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Sea Skimmer wrote:I'm not seeing why our supply of kinky French maid outfits must actually come from France.

Maybe it's the name? Hence forth they shall be known as
Freedom Maid outfits. :D

:? Somehow that makes them sound kinkier doesn't it? :D
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Stormbringer wrote:
Quebec maple syrup (Quebec makes most of the world's maple syrup)
I prefer real Vermont Syrup.
HEY where do you think Vermont got the idea? :evil:
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Montcalm wrote:HEY where do you think Vermont got the idea? :evil:
Hell if I know. Don't much care either.
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Just as an FYI, German wines and French beers are also rather good (in the later case, exceptionally good).
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Darth Wong wrote:
Master of Ossus wrote:What ended up happening, with that? Did Canada eventually decide to support the war, denounce the war, or give no opinion? Not that it would change what I would boycott at all (boycott maple syrup?).
A middle-of-the-road approach. Jean Chretien released a public statement indicating that "we will not participate" in the war, but did not denounce it. Some low-level backbenchers made idiots of themselves by flapping their lips and saying some anti-American things.

A lot of people wondered why we could say we're not participating in the war if we have 3 ships in the Gulf supporting your fleet, so Chretien explained that those 3 ships would not turn over prisoners to the American fleet if they picked up any in their patrols, but they would instead keep the prisoners ourselves. Damned if I know what the hell kind of position that is ...
The aforementioned position is known as the "wishy-washy" route. It's very popular among people who don't want to "offend" anyone.
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Tsyroc wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:I'm not seeing why our supply of kinky French maid outfits must actually come from France.

Maybe it's the name? Hence forth they shall be known as
Freedom Maid outfits. :D

:? Somehow that makes them sound kinkier doesn't it? :D
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Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Tsyroc wrote:[
Maybe it's the name? Hence forth they shall be known as
Freedom Maid outfits. :D

:? Somehow that makes them sound kinkier doesn't it? :D
(insert reference to Wonder Woman)

:lol:

Wonder Woman would definately be kinkier (the lasso and all) but how could
I forget American Maid Image defender of The City. :D
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hmm, will people harrass my mom for still driving that old VW....

oh wait it has"Peace", "Greatful Dead" "Rasta" & othershit painted on it...
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I stared boycotting French products after the British Beef thing. Germany doesn't bother me in the slightest over their stance. They didn't do half the damage France did and as for the canadians i'm sure whats to boycot them for.

Incidently Californian or Chilian red wine is much much better than french garbage. Infact if you check up on it you'll discover that French wine died about a hundred years ago. A plague wiped out 99% of the Vineyards crops and whats now growing in the vineyards actually orginates from California.
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Maple syrup, because the stuff is sickly and disgusting :P
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Xisiqomelir wrote:Just as an FYI, German wines and French beers are also rather good (in the later case, exceptionally good).
don´t tell me you like kronenbourg. :x
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Darth Wong wrote:
[*]Mercedes-Benz, Porshe, and BMW automobiles (like French wine, an historical status symbol)

[*]German industrial equipment

[*]German beer[/list]
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Darth Pounder wrote:Incidently Californian or Chilian red wine is much much better than french garbage. Infact if you check up on it you'll discover that French wine died about a hundred years ago. A plague wiped out 99% of the Vineyards crops and whats now growing in the vineyards actually orginates from California.
They claim that it's the climate, and not the grapes, that actually makes the wine.
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Sothis wrote:Maple syrup, because the stuff is sickly and disgusting :P
I found myself a punching bag :twisted:
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Master of Ossus wrote:
Darth Pounder wrote:Incidently Californian or Chilian red wine is much much better than french garbage. Infact if you check up on it you'll discover that French wine died about a hundred years ago. A plague wiped out 99% of the Vineyards crops and whats now growing in the vineyards actually orginates from California.
They claim that it's the climate, and not the grapes, that actually makes the wine.
Don't they also claim to be a major world power? :lol:
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Sea Skimmer wrote:
phongn wrote: And that's about it. The rest I don't have an issue with, and they'd go apeshit if we boycotted #3 :twisted:
3# is probably the most possibul, the US government could aid a catch onto any airline aid package, you must buy American for the next decade. Combine that with the A400M disaster and Airbus will be back to needing 5 billion a year in direct subsidies in months.
Ooh, that'd be cruel (of course, there's the ever-present rumours that Europe would revoke landing slots if they didn't buy Airbus...) And yes, A400M is a disaster.
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phongn wrote:
Ooh, that'd be cruel (of course, there's the ever-present rumours that Europe would revoke landing slots if they didn't buy Airbus...) And yes, A400M is a disaster.
If the French want to strangle there own tourist industry they can do so. I suspect most of Europe wouldn't be willing to go so far.
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Besides that I don't buy any of those products, it seems patently absurd to lash out at a nation just because they don't want to go to war.

Of course, if they don't put anything into the war, I don't think they should get any rewards out of postwar Iraq either.
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Sothis wrote:Maple syrup, because the stuff is sickly and disgusting :P
But hey, it's better than the artificial you get from the grocery store, right?
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