I think this says it all

March 11, 2003 3:03 PM

I think this says it all http://waveridersystems.com/fries/
posted by Captain Ligntning (90 comments total)

Couldn't you have posted that here? Oh wait. You did.
posted by turbodog at 3:07 PM on March 11, 2003

Something appears to be disastrously wrong with your post, Cap'n.
posted by samuelad at 3:07 PM on March 11, 2003

or perhaps with my browser
posted by samuelad at 3:08 PM on March 11, 2003

No, no - I think it's the post.
posted by rhapsodie at 3:09 PM on March 11, 2003

Sigh. I'm reluctant to go by the "lower member # = smarter, more informed in the ways of Mefi" but really, Cap'n, you should have known better.
posted by jonson at 3:11 PM on March 11, 2003

I think something's wrong with Captain "Ligntning's" username too, but who am I to nitpick?
posted by dhoyt at 3:12 PM on March 11, 2003

Oooo, nitpickers!! Whatever.
posted by Captain Ligntning at 3:16 PM on March 11, 2003

I don't get it.
posted by ColdChef at 3:21 PM on March 11, 2003

I think it says it all, too, Captain. That's really something. Why don't you come with me? That's right. Good, good. The door's just right over here. That's right. Just this way. Come on now. There it is. I know. I know. Here you go. Right through here. Thanks for coming, really. Good times. Have a nice night, Captain.
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 3:22 PM on March 11, 2003

Now you're just boring me.
posted by Captain Ligntning at 3:23 PM on March 11, 2003

Sigh. I'm reluctant to go by the "lower member # = smarter, more informed in the ways of Mefi" but really, Cap'n, you should have known better.

no, no, it's true, you're a moron jonson.

by like 4000!

ok. a little under that.

but i forgive you because you, uh, well, are a, uh, chaotic good valkyrie?
posted by fishfucker at 3:24 PM on March 11, 2003

_sirmissalot_

Yeah, can you stop talking like that for me please? Thanks.
posted by ed\26h at 3:24 PM on March 11, 2003

ps, i'm sorry for adding to the trend of frolicking in threads that are destined to be deleted, but, uh, it's not like i'm a pre-10k, so there.
posted by fishfucker at 3:26 PM on March 11, 2003

Feel free, you fish-banging perv. This thread is destined for thread hell.
posted by Captain Ligntning at 3:27 PM on March 11, 2003

I don't get it.

Me neither. Why would you have a picture of freedom fries with the caption "You Want Freedom With That?". Wouldn't a picture of a burger and milkshake make more sense? The good captain got it right the first time he made the joke, but there was no picture involved.
posted by Gary at 3:28 PM on March 11, 2003

I've just looked. The page ain't changed since I posted the link. What are you babbling on about?
posted by Captain Ligntning at 3:31 PM on March 11, 2003

I like dogs.
posted by Witty at 3:31 PM on March 11, 2003

Sorry. My mistake. I meant since you made the joke here.
posted by Gary at 3:33 PM on March 11, 2003

Dogs are cool. Except poodles. Little yippy French bastards.
posted by Captain Ligntning at 3:33 PM on March 11, 2003

DUDE CAPTAIN YOU ARE DUMB FOR POSTING THAT
posted by xmutex at 3:33 PM on March 11, 2003

Oh, that old thing! I'd forgotten about it during the madness of looking for lunch someplace that didn't have French food on the menu.
posted by Captain Ligntning at 3:35 PM on March 11, 2003

Dude, turn off the caps lock. Punctuate much?
posted by Captain Ligntning at 3:36 PM on March 11, 2003

mmm, Pancakes.
posted by LimePi at 3:38 PM on March 11, 2003

Dogs are okay, but ragdoll cats are better.
posted by elwoodwiles at 3:41 PM on March 11, 2003

Is this the MeFi version of a Fark photoshop thread? One person posts an image with some text under it, demonstrating a lack of skill or humor, then dozens flock to decry it?

I'd like to see some attempts by MeFi-ers to produce quality pictorial humor on this topic.
posted by TreeHugger at 3:42 PM on March 11, 2003

*Frollick*
posted by Stauf at 3:42 PM on March 11, 2003

Captain, please report to #mefi so we can kick you.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 3:42 PM on March 11, 2003

mmm, Key Lime Pie.
posted by Ljubljana at 3:42 PM on March 11, 2003

is there a german word for "shameful enjoyment of a disastrous post headed for oblivion"?
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 3:43 PM on March 11, 2003

Boobies.
posted by xmutex at 3:47 PM on March 11, 2003

Tonight, I will have nightmares. I will bolt upright in bed fearful and shaking, for I know...yes, I know...this thread will not be deleted, for Matt is out-of-town. The terror begins...
posted by Wulfgar! at 3:48 PM on March 11, 2003

Postenfreude
posted by jonson at 3:49 PM on March 11, 2003

*snarky quip about post.* post count =+1*
posted by Nauip at 3:49 PM on March 11, 2003

observation that dogs are funny (OK, now I'm just being silly)
posted by Pretty_Generic at 3:53 PM on March 11, 2003

Schadenthreade?

on preview: fr1st p0st!
posted by turbodog at 3:57 PM on March 11, 2003

nauip, your statement generates a syntax error. try reversing the + and = signs.
posted by TreeHugger at 4:00 PM on March 11, 2003

this thread will not be deleted, for Matt is out-of-town. The terror begins...

Matt should know better than to leave us all unsupervised for more than a few hours at a time. It'll be his fault if this turns into some sort of Lord of the Flies sequel.

Speaking of which, who's got the conch?
posted by Ljubljana at 4:06 PM on March 11, 2003

TreeHugger's real name is Piggy!!
posted by Captain Ligntning at 4:07 PM on March 11, 2003

I personally find it RACIST and BIGGOTED that only crinkle cut fries are considered "Freedom" fries. What about the rights of the crisscut fry? The shoestring fry? The steak fry? Are they not worthy of the title "Freedom" fry?

Won't someone think of the children!!!!
posted by Plunge at 4:12 PM on March 11, 2003

Them fries are all the same. I say we send them all back to South America where they belong.
posted by Captain Ligntning at 4:13 PM on March 11, 2003

Turning and turning
Within the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer
Things fall apart
The center cannot hold
And a blood dimmed tide
Is loosed upon the world

Nothing is sacred
The ceremony sinks
Innocence is drowned
In anarchy
The best lack conviction
Given some time to think
And the worst are full of passion
Without mercy

Surely some revelation is at hand
Surely it's the second coming
And wrath has finally taken form
For what is this rough beast
Its hour come at last
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born

Hoping and hoping
As if by my weak faith
The spirit of this world
Would heal and rise
Vast are the shadows
That straddle and strafe
And struggle in the darkness
Troubling my eyes

Shaped like a lion
It has the head of a man
With a gaze as blank
And pitiless as the sun
And it's moving its slow thighs
Across the desert sands
Through dark indignant
Reeling falcons

Surely some revelation is at hand
Surely it's the second coming
And the wrath has finally taken form
For what is this rough beast
Its hour come at last
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born

Raging and raging
It rises from the deep
Opening its eyes
After twenty centuries
Vexed to a nightmare
Out of a stormy sleep
By a rocking cradle
By the Sea of Galilee

Surely some revelation is at hand
Surely it's the second coming
And the wrath has finally taken form
For what is this rough beast
Its hour come at last
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born
Slouching towards Bethlehem to be born
posted by JohnR at 4:15 PM on March 11, 2003

let me be among the first to say that i welcome our new fry overlords...
posted by boogah at 4:16 PM on March 11, 2003

Spud poetry.
posted by Captain Ligntning at 4:17 PM on March 11, 2003

I was gonna put some sophomoric cliche in here, but-

i got nothin`.
posted by shadow45 at 4:20 PM on March 11, 2003

Freedom Food, Food Freedom, Eat Freedom, Fast Food Freedom Fighters ...

... did I win?
posted by jdaura at 4:21 PM on March 11, 2003

(Cheers to the Captain for having a sense of humor about this thread)
posted by dhoyt at 4:22 PM on March 11, 2003

poop
posted by mazola at 4:22 PM on March 11, 2003

Captain Lightning, are you trying to win twin awards for Lame Initial Post and Self-Moderating Discussion?

Don't answer. Please.
posted by argybarg at 4:24 PM on March 11, 2003

What a load of ...
posted by inpHilltr8r at 4:24 PM on March 11, 2003

hrmmm... i wonder how long it will take for people to realize that the french fry is truly an american invention and the name stems not from any nationality but from the technique used to make those delicious starchy treats. what some might nowadays call a julienne was once (in our much less PC days) called 'frenching'. all it means is to take something and make little strips out of it. really, with the way home cooking has become so en vouge these days you'd think emeril or some other suitably bland tv chef 'personality' would have come raging to the defense of our poor little spuds. well at least we still have fren^H^H^H^H er, freedom toast.
posted by skatz at 4:33 PM on March 11, 2003

People who post stupid stuff in threads they know will be deleted are aiding the terrorists.
posted by y6y6y6 at 4:37 PM on March 11, 2003

argy, go back to France.
posted by Captain Ligntning at 4:42 PM on March 11, 2003

Christ people, keep the noise down, I'm interviewing for a new Freedom Maid.
posted by DBAPaul at 4:42 PM on March 11, 2003

preferably one with her own freedom tickler.
posted by DBAPaul at 4:43 PM on March 11, 2003

Who are all you people, and why will you not shut up?
posted by gleuschk at 4:49 PM on March 11, 2003

Does this make Montreal a Freedom-Canadian town?

Oh, wait...
posted by adampsyche at 4:53 PM on March 11, 2003

Are these fries something I need ketchup to know about?

DBAPaul, you're looking for a New Freedom Maid?? Whotta country!
posted by WolfDaddy at 4:55 PM on March 11, 2003

Captain Lightning, are you trying to win twin awards for Lame Initial Post and Self-Moderating Discussion?

I don't know... Most trolls would have posted it and run off. I kind of like the fact that he's here to see it through to the bitter end. In the spirit of that, let's all enjoy some Freedom Pancakes.
posted by Gary at 4:57 PM on March 11, 2003

Now that Gaul’s unmitigated
let us no more eat French fries,
the issue must be litigated
and won’t end till Saddam dies.

We must show to Jacques Chirac
defiance, and stop drinking claret
as we stick it to Iraq,
we must offer no French carrot.

Every man who is a voter
must eschew perfume from France,
even though his body odor
may be harmful to romance.

At MacDonald’s when you’re eating
order freedom fries with Coke;
that way France will get a beating,
though Chirac won’t get the joke.
posted by thatweirdguy2 at 5:04 PM on March 11, 2003

My auntie told me not to run on account of my asthma.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 5:11 PM on March 11, 2003

Death to the French by Stinky del Negro
posted by ColdChef at 5:12 PM on March 11, 2003

Captain, remember bondcliff's wise words:
The front page is not the place for me to express these opinions.
posted by languagehat at 5:12 PM on March 11, 2003

Are these fries something I need ketchup to know about?

So the ketchup represents blood?

We need to shed blood for freedom!

It's all starting to make sense now.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 5:20 PM on March 11, 2003

So i should throw in the obligatory "No Ketchup for Oil!" statement here then?
posted by quin at 5:51 PM on March 11, 2003

Cheese spreaders try cheesy manoeuvre.
posted by asok at 5:53 PM on March 11, 2003

What if I just cut the cheese? Is that okay?
posted by ColdChef at 5:57 PM on March 11, 2003

Quel coupe le fromage?
posted by Captain Ligntning at 6:01 PM on March 11, 2003

"Let me be the first to fellate you!"
posted by cinderful at 6:01 PM on March 11, 2003

OK, who cut the cheese?
posted by MiguelCardoso at 6:10 PM on March 11, 2003

skatz, I thought frenching...oops freedoming was something two people did with tongues and mouths and such. You know something else?
posted by billsaysthis at 6:14 PM on March 11, 2003

hrmm. you know i can't seem to find any etymological research on the term 'frenching' except as relating to the preparation of a roast. although the word julienne is definitely french in origin. a short leap from julienned frites to frenched fries and beyond?
posted by skatz at 6:51 PM on March 11, 2003

Hey. Since this thread has turned into online equivalent of the Rodney King riots, I'd like to take this chance to let everybody know I am looking for cool kids candy -- it's "out of print". Anybody know where to get some?

I saw a robin today.
posted by namespan at 6:57 PM on March 11, 2003

My mommy drinks because I cry.
posted by Captain Ligntning at 6:59 PM on March 11, 2003

I bought some new things today.
posted by mcsweetie at 7:00 PM on March 11, 2003

JohnR - what is that poem? i just checked and it isn't the second coming. is it the output from some generator, fed the original? curious...
posted by andrew cooke at 7:09 PM on March 11, 2003

Three cheers for Captain Ligntning for being such a good sport, especially as I thought the image he linked was a good post - and a great companion-piece to the previous discussion - well worth debating, along the lines of popular semiotics and iconography. I thought it was telling and signalled a strange, new defensive America. Pity. But yay for the way he went with the flow and joined in the fun (after putting up a good fight!). Let it be an example to us all. Well, at least to me. I'm definitely contributing a dollar to help put the H back in his name. :)
posted by MiguelCardoso at 7:11 PM on March 11, 2003

ah. reprocessed by joni mitchell. the original scans better (at least, without a tune).

the youth of yesterday, eh?
posted by andrew cooke at 7:14 PM on March 11, 2003

I think Matt should just ban people who post stupid stuff in threads they know will be deleted.

...... Oooops.
posted by webmutant at 7:14 PM on March 11, 2003

And so Prospero logged onto MetaFilter, and noticed that a short, pithy front-page post had over seventy-four comments following it. "My oh my," he said to himself, rubbing his hands together in expectation and literally salivating, "it's time for an unexpected extra late-night helping of typically scintillating MetaFilter conversation: intelligent and erudite, with a dash of elitism and a smidgen of genteel flaming to give it that extra kick! Now that I have made myself a cup of Earl Grey tea, I shall enjoy a thread the likes of which I haven't seen since the Laurie Garrett fiasco!"
posted by Prospero at 7:16 PM on March 11, 2003

Brenda?
posted by BirdD0g at 7:23 PM on March 11, 2003

hee, all of this over some fast food.

It really makes you think.
posted by krazykity16 at 7:37 PM on March 11, 2003

...so these Freedom Fries, they...
oh never mind.
posted by obloquy at 7:53 PM on March 11, 2003

"Your mother was a duck."
posted by armoured-ant at 7:59 PM on March 11, 2003

And so Prospero came to click "Comments," and was savagely dissapointed.

Depending, of course, on how one defines scintillating. I'm captivated by this whole thing.
posted by Yelling At Nothing at 8:25 PM on March 11, 2003

BirdD0g: dick!
posted by shadow45 at 8:44 PM on March 11, 2003

I like to watch.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 9:14 PM on March 11, 2003

i see dead people
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 9:20 PM on March 11, 2003

"This week on Family Affair, Buffy and Jody hide their new pony from Mr. Fweedom."
posted by billder at 9:25 PM on March 11, 2003

Wait, wait, I forgot the Arby's curly freedom fries!

The children, the children!!!!
posted by Plunge at 9:25 PM on March 11, 2003

I needs must look into this French Fries of which they speak!
posted by thatweirdguy2 at 10:11 PM on March 11, 2003