In a remarkably strange move to smack down Denmark, the Iranian government has apparently ordered Iranian bakeries to rename “Danish pastries”. From now on, they must be called “Roses of the Prophet Muhammed.”
Well, why not? We don’t call them ‘Danishes’ in Denmark, anyway.
New Orleans and Tehran… the only cities on earth where you can get “Four Roses” for breakfast.
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This reminds me of a renaming that took place here in the U.S. after 9/11. For a while, the cafeterias of the U.S House of Representatives no longer served french fries and french toast, opting instead for the apparently more pleasing “freedom fries” and “freedom toast.”
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries/
I can't believe this! I've been watching the news lately and thinking how rediculous this whole thing is, but this Danish thing takes the cake, literally. I read the article in The Sun.
When I got down to the part about America re-naming french fries "freedom fries" I was embarrassed. The Muslims should take a lesson from us–this re-naming thing doesn't work. I don't go into McDonalds and say, "excuse me sir, may I have a large order of freedom fries?" REDICULOUS!
This whole situation with the cartoon has blown up out of control. The Muslim's need to relax.
Snarf! This is right up there with calling French fries "freedom fries," or Monty Python's representation of splinter sects in "The Life of Brian"! (We're the Judean People's Front. Who are you?/The People's Front of Judea./Splinter!)