freecounterpoint: Seriously, now

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Seriously, now

Can you read through this article without as much as a smirk? If you can, you've won yourselves a bottle of grand cru Haut Medoc.

11 comments:

My Frontier Thesis said...: Yeah, that was a good article out of the Onion. Thanks AI!

~mft; 8/17/2006 8:46 AM
Tecumseh said...: Parbleu!; 8/17/2006 8:49 AM
My Frontier Thesis said...: As far as reading through the article without a smirk, yeah right. This article would even cause the most stiff-upper-lipped Brit to guffaw.

I wonder if we could modify the rules for other contestents AI? Let me know what you think of this:

Maybe for starters, try reading through the first paragraph without smirking. If you read that and only raise one eyebrow, you get a pint of IPA, stout or a fine lager.

If you read the entire article and claim you didn't flinch (French or not), you are clearly lying, and you immediately owe every Freecounterpoint blogger a six pack of their choice.; 8/17/2006 10:47 AM
Tecumseh said...: Fair enough rules. Let's go by the honor system. Speaking of whch, JJ ows be several jeroboams of Veuve Clicquot, after losing innumerable bets; but he never poneys up...; 8/17/2006 2:14 PM
Tecumseh said...: OK, now -- here is an update on the military contingent the French are preparing to send to Lebanon. If you can get past the title and the first 3 or 4 paragraphs without chortling, I'll offer a Harpoon IPA (just bought a case of 24 for $20, so I can afford it!); 8/17/2006 2:47 PM
Arelcao Akleos said...: After much efficient application of Crazy Elmer's SuperGlue, I can attest to not having any chortle that would be so beyond a reasonable doubt in a fine Yankee Court of Law....So, AI, can I have me one of them there fine Harpoon Ale thingies?; 8/17/2006 8:09 PM
Tecumseh said...: Allright -- the case is not quite open-and-shut, but you got it. Harpoon is quite hoppy, have you ever tried it?; 8/17/2006 9:24 PM
Arelcao Akleos said...: No, but am looking forward to it...first, though, have to apply some chemicals to peel off that superglue; 8/17/2006 9:38 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...: AA: don't get your fingers stuck to the keyboard. Superglue is strong stuff, but you already know that by now.; 8/18/2006 8:54 AM
Tecumseh said...: All right, here's another chance at a hoppy harpoon. But no more Elmer glue allowed this time:

Le Figaro said: "This is a highly dangerous mission. If France volunteered to lead it's because it's an opportunity to make a comeback in the Middle East, where (France) has been sidelined by American unilateralism.

"However, the rest of the world cannot step aside and leave France holding the hot potato alone with a help from a few Europeans and the inevitable blue helmets from Fiji."

I dare you to say you could read this without as much as half a smirk!; 8/18/2006 9:57 PM
Tecumseh said...: Now that the French have pretty welched on their commitment (I am shocked, shocked!), the hot potato has been passed to Prodi.

"They (Italy) have a positive readiness and are more enthusiastic than other parties but the discussions need more calls with the Italians and the French."

Well, depends on what "positive" means. Could it be 10^(-10)?; 8/21/2006 6:25 PM