potatoes "French fries" cause they are NOT French (they are Belgian in fact). They become enraged by Americans' ignorance (or so I understand). So for spite we should keep on calling them FRENCH FRIES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.ronin Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 (edited) if they didnt have such hot chicks, i'd hate em. edit -- however, i will be boycotting all french porn. edit -- for a little while. Edited February 24, 2003 by the.ronin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow2k1 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 bah! i just call them fries! here in philly its reported that all wine and spirit shops have banned any french wine from their stores, i have even went as far as to trash my wife's french salad dressing from my fridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sea Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I don't eat fried food. I agree with Budgie, I don't like "nuked potatoes" Broiled is more prefferable. Glad to hear the term " French Fries " annoys the French. Soul kissing sounds more adaquate, than french kissing. Any thought of french involvement, just ruins the moment And chips, does sound more appropriate. All hail the mighty potatoe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Slaughter Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 edit -- however, i will be boycotting all french porn. edit -- for a little while. Keep fighting the good fight ronin! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Maximum Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 (edited) my view of the french? It's a proven fact that the only battles frenchmen ever win are AGAINST OTHER FRENCH. heres some evidence: google search for French Military Victories French Battle Flag complete military history of France damn I'm good Edited February 25, 2003 by Major Maximum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budgie Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 How do they win when both sides want to surrender? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.ronin Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 heres some evidence: google search for French Military Victories French Battle Flag complete military history of France damn I'm good awesome. the journal ran a great op-ed yesterdau basically going through history all the times when the french played uber-pacifist on a number of foreign policy measures in contradiction to u.s. interests. the pattern is striking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnumkp Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 There seems to be a bit of French bashing round here at the moment. During WWII the french lost more soldiers than the uk and us combined. If I was a country (you'd need a passport) I'd currently disagree with the US and UK but only because they sent large amounts of troops to the gulf waaaaaay before the inspectors had finished. Albert Einstein said you can not simulationously prepare and prevent war (although he could probably spell). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havok Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 magnumkp Posted on Feb 25 2003, 10:59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There seems to be a bit of French bashing round here at the moment. During WWII the french lost more soldiers than the uk and us combined and why was that i wonder ( if true and it may be) ? and i still call fries french fries but only when they all greasy and soggy and limpy If I was a country (you'd need a passport) I'd currently disagree with the US and UK so you are saying you would be france ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnumkp Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 If I was a country (you'd need a passport) I'd currently disagree with the US and UK so you are saying you would be france ?! No, I would get all the women to shave. And no-one would be allowed to wear a beret and a stripey top with onions around their neck. (Sterotyping? Me?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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