French fight back!

[Demerzel]

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/eu...eut/index.html

U.S. citizens have turned on French fries and toast to vent their frustration at France's anti-war stance on Iraq. Now the French have joined in the food war -- with pretzels.

heh I'd love to see a food fight with 300m on one side and 60m on the other, one hell of a rumble

[Inverse Icarus]

at least your governmental bodies aren't adopting the policy.

[Demerzel]

heh we're a very tolerant people, for example the French have been mortal enemies for centuries yet we refrained from doing any more than calling them Frogs & making V-signs at them

I'm sure the French govt. tho might adopt it for sheer bloody mindedness

[Paul Hanson]

My French housemate has spent most of the day flicking V-signs at me because I'm the only person he knows who's in favour of a war in Iraq.

So I just remind myself; he's French, and I'm not.

[Peacemaker]

I might give up french toast and french fries. I'd even give up french bread and french dressing, but if they make me give up french kissing there will be hell to pay.

[monkspider]

Go France!
I still think the idea of renaming American cheese "idiot cheese" is a rather good one.

[Caesar the Great]

I've got nothing against the French, only Chirac...

hopefully this will boost le pen's popularity

[Paul Hanson]

Yeah, because a right-wing w*nker is just what we France needs right now. Chirac may be a ****, but he's better than Le Pen.

[Asher]

It's like what SNL said...

In the US, French fries became Freedom fries.
In France, American Cheese became Idiot Cheese...

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Paul Hanson
My French housemate has spent most of the day flicking V-signs at me because I'm the only person he knows who's in favour of a war in Iraq.

What's the signifigance of the V-sign?

So I just remind myself; he's French, and I'm not.

I imagine that would take the sting out of any insult he might throw your way. It would for me at least.

[The Mad Monk]

Fine by me -- I'll take provolone over ultra-bland 'American' any day.

[Paul Hanson]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
What's the signifigance of the V-sign?

It's a form of swearing when you hold fingers up at someone with your palm facing you, if you see what I mean.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Paul Hanson
It's a form of swearing when you hold fingers up at someone with your palm facing you, if you see what I mean.

We just use the middle finger for that.

[Felch]

It supposedly hearkens back the the English longbowmen who made the flower of French chivalry their *****es over and over again. Two fingers to pull back a bowstring.

The French supposedly cut the fingers off of captured archers.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Felch X
It supposedly hearkens back the the English longbowmen who made the flower of French chivalry their *****es over and over again. Two fingers to pull back a bowstring.

The French supposedly cut the fingers off of captured archers.

i heard that same story about the middle finger itself, but it makes more sense with both fingers, i suppose.

and i know that's big in aussieland, didn't know about euro.