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Smuggler's Blues

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    Jolly
    wrote on 22 Sept 2021, 02:06 last edited by
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    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-58638752

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      George K
      wrote on 22 Sept 2021, 06:21 last edited by
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      "Police photos showed at least three buckets of chicken, about 10 cups of coleslaw, a large package of fries, and four large bags containing other KFC items."

      "Fries?"

      Shouldn't it say "chips?" C'mon BBC, do better!

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Jolly
        wrote on 22 Sept 2021, 10:47 last edited by
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        Do they call them fries in New Zealand?

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          22 Sept 2021, 10:47

          Do they call them fries in New Zealand?

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          George K
          wrote on 22 Sept 2021, 10:53 last edited by George K
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          @jolly said in Smuggler's Blues:

          Do they call them fries in New Zealand?

          https://www.potatopro.com/news/2009/new-zealand-chip-french-fries-shop-competition-again

          Wiki: "In the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand, the term chips is generally used instead, though thinly cut fried potatoes are sometimes called french fries or skinny fries, to distinguish them from chips, which are cut thicker. "

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            Renauda
            wrote on 22 Sept 2021, 14:35 last edited by
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            Folks here of pre WWII generations referred to them as chips. My parents and their friends always called them chips. Since the advent of TV the term fries has crept into the lexicon to become the common term, although chips is still used and is usually understood by all but the under 30 crowd.

            Elbows up!

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              Jolly
              wrote on 22 Sept 2021, 17:23 last edited by
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              The word "chips" just doesn't seem to go with the mental image of poutine.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                Renauda
                wrote on 22 Sept 2021, 18:54 last edited by Renauda
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                I am not referring to the Quebecois fast food delicacy called poutine. Besides, poutine has neither chips or fries but rather, frites.

                Elbows up!

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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on 22 Sept 2021, 19:44 last edited by
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                  What KFC, McDonalds etc. produce are not chips, and would not be referred to as such in the UK. Polite Britons would refer to them as 'fries' or 'french fries'.

                  I was only joking

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