OK you American folks...

[rasoforos]

...you can start calling these:

https://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2012/freedomfrieswv9.jpg

FRENCH FRIES again!!!

https://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1672/260pxfreedomfriesmenuce8.jpg

https://img72.imageshack.us/img72/112/freedomfriesimgassistcuen4.jpg







Now that Dubya is gone I thought I should sort of revive one of the endless pieces of his nonsense that we will all surely miss :elephant::whip: :medievalcheers:

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/

[Hooahguy]

um, what? ive always been calling them "french fries."

funny, though. maybe i will start calling them "freedom fries" now. :clown:

[InsaneApache]

We call 'em chips. :smash:

[rasoforos]

We call 'em chips. :smash:

Yes I ve noticed while spending 3 years in Hull (or shall I shay 'Ull) :yes:

The lady at the Student Union restaurant would politely correct me every time :beam:

[Crazed Rabbit]

...you can start calling these:



FRENCH FRIES again!!!


Dude, what cave have you been hiding under? That whole thing ceased to matter years ago.

CR

[drone]

Far be it for me to defend the ex-President, but if I'm not mistaken the whole "Freedom Fry" thing was a product of Congress, not the Presidency.

[t1master]

aye. they even put it to a vote iirc, and renamed them that for the congressional cafeteria. we wonder how we got where we are today...:dizzy2:

[Ronin]

what do you think guys?....should we let the Americans in on the "secret" that those are from Belgium and not France? :wiseguy:

I think they´ve deserved it by now :2thumbsup:

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Phlegms, Walleyes, Snail-eaters -- none of that matters.

The POTATO itself is a product of the New World. Long live the Spud!

[Meneldil]

Yeah, us french were kind of puzzled when we saw that Americans called their fries "french fries".

A clear insult to one of Belgium's greatest achievements.

@ OP, you wish you were here when this crazyness begun. 80% of backroom topics were centered on the fact that:
- France sucked
- French were a bunch of surrendering cheese eating monkeys
- French deserved to be part of the axis of Evil

We had topics on the french revolution ("Robespierre = Hitler"), french food ("should be prohibited in the US") and what not.

I'm not bitter or anything, because that's actually what got me stuck in the Backroom, and significantly helped me to improve my english. And to be honest, the same thing was going on in most french politics-related forums: "Americans are fascists" blablabla. It was both saddening and fun.

And honestly, the only thing important to me nowadays is that american girls and women still think being french is the apoge of coolness and sexyness :2thumbsup:

- "Where are you from ?
- France
- Like Quebec?
- No, more like France. I actually have an appartment not far away from the Eiffel Tower. I'm half poet, half painter and half writer
- OMGWTFBBQ"

[drone]

what do you think guys?....should we let the Americans in on the "secret" that those are from Belgium and not France? :wiseguy:

Like Congress even would know the difference. Brussels is in Belgium, and therefore the "Freedom Fries" moniker could be taken as a rejection of Old Europe in general. ~D

The Bush administration gets a lot of the blame for the abuses of the past 8 years, but an equal share of it must be handed to Congress, under both parties, that both enabled him and refused to stand up to him.

@Meneldil- :laugh4:

[Adrian II]

- "Where are you from ?
- France
- Like Quebec?
- No, more like France. I actually have an appartment not far away from the Eiffel Tower. I'm half poet, half painter and half writer
- OMGWTFBBQ"Heh, sorry guys, but "I live in Amsterdam" will always be shorter and more effective. :wink3:

[Xiahou]

Freedom tastes better. :2thumbsup:

[Meneldil]

Heh, sorry guys, but "I live in Amsterdam" will always be shorter and more effective. :wink3:

Might be, I have never heard about that though (but then I've only been in the US for 2 weeks :-( ). Next time I'll go there I'll make sure to try that line.
What about "I'm a french living in Amsterdam. I used to live in Paris, but that city definately hampered my creativity" ?


Do you dutch guys also have the craptacular (yet somehow ultra sexy) accent when you speak english? Because I'm pretty sure none can possibly have a crappier accent than a drunk frenchman talking about something nobody cares about.

[Ronin]

@ OP, you wish you were here when this crazyness begun. 80% of backroom topics were centered on the fact that:
- France sucked
- French were a bunch of surrendering cheese eating monkeys
- French deserved to be part of the axis of Evil



ahhh those where fun times.

my absolute favorite was a bunch of morons on a tv report, they went into a wine shop...bought a bunch of expensive French wine and came outside and dumped them down the drain.

yes...they threw away the expensive wine they had just paid for......a very efficient protest for sure :coffeenews:

I expect at that moment there was a French wine farmer sitting at home counting their money and laughing his ass off :laugh4:

[InsaneApache]

They threw Mouton Baron de Rothschild down a drain!

In that case they deserve their freedom. Not just philistines, a bloody waste. :shame:

[Beefy187]

We call them fried potato.

[Sarmatian]

And honestly, the only thing important to me nowadays is that american girls and women still think being french is the apoge of coolness and sexyness :2thumbsup:


Yeah, but you have to be in America. It doesn't work with French girls :laugh4:. On the matter, what works with French girls? Italians?

[CountArach]

We call 'em chips. :smash:
So do all of the Commonwealth, except New Zealand who call them chups.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

So do all of the Commonwealth, except New Zealand who call them chups.

Canada does not call them chips. ~;)

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

On the matter, what works with French girls? Italians?

"Hello. I'm German, and I would care to partake in an invasion of your Alsace."


:eyebrows:

[Devastatin Dave]

Far be it for me to defend the ex-President, but if I'm not mistaken the whole "Freedom Fry" thing was a product of Congress, not the Presidency.

It was, but Bush Derangement Syndrome or BDS is hard for some to recover from.

[CountArach]

Canada does not call them chips. ~;)
Canada is pretty much the 51st State of America, so they don't really count.

[Devastatin Dave]

Canada is pretty much the 51st State of America, so they don't really count.

Count, you loves ya some Oboma, could you tell me the other 6 States besides Canada the Messiah was talking about on the campain trail?:laugh4:

[Hosakawa Tito]

Canada does not call them chips. ~;)

And they eat them smothered in melted cheese and gravy. :jumping: Them Canucks know good eats.:2thumbsup:

[CountArach]

Count, you loves ya some Oboma, could you tell me the other 6 States besides Canada the Messiah was talking about on the campain trail?:laugh4:
Mexico, The UK, Australia, Taiwan, Israel and Haiti.

[LittleGrizzly]

So are these freedom fries some kind of organically grown free range potatos ?

and are these french ones somehow less free ? are there french farmers dressed up as nazi's taking away thier right to trail by jury and imprisoning them unjustly ?

[HoreTore]

Freedom Fries? French Fries? Chips?

Bah. Ignorant barbarians. The correct name is "Pommes Frites".

[Husar]

Freedom Fries? French Fries? Chips?

Bah. Ignorant barbarians. The correct name is "Pommes Frites".

Exactly! :2thumbsup:

[InsaneApache]

The Portuguese call them batata frites. I like batatas. :2thumbsup:

[Andres]

They are Belgian!

Gah :wall:

[InsaneApache]

That's just outside Paris, aint it? :smug:

[Sarmatian]

"Hello. I'm German, and I would care to partake in an invasion of your Alsace."


:eyebrows:

Hahaha :laugh4:. Great :laugh4::laugh4:

[Yoyoma1910]

Ah...


Pommes frites (palm-As ~;p free-tAs)


They are know to Am-aricans as French fries because of ol' T.J. himself, who brought back many dishes to the states from "the continent." While he himself did call them "French Fries," he had served as Minister to France, and referred to the dish in the French language.


If you have a problem with Am-aricans calling the dish French Fries, blame Thomas Jefferson. Besides, as we all know everything worth inventing was likely invented by the French (who once owned the area now known as Belgium).


Besides, the idea of frying potatoes in western society was likely invented in the Spanish Netherlands.

[rasoforos]

When I decided to remind my fellow orgas about some of the finest parts of the past administration that will never make the history books, I never thought I would learn so much about potatoes...

...Now my life is changed forever. I m a new man! :inquisitive:

[Meneldil]

Yeah, but you have to be in America. It doesn't work with French girls :laugh4:. On the matter, what works with French girls? Italians?

Yeah, hopefully, french girls know that the "french are sophisticated, well-educated, and naughty in bed gentlemen" cliché is most often incorrect.
As for what works with them, I don't think there's a "wtfbbq" nationality, but any foreigners have a "cool" factor (except if he's from some french speaking country, in which case his accent will make things much harder).


and are these french ones somehow less free ? are there french farmers dressed up as nazi's taking away thier right to trail by jury and imprisoning them unjustly ?

Crap, I fear you just discover the secret that makes french fries much more tasty than any other fries.



Besides, as we all know everything worth inventing was likely invented by the French (who once owned the area now known as Belgium).

When I say that to non-french people, they just can't understand it :no:

[Furunculus]

Yes I ve noticed while spending 3 years in Hull (or shall I shay 'Ull) :yes:

The lady at the Student Union restaurant would politely correct me every time :beam:

poor guy, Hull is a nasty, fetid hole that smells of Ovaltine and has a gene-pool shallower than a pub drip-tray.

[Yoyoma1910]

When I say that to non-french people, they just can't understand it :no:


They only pretend they can't.


Look what I have here:


Good sir I have my humor! I just like to sprinkle in French phrases. If I could be frank it has always been my dream to go to Nawlins, learn how to cook, wrestle gators, and then steal one of your womenfolk and bring her back cross the border. There is something about that cajun accent that separates them from ordinary belles.

Proof that even the most Texan and manly of men upon the green earth has a secret envy and desire of Franco culture... Albeit the swamp kind.

This specimen is obsessed with food, animal conflict, and women... And where does he Idealize? Not his beloved Texas, but Southern Louisiana.

(And, though I hesitate... from his stated desire I believe the land he seeks is not "Nawlins," but *agast* French Louisiana! The Acadiana parishes! Where 20% of some areas still speak French (of sorts) as their first language.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

They only pretend they can't.


Look what I have here:



Proof that even the most Texan and manly of men upon the green earth has a secret envy and desire of Franco culture... Albeit the swamp kind.

This specimen is obsessed with food, animal conflict, and women... And where does he Idealize? Not his beloved Texas, but Southern Louisiana.

(And, though I hesitate... from his stated desire I believe the land he seeks is not "Nawlins," but *agast* French Louisiana! The Acadiana parishes! Where 20% of some areas still speak French (of sorts) as their first language.

As a Knight of Columbus agent up at the Home Office training school, I witnessed one of the delightful culture shocks possible in the New World -- A Quebecois trying to chat french with a Bayou Cajun. They tried to make a go of it for a few minutes, but both ended up switching to English as neither was really comprehensible to the other. Worth a few laughs at the time.

[Fisherking]

As a Knight of Columbus agent up at the Home Office training school, I witnessed one of the delightful culture shocks possible in the New World -- A Quebecois trying to chat french with a Bayou Cajun. They tried to make a go of it for a few minutes, but both ended up switching to English as neither was really comprehensible to the other. Worth a few laughs at the time.


I don’t imagine they had much better luck with English did they?

Must have been a real riot!
:laugh4:

[lars573]

As a Knight of Columbus agent up at the Home Office training school, I witnessed one of the delightful culture shocks possible in the New World -- A Quebecois trying to chat french with a Bayou Cajun. They tried to make a go of it for a few minutes, but both ended up switching to English as neither was really comprehensible to the other. Worth a few laughs at the time.
Well you gotta remember that after 200 years what the Quebequois speak is barely French. It's like Boomhauer French. :rolleyes4:

[Strike For The South]

They only pretend they can't.


Look what I have here:



Proof that even the most Texan and manly of men upon the green earth has a secret envy and desire of Franco culture... Albeit the swamp kind.

This specimen is obsessed with food, animal conflict, and women... And where does he Idealize? Not his beloved Texas, but Southern Louisiana.

(And, though I hesitate... from his stated desire I believe the land he seeks is not "Nawlins," but *agast* French Louisiana! The Acadiana parishes! Where 20% of some areas still speak French (of sorts) as their first language.

LIBEL!!!!!! LIBEL!!!!!!

I will point out that it is merely a secret WASP breeding program to delude your french jeans and convert yall to Protestantism. Yall should be lucky. The masons wanted to send over the Mississipans but we Texans couldn't allow that culture of suck to pervade even a Frenchman that'd be straight up genocide.

I'll just go to law school in Tulane and get all the my cajun fantasies out then. :mellow:

Also Cajuns born in Texas seem to rise to more fame. Coincidence? I think not.

[Fisherking]

LIBEL!!!!!! LIBEL!!!!!!

I will point out that it is merely a secret WASP breeding program to delude your french jeans and convert yall to Protestantism. Yall should be lucky. The masons wanted to send over the Mississipans but we Texans couldn't allow that culture of suck to pervade even a Frenchman that'd be straight up genocide.

I'll just go to law school in Tulane and get all the my cajun fantasies out then. :mellow:

Also Cajuns born in Texas seem to rise to more fame. Coincidence? I think not.


What! Tulane!
That’s kinda high up on the hogs back for you anint it boy? You gota know sumpum to go to Tulane!

Besides, a lawyer? I thought you could find a more honest line o’work then dat!

You betta lay off that Lone Star for a while and get yo head clear! Take up smuggling or somethin'!

I swan! The flower of Southern Manhood done withered on the vine!
You so Yankeefied I bet you eat grits with a spoon!:whip:


:laugh4:

[KukriKhan]

As a Knight of Columbus agent up at the Home Office training school, I witnessed one of the delightful culture shocks possible in the New World -- A Quebecois trying to chat french with a Bayou Cajun. They tried to make a go of it for a few minutes, but both ended up switching to English as neither was really comprehensible to the other. Worth a few laughs at the time.

Saw the same thing down at my local watering hole; a guy who'd been a Laotian Police Colonel. Multi-lingual. His conversation in French with our neighborhood Cajun ended after 4 sentences, each pronouncing the other's French: "crap".

Hilarity ensued.

[Strike For The South]

What! Tulane!
That’s kinda high up on the hogs back for you anint it boy? You gota know sumpum to go to Tulane!

Besides, a lawyer? I thought you could find a more honest line o’work then dat!

You betta lay off that Lone Star for a while and get yo head clear! Take up smuggling or somethin'!

I swan! The flower of Southern Manhood done withered on the vine!
You so Yankeefied I bet you eat grits with a spoon!:whip:


:laugh4:


I suspect you come from somewhere in Europe? Us Texans are capable of having calloused hands and Einstein like brains. Hence why we are Gods chosen people.

Ask anyone here I am the most intelligent, funniest, and best looking member. I also suspect I am the most humble. For 3 years In have destroyed red herrings, strawmen and trolls with ruthless like force.

I'm doing enough blue collar work now, eventually I want a storefront legal practice next to a gym. And after that I will open a brewery with my cajun wife and we will live happily ever after.

Withered? PAH! If anything I'm becoming more virile.

[Fisherking]

I suspect you come from somewhere in Europe? Us Texans are capable of having calloused hands and Einstein like brains. Hence why we are Gods chosen people.

Ask anyone here I am the most intelligent, funniest, and best looking member. I also suspect I am the most humble. For 3 years In have destroyed red herrings, strawmen and trolls with ruthless like force.

I'm doing enough blue collar work now, eventually I want a storefront legal practice next to a gym. And after that I will open a brewery with my cajun wife and we will live happily ever after.

Withered? PAH! If anything I'm becoming more virile.

I just can’t believe I am wasting my 1000 post on you, instead of starting a thread to celebrate it like D-Dave did.

Anyway, no matter what else, you are obviously suffering from TDS (Texacan Delusionary Syndrome).

Now this syndrome gives the sufferer the illusion that they are in possession of god-like powers for the simple reason that they were borne in Texas.

The causes are still not clearly understood but it seems to affect those borne in the dryer scrub regions much more than those borne in the well watered piney woods. It is thought that mesquite and bad water my play a part.

The bad news is that it seems to be incurable.

The good news is that you will hardly notice it. It is usually the people you communicate with that do most of the suffering.


And as to your last remark! While I may be temporarily living in Europe, I was borne in the American Birth Place of Texas!

That would be Tennessee.




:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:

[Adrian II]

Because I'm pretty sure none can possibly have a crappier accent than a drunk frenchman talking about something nobody cares about.I don't know. Haven't seen any Sarkozy speeches lately.

[Strike For The South]

I just can’t believe I am wasting my 1000 post on you, instead of starting a thread to celebrate it like D-Dave did.

Anyway, no matter what else, you are obviously suffering from TDS (Texacan Delusionary Syndrome).

Now this syndrome gives the sufferer the illusion that they are in possession of god-like powers for the simple reason that they were borne in Texas.

The causes are still not clearly understood but it seems to affect those borne in the dryer scrub regions much more than those borne in the well watered piney woods. It is thought that mesquite and bad water my play a part.

The bad news is that it seems to be incurable.

The good news is that you will hardly notice it. It is usually the people you communicate with that do most of the suffering.


And as to your last remark! While I may be temporarily living in Europe, I was borne in the American Birth Place of Texas!

That would be Tennessee.




:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:

The best thing to come out of your state is a womens basketball coach.

[HoreTore]

I don't know. Haven't seen any Sarkozy speeches lately.

Zing!

[Meneldil]

I don't know. Haven't seen any Sarkozy speeches lately.

:laugh4:

You just killed me.

[AlexanderSextus]

You so Yankeefied I bet you eat grits with a spoon!:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:


Should've said: "You so Yankeefied i bet you actually eat oatmeal!

[Tristuskhan]

I don't know. Haven't seen any Sarkozy speeches lately.

:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4: Fa-bu-leux!

[russia almighty]

I don't think I've seen anywhere call them freedom fries.


Seriously.

[CountArach]

I don't know. Haven't seen any Sarkozy speeches lately.
Nominee for post of the year.

[Yoyoma1910]

:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:


Should've said: "You so Yankeefied i bet you actually eat oatmeal!

Oatmeal's good for you. If it's good enough for a mule, it's good enough for a man.


The trick is to use enough pork fat and spices to not taste the actual oats. Fennel seed helps as well.

[Vladimir]

:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:


Should've said: "You so Yankeefied i bet you actually eat oatmeal!

It's called "cream of wheat (http://www.creamofwheat.com/creamofwheat/default.asp)"

but it still has a black guy on the box.

[Fisherking]

You so Yankeefied I bet you eat grits with a spoon!


:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:


Should've said: "You so Yankeefied i bet you actually eat oatmeal!


See! Ya done missed th' point rat thair!

Uh Southerner can eat oat meal any way he chooses.

But Grits is a culinary art!

Only two thangs goes on Grits…that’s butter or Red Eye Gravy. An’ they ought to be thick enough to eat with uh fork!

If they aint then them is Yankee grits! Or worse yet Corn Meal Mush!

Ya can’t be uh adding’ no sugar an’ such to um neither!

Eatin’ Grits wiff uh spoon is tellin’….:smash:

[Strike For The South]

See! Ya done missed th' point rat thair!

Uh Southerner can eat oat meal any way he chooses.

But Grits is a culinary art!

Only two thangs goes on Grits…that’s butter or Red Eye Gravy. An’ they ought to be thick enough to eat with uh fork!

If they aint then them is Yankee grits! Or worse yet Corn Meal Mush!

Ya can’t be uh adding’ no sugar an’ such to um neither!

Eatin’ Grits wiff uh spoon is tellin’….:smash:

See this is one of the more marked differences in South Texas compared to the South. I grew up eating breakfast Tacos, menudo or Huevos Rancheros. I may as well be Mexican when I compare my culinary pallet to someone from Huntsville or Houston.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

See this is one of the more marked differences in South Texas compared to the South. I grew up eating breakfast Tacos, menudo or Huevos Rancheros. I may as well be Mexican when I compare my culinary pallet to someone from Huntsville or Houston.

At least you understand that barbecue involves smoked meats and not....<<shudders>>...pulled meat in a sloppy joe sauce.

[Fisherking]

See this is one of the more marked differences in South Texas compared to the South. I grew up eating breakfast Tacos, menudo or Huevos Rancheros. I may as well be Mexican when I compare my culinary pallet to someone from Huntsville or Houston.


Menudo huh?:inquisitive:


It’s funny you should mention South Texas.
I spent most of my high school years in the lower Rio Grand Valley.

Now granted that that was before you and likely your mama was born, but I never did have no trouble getin grits in any eatin establishment around Harlingen and Mc Allen (that would be Six Gun Junction and Lonesome Dove for our TV fans). In fact, that is just what you got fer breakfast.

Now don’t get me wrong, there just aint nutin bad about Huevos Rancheros and a breakfast taco might be a good thang.

But ya know I might tend to agree with ya about bein‘ more Mexican (not that there‘z a thang wrong with that) Itz just that I don‘t know no ´mericans , Yankee or Southern that‘ud eat Cat…

[Strike For The South]

At least you understand that barbecue involves smoked meats and not....<<shudders>>...pulled meat in a sloppy joe sauce.

HA! I feel sorry for you. Pulled meat? Like sliced ham or what? You can come down and have some real stuff anytime.



Menudo huh?:inquisitive:


It’s funny you should mention South Texas.
I spent most of my high school years in the lower Rio Grand Valley.

Now granted that that was before you and likely your mama was born, but I never did have no trouble getin grits in any eatin establishment around Harlingen and Mc Allen (that would be Six Gun Junction and Lonesome Dove for our TV fans). In fact, that is just what you got fer breakfast.

Now don’t get me wrong, there just aint nutin bad about Huevos Rancheros and a breakfast taco might be a good thang.

But ya know I might tend to agree with ya about bein‘ more Mexican (not that there‘z a thang wrong with that) Itz just that I don‘t know no ´mericans , Yankee or Southern that‘ud eat Cat…

Yea menudo is great for a hangover. I'm not saying you cant get grits quite the contrary, I'm just saying what I prefer (dodges forks). You lived in the RGV? I apologize.

It definitely is much more of a Mexican thing but such is life when you're raised in SA. Most of my friends were mexican and even many of the dives we went to were considered Tex-Mex. Even Bills which considers itself BBQ would be considered Tex-mex in other places. San Antonio has a nasty habit of mixing really good foods (Mexican & BBQ) and giving us a product that is sub par. I learned this as a travled to other parts of the state.


If you were there before my mother was born ala mid sixtes, it has changed a bit. Although not like it matters to me. Being from San Antonio means I am inherently better than those mouth breathers from the valley. But it wasn't until around the Carter years that the Mexicans began to supplant the white ranchers as the main political force no?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I believe they rip bits off the pork shoulder. They drown it in some sicky sweet semi-vinegar sauce, slop it onto a hamburger bun and add....<<winces in emotional pain>> heavy mayo'd cole slaw as a topping.

In Austin, I'd wander the parking lot at the barbecue competition and revel in an olfactory and taste bud heaven -- and the only thing I had to pay for was the parking. Here, I'd pay to not eat what they call barbecue.

I mean, Mephis style ribs aren't a fave, but at least I can respect the effort. Pulled meat?!? The Borgias would do better.

[Strike For The South]

I believe they rip bits off the pork shoulder. They drown it in some sicky sweet semi-vinegar sauce, slop it onto a hamburger bun and add....<<winces in emotional pain>> heavy mayo'd cole slaw as a topping.

In Austin, I'd wander the parking lot at the barbecue competition and revel in an olfactory and taste bud heaven -- and the only thing I had to pay for was the parking. Here, I'd pay to not eat what they call barbecue.

I mean, Mephis style ribs aren't a fave, but at least I can respect the effort. Pulled meat?!? The Borgias would do better.


That's what you get for leaving!

[seireikhaan]

I want to be see(eat?) a Texas vs Kansas City bbq-off.

[Strike For The South]

I want to be see(eat?) a Texas vs Kansas City bbq-off.

lol. The midwest pluheeeeeeeessssssssssssseeeeeeeeeee

[seireikhaan]

At least us Midwesterners can take 20 degree temps without crying over how cold it is. :smash:

[Strike For The South]

At least us Midwesterners can take 20 degree temps without crying over how cold it is. :smash:

THE CONDENSATION MADE IT LOOK LIKE TEARS :cry:

[seireikhaan]

Its not cold unless the tears are freezing immediately. Condensation doesn't happen at those temperatures, silly Texan. ~;p

[Strike For The South]

Its not cold unless the tears are freezing immediately. Condensation doesn't happen at those temperatures, silly Texan. ~;p

I learn real good! I can't belive I'm arguing with someone from IOWA of all places. HOW IS THE CORN!

~;)

[seireikhaan]

:laugh4:

Nice edit.

The corn had a rough year. First it got flooded in the spring, then winter came early and froze over a bunch of it that had to be harvested late. Unfortunately, much of this goes to feed, and will raise the price of anything related to beef or pork. :skull:

[Strike For The South]

Nice edit.
I wasn't combative enough :mellow:




The corn had a rough year. First it got flooded in the spring, then winter came early and froze over a bunch of it that had to be harvested late. Unfortunately, much of this goes to feed, and will raise the price of anything related to beef or pork. :skull:

Ya? Well Cotton did awesome and back home the ranching industry is in tip top shape. Not to mention there is still oil here.

How does it feel you are ruining the nation due to the fact your state can't grow any other crops and you are ruining our food? How does it feel? All that blood on your hands?

[seireikhaan]

Ya? Well Cotton did awesome and back home the ranching industry is in tip top shape. Not to mention there is still oil here.

How does it feel you are ruining the nation due to the fact your state can't grow any other crops and you are ruining our food? How does it feel? All that blood on your hands?
Well, there's a couple problems here. First, we kick :daisy: at soy growing too, and that stuff's used in a bunch of stuff I'm sure.

Second, we never got around to that war for Independence like Texas(too lazy), so we never got the chance to carve out Chicago and Minnesota for ourselves. :shame: And God knows we wouldn't want to expand into Kansas/Nebraska/Missouri. :wink:

Tell ya what, we'll just stop growing stuff and then we'll see how bad things get. :evil:

And stop being jealous just because we've started growing oil to compete with Texas.

[Strike For The South]

Well, there's a couple problems here. First, we kick :daisy: at soy growing too, and that stuff's used in a bunch of stuff I'm sure.

Second, we never got around to that war for Independence like Texas(too lazy), so we never got the chance to carve out Chicago and Minnesota for ourselves. :shame: And God knows we wouldn't want to expand into Kansas/Nebraska/Missouri. :wink:

Tell ya what, we'll just stop growing stuff and then we'll see how bad things get. :evil:

And stop being jealous just because we've started growing oil to compete with Texas.

Iowa=

Texas=

[Hooahguy]

georgia:

[Yoyoma1910]

The best Barbecue is in West Alabama, right near the Mississippi border, in one of the poorest parts of this country. Where nothing but Kudzu flourishes.

[drone]

georgia:

Ah, Amicalola Falls, my father's backyard! :2thumbsup:

[seireikhaan]

Iowa=
Yes, this can feed a lot of people. Very nice growing land.


Texas=
That's pretty and all, but what the heck is that land supposed to do? Only thing it does is make it more bearable to drive past.

[LittleGrizzly]

I have to say i always imagined Texas to look a bit more sandy... that could almost be somewhere in wales... if it wasn't for the sun shining...

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I really hate to interfere with the Battle of the States, but...


Bavaria Wins.

https://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8703/bavaria42ls3.jpg

https://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4092/berchtesgadenkoenigseebwu1.jpg

[seireikhaan]

I postulate to you the same argument- what good is that land? 'Bout the only thing that could be in that land would be mines.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I postulate to you the same argument- what good is that land? 'Bout the only thing that could be in that land would be mines.

That is only a small portion of the land in Bavaria. North of that (on the autobahn between Nürnberg and München especially, though on the southern end of that stretch...forget the geography) are outstanding hops fields and farms of various kinds.

EDIT: And come to think of it, that land reminds me a little of the land near the St. Lawrence in Quebec. Only a little though.

[Strike For The South]

Texas farmland:


Corn boy, You realize Texas has more farmland than Iowa has land right? You realize I'm not counting Oil/Natrual Gas reservers nor Ranchland. YOU REALIZE WE COULD BURRY YOU UNDER OUR OPPRESSIVE JACKBOOT ENSLAVING YOUR VERY VANILLA POPULATION.


YOU REALIZE WE GIVE THE NATION 1/3 of the NATURAL GAS AND COWS RIGHT? YOU REALIZE? YOU SEE THAT PICTURE? THATS KING COTTON, FINER THAN ANYTHING YOU'D GET IN EGYPT

/heart attack


GERMANYS AWESOME



Pluhhheeeese. Don't you live in Canada? You're just as bad as those "German-Americans" whom we quarantine in CenTex.

[seireikhaan]

Blah blah blah Texas blah blah....
You're just jealous because I reside in heaven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqgKGtYfr_U).

[Proletariat]

Pluhhheeeese. Don't you live in Canada? You're just as bad as those "German-Americans" whom we quarantine in CenTex.

You did see those pix tho, right? Bavaria looks like it pwns Texas' countryside. It prolly has less 'dry-counties' too.

You're welcome here anytime, EMFM. We have some weird liquor laws in Virginia on sundays but our country side's sweet!

https://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7403/shenandoahheaderimgue7.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
https://img220.imageshack.us/img220/shenandoahheaderimgue7.jpg/1/w368.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img220/shenandoahheaderimgue7.jpg/1/)

[LittleGrizzly]

Im rooting for Bavaria so far.... Georgia's a close second...

I was planning on putting one up for my local city unfortunately all the pictures make the place look fairly nice... which is completely innaccurate...

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Pluhhheeeese. Don't you live in Canada? You're just as bad as those "German-Americans" whom we quarantine in CenTex.

:no:

I live in both, thank you very much. I thought I'd explained this before. And a comparison to German-Americans is almost insulting. Most of them can't even speak German, much less hold German citizenship or birth certificates... :whip:

EDIT: Nevermind. Let's just say that like you, I defend my home state. ~;)

EDIT 2: You're just jealous of the hops fields. I'm onto your game.

[Strike For The South]

You did see those pix tho, right? Bavaria looks like it pwns Texas' countryside. It prolly has less 'dry-counties' too.

You're welcome here anytime, EMFM. We have some weird liquor laws in Virginia on sundays but our country side's sweet!

https://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7403/shenandoahheaderimgue7.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
https://img220.imageshack.us/img220/shenandoahheaderimgue7.jpg/1/w368.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img220/shenandoahheaderimgue7.jpg/1/)

Virginia? Are you high?




You're just jealous because I reside in heaven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqgKGtYfr_U).

Field of Dreams? Are you serious? Do you want to compare college championships and pro athletes from our states? Texas will skulldrag Iowa.


:no:

I live in both, thank you very much. I thought I'd explained this before. And a comparison to German-Americans is almost insulting. Most of them can't even speak German, much less hold German citizenship or birth certificates... :whip:

EDIT: Nevermind. Let's just say that like you, I defend my home state. ~;)

EDIT 2: You're just jealous of the hops fields. I'm onto your game.

Im going to tell you what I tell the "Germans" and "Poles" and "Mexicans and "Czechs" that infest the areas in and around San Antonio

YOUR FAMILY CAME OVER IN 1850, GET A JOB


3 on 1? Finally some odds in my favor ~;)

[seireikhaan]

Field of Dreams? Are you serious? Do you want to compare college championships and pro athletes from our states? Texas will skulldrag Iowa.
Let me know when lost spirits start mistaking Texas for heaven. :coffeenews:

[Strike For The South]

Let me know when lost spirits start mistaking Texas for heaven. :coffeenews:

A work of fiction. This however is fact.

"You may all got to hell, I will go to Texas"-David Crockett

[Crazed Rabbit]

I really hate to interfere with the Battle of the States, but...


Clearly, if there is still any discussion, the beauty of Washington state (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ejphoto.com/images_WA/WA_rainier_SunbeamCreek03.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ejphoto.com/mount_rainier_page.htm&usg=__5oP8LeuUAs3_NGplsbl72wztL8I=&h=334&w=500&sz=150&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=BR4zZh-ix63vdM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwashington%2Blandscapes%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN) has not been revealed:

https://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9309/42390298yu3.jpg

https://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4416/clouds20over20eldorado2mw4.jpg

https://img230.imageshack.us/img230/576/maple20pass20loop20smalwc6.jpg

And those aren't even any of the big mountains we have in the state.

We've got beautiful rolling hills and rock-sculpted landscapes;

https://img230.imageshack.us/img230/706/00boyb22215884eq0.jpg

https://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5237/6091739iw6.jpg

We've also got the northernmost rainforest. But there's more than just mind-boggling beauty; we have loads of farmland and produce a huge amount of apples and raspberries. We have numerous independent and micro-breweries across the state. We have our own wine valley and tech center. And khaan, see all those trees? We produce a lot of lumbar too, which is nice if you don't want to live in a sod house.

Plus we're more gun-friendly than Texas.

CR


And stop being jealous just because we've started growing oil to compete with Texas.

Bah! (Corn) Ethanol sucks! It contains much less energy and you get much less mpg. The only reason you grow it is because the government subsidizes it.

[Fisherking]

Crazed Rabbit,

You forgot to say they Washington is the second largest hops producer in the world!

You forgot to show Maniac pics of Leavenworth!

You forgot to show the endless wheat fields!

You forgot to say Washington grows the potatoes that Idaho bags and sells!

You forgot to show any of the high desert country in central Washington!

Now if they just had a government that was actually elected by the people!!!

Have they found anyone alive that actually voted for your Governor what’s her name!


South has Texas down pretty well. What he hasn’t said is that Texas is so huge that if you gave everyone on earth a quarter acre of land they would all still fit into Texas…of course some of them would certainly starve, because the only thing you can grow on that stuff around Big Bend is rocks.

[Banquo's Ghost]

May I remind posters that pictures should be hosted yourself, not hotlinked.

Thank you kindly.

:bow:

[rasoforos]

It is amazing!

French Fries bring the best out of people :)

Amazing pics by the way

[seireikhaan]

Bah! (Corn) Ethanol sucks! It contains much less energy and you get much less mpg. The only reason you grow it is because the government subsidizes it.
:yes: (The corn also goes as food aid to developing countries so we can essentially make them dependent on US corn because the local farmers can't compete against our amazing-ness)

I was just poking at his oil comment.

Also, Strike- while we're on the topic of sports. Ya know this game coming up in a little over a week? Super Bowl? Wanna guess which state, Texas or Iowa, has a hometown boy starting at Quarterback in that game? :smash:

[Crazed Rabbit]

Crazed Rabbit,

You forgot to say they Washington is the second largest hops producer in the world!

You forgot to show Maniac pics of Leavenworth!

You forgot to show the endless wheat fields!

You forgot to say Washington grows the potatoes that Idaho bags and sells!

You forgot to show any of the high desert country in central Washington!

Now if they just had a government that was actually elected by the people!!!

Have they found anyone alive that actually voted for your Governor what’s her name!


I was saving it should any of them decide to continue their futile struggle against the awesomeness of Washington.

I haven't met anyone who admitted to voting for Christine 'What's Fiscal Responsibility?' Gregoire, but I haven't asked much. I still don't know what I'm going to do with the 2x4 foot Rossi sign I have.

CR

[Meneldil]

Im going to tell you what I tell the "Germans" and "Poles" and "Mexicans and "Czechs" that infest the areas in and around San Antonio

YOUR FAMILY CAME OVER IN 1850, GET A JOB


3 on 1? Finally some odds in my favor ~;)

That's indeed a disturbing part of North-American culture: people whose familly have been living there for centuries who still describe themselves as "Italian", "German", "Ukrainian", "Pole" or whatnot.

Being an exchange student, I hang out a lot with other non-Canadian people living in Ontario. I remember a discussion I witnessed a few days ago : a Canadian guy was talking to a - charming - italian girl, and the guy was like "You, know, I myself am Italian. My familly left Italy in the 19th century, my grandmother's familly name is [insert a random, italian-sounding name here]".

The guy obviously was looking for a night of hot italian sex. Too bad the only answer he got from said italian girl was a laugher and a "you're as italian as i'm chinese" :2thumbsup:

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

YOUR FAMILY CAME OVER IN 1850, GET A JOB


Only they didn't. My family is all in Germany, I'm a German citizen, I'm in Canada on a very temporary basis, off and on. As much as I'd like to claim Canadian background as well as German, I cannot. But nice try. ~;)

EDIT 2: You could call my situation a little similar to Meneldil's, I suppose. I actually do find your comparison to German-Canadians and German-Americans insulting, and I largely hold them in the same regard that you hold them in. I certainly do not see them as German (rather as people with German ethnic background). The closest you can possibly come with any accuracy to painting me with that brush would be as what you call Volga Germans, and that is not only hardly the same thing, but ethnically and not personally.

EDIT 3: Crazed Rabbit, I can perhaps manage a draw.

[Crazed Rabbit]

EDIT 3: Crazed Rabbit, I can perhaps manage a draw.

With Texas maybe. But not Washington. We've got all that Bavaria has and more.

CR

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

With Texas maybe. But not Washington. We've got all that Bavaria has and more.

CR

No, Bavaria certainly beats Texas. About having all that Bavaria has and more, I strongly suggest a visit to the Fränkische Schweiz.

[Crazed Rabbit]

I remain of the same opinion.

CR

[Strike For The South]

:yes: (The corn also goes as food aid to developing countries so we can essentially make them dependent on US corn because the local farmers can't compete against our amazing-ness)

I was just poking at his oil comment.

Also, Strike- while we're on the topic of sports. Ya know this game coming up in a little over a week? Super Bowl? Wanna guess which state, Texas or Iowa, has a hometown boy starting at Quarterback in that game? :smash:

You realize that there is a Texas v the Nation football game for guys entering the draft right?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I remain of the same opinion.

CR

Because you've never been to the Fränkische Schweiz. ~;)

Then again, I've never been to Washington.

[seireikhaan]

Because you've never been to the Fränkische Schweiz. ~;)

Then again, I've never been to Washington.
So do I get bonus points for having been to Rothenburg?

[Strike For The South]

So do I get bonus points for having been to Rothenburg?

Your state has no culture

[seireikhaan]

Your state has no culture
Sure we do.

Yours just can't pick one.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

So do I get bonus points for having been to Rothenburg?

Rothenburg in Mittelfranken? If so, yes.

[seireikhaan]

Rothenburg in Mittelfranken? If so, yes.
Sweet, I got bonus points.

(Lovely town, Rothenburg, btw)

[Strike For The South]

Sure we do.

Yours just can't pick one.

Pfft. Yes we can. Our culture is awesome.

[seireikhaan]

Yes we can.
GET THE STARS OUT OF YOUR EYES, OBAMA NUT.

[Fisherking]

Because you've never been to the Fränkische Schweiz. ~;)

Then again, I've never been to Washington.

CR go to Bayern!

Maniac go to Washington!

Sorry CR but while Washington has Hops, it still cannot touch Bavarian Beers

The Fränkische Schweiz has some beautiful caves and castles that Washington cannot boast. Bayern (Bavaria) overall has some places that remind me of Washington, even some Douglass Firs but not so overwhelming in all its beauty. It is however worth the trip. Even if it is just for the Beers!

Maniac, go to Washington, or if you can‘t at least go to Western BC. Either will capture your heart and imagination. Oh, and their Beers are better than what you will find elsewhere in North America if you know where to look. You may even find some real ones, at outlandish prices of course…

Strike, you should visit Washington, even if it is just to say you were there, and not that one on the east cost. The one way up in the Northwest. it’s a good place for Lawyers at the moment anyway. Bavaria might be more problematic for you, other than coming during October Fest. It is really tough to get good Mexican Food if you can‘t fix it your self. What they call Chilly would kind of scare most people as to some of the changes they make to it, to no good effect, and if you have a good Tortilla recipe you could send me I‘d be grateful…