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maelorin at 08:59am on 12/03/2003
maelorin at 08:59am on 12/03/2003The restaurant menus in the three House office buildings will change the name of "french fries" to "freedom fries," a culinary rebuke of France, stemming from anger over the country's refusal to support the U.S. position on Iraq. Ditto for "french toast," which will now be know as "freedom toast." The name changes were spearheaded by two Republican lawmakers who plan to hold a news conference Tuesday to make the name changes official on the menus.
cnn's iraq tracker, mar 11, 2003
is it just me, or does replacing 'french' with 'freedom' only make france's point for tham? - after all, it's not as though people instantly forget that yesterday these things were (and generally are) called 'french' fries and 'french' toast. if you were going to protest about frenchiness, wouldn't you delete the offending 'french' culinary items from your menu? all the foods with french origins ... ?
cnn's iraq tracker, mar 11, 2003
is it just me, or does replacing 'french' with 'freedom' only make france's point for tham? - after all, it's not as though people instantly forget that yesterday these things were (and generally are) called 'french' fries and 'french' toast. if you were going to protest about frenchiness, wouldn't you delete the offending 'french' culinary items from your menu? all the foods with french origins ... ?
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