Monday, August 07, 2006
Stupidity Test, Part 3
3. The French should be ashamed for forgetting that we bailed out their sorry asses in World War II and not joining us in the Iraq war.
A. True
B. False
C. And we should be even more ashamed of our own memory lapse
C is definitely the right answer, for anyone whose knowledge of history extends beyond the day before yesterday. The French, it should be remembered, sent troops to back up the colonists in the American Revolution. If they hadn't, the United States might well still be South Canada today.
(Interesting sidenote: With all the righteous indignation in renaming things like "freedom fries" and "freedom toast," no one suggested switching to "freedom kissing" and "freedom ticklers." The self-proclaimed patriots didn't want anything French going into their stomachs, but other parts of their bodies were OK?)
A. True
B. False
C. And we should be even more ashamed of our own memory lapse
C is definitely the right answer, for anyone whose knowledge of history extends beyond the day before yesterday. The French, it should be remembered, sent troops to back up the colonists in the American Revolution. If they hadn't, the United States might well still be South Canada today.
(Interesting sidenote: With all the righteous indignation in renaming things like "freedom fries" and "freedom toast," no one suggested switching to "freedom kissing" and "freedom ticklers." The self-proclaimed patriots didn't want anything French going into their stomachs, but other parts of their bodies were OK?)
