French Fries Get New Name in Congress

kissorkill · Post by **kissorkill** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 10:31 pm

Hello. This is my first post. Please be gentle.

I usually just lurk on this board but I thought I would contribute another reason to be ashamed of our sad government.

WASHINGTON - Show the flag and pass the ketchup was the order of the day in House cafeterias Tuesday. Lawmakers struck a lunchtime blow against the French and put "freedom fries" on the menu.

And for breakfast they'll now have "freedom toast."

The name changes follow similar actions by restaurants around the country protesting French opposition to the administration's Iraq (news - web sites) war plans.

"Update. Now Serving in All House Office Buildings, 'Freedom Fries,'" read a sign that Republican Reps. Bob Ney of Ohio and Walter Jones of North Carolina placed at the register in the Longworth Office Building food court.

Jones said he was inspired by Cubbie's restaurant in Beaufort, N.C., in his district, one of the first to put "freedom fries" on the menu instead of french fries.

"This action today is a small but symbolic effort to show the strong displeasure of many on Capitol Hill with the actions of our so-called ally, France," said Ney, chairman of the House Administration Committee.

Ney, whose panel oversees House operations, ordered the menu changes.

The French Embassy in Washington had no immediate comment, except to say that french fries actually come from Belgium.

Ney said he was of French descent and "once the French government comes around we can get back to talking about french fries."

On a more serious note, Republican Jim Saxton of New Jersey has proposed a ban on Pentagon (news - web sites) participation in this year's Paris Air Show and restrictions on French participation in any postwar construction projects in Iraq.

But House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said at a news conference that applying legislative sanctions to France was not necessary. "I don't think we have to retaliate against France. They've isolated themselves pretty well," he said.

kissorkill · Post by **kissorkill** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 10:46 pm

oops! ok, I'm just not that bright today. This has already been posted.

<Jack Chiefton> · Post by **<Jack Chiefton>** » Tue Mar 11, 2003 11:41 pm

yeah, who gives a shit anyways about mcDonald's deep fried slop? They can start calling them feces fries for all I care.

Myke115 · Post by **Myke115** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:14 am

I find stunts like that to be self agrandizing, melodramatic, acts of naivete' ... tacky, yet, in the end .... insignificant.

I did find it quite amusing that the French ambassador's office's only response was that French fries actually hail from Belgium. I'll give it to them on that one.

myke

marky · Post by **marky** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:41 am

Then I got it right then, huh? Belgium it was. I feel better now.

Jack you're too right - who cares? Feces fries! Ha ha ha!

martino · Post by **martino** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:09 pm

you can't make this stuff up!

what's next? are dog-lovers gonna rename too and talk about "liberty shepherds"? and what about sourkraut: is it now liberty cabbage, as it was called in england in the first world war?

anyway, kissorkill: welcome to the yacht!

martino · Post by **martino** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:29 pm

and to give justice: mc was the first to write about the freedom fries, when he posted the unsurpassable

"Man, Freedom fries, just what we need, more obese people now having a reason to get fatter, patriotism."

yeah that's right, and they should create a slogan too. something like "stuff your face with freedom fries, get fucking fat and show you support the president"

martino · Post by **martino** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 12:31 pm

too bad denmark is on the side of gwb, otherwise they would be serving "patriotic pastry" instead of a danish for breakfast.

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 4:46 pm

I'm gonna go home and give my wife a big Freedom kiss, then we're gonna break out the Freedom tickler and have some truly patriotic fun. Yee Haw!!!!

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Wed Mar 12, 2003 4:51 pm

Oh yeah, Mr Ney is making everyone call Quebec Freebec and the fine people of Louisiana will now be speaking Freejun. Mmmmm Freejun chicken......

marky · Post by **marky** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 7:48 am

What gets me is the idea of calling French Toast Freedom Toast. I often make and serve this to my clients at work, and I'm damn well not going to call it that. It sounds stupid! Besides, we need a special Paxacidus finder-of-food-national-origins to confirm whether or not French Toast is really French to begin with.