12-12-2006, 02:58 AM
So, there's this girl in my 2nd block class who likes to argue.
For some odd reason, she went on about the history of the vibrator. (I've still yet to look this up to prove her wrong. Actually, I'm afraid of my parents' reaction as I'm printing out Wikipedia information on vibrators. If Wikipedia has information on vibrators. I wouldn't put it past them, though.)
And then we got on the topic of the Japanese. She didn't believe me when I told her that the Japanese don't have an army.
"After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army was formally dissolved in September 1945 by the U.S. occupying forces.
In 1954, Japan created the Japan Self-Defense Forces. These forces, though significantly smaller than the Imperial Japanese Army and purely for defense, constitutes the modern army of Japan." - Wikipedia
And now we're arguing about vinegar on fries. She believes it's a "southern" thing. (I laugh at this for a good 5 minutes, considering that we live in North Carolina and regardless of the fact that the state has "North" in its name, it is not a northern state.)
"In the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, traditional chips are short and fat, and accompanied by salt and malt vinegar."
She has also never heard of Old Bay, which is not only used on fries("beach fries"; Boardwalk often uses Old Bay seasoning on their fries), but also common on crabs. (Living in Maryland for 13 years actually came in handy..I think.)
So, if we have any more arguments, I will most likely post them here. Who knows, you might learn something new. (Yay for Wikipedia?)
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"Boardwalk fries, are brine soaked fresh-cut potatoes, that are quickly deep-fried in 100% peanut oil, served in paper buckets, sprinkled lightly with salt and malt vinegar. Perhaps one of the most famous vendors of boardwalk fries is Thrasher's French Fries of Ocean City, Maryland, United States, founded in 1929 by J.T. Thrasher – which stand often serves the fries with Old Bay crab seasoning. The term "Boardwalk Fries" was registered by brothers Dave and Fran DiFerdinando as a franchising company trademark in 1982. In 2006, they opened two Boardwalk Fries locations in Baltimore's Oriole Park at Camden Yards baseball field."
"Freedom Fries: On March 11, 2003, following the example set by a restaurant in Beaufort, North Carolina,[18] the cafeteria menus in the three United States House of Representatives office buildings changed the name of French fries to freedom fries in a symbolic culinary rebuke of France stemming from anger over that country's opposition to the United States government's invasion of Iraq. As of August 2, 2006, they were back on the menu as French fries in the United States House of Representatives.[19]
As a joke, many Americans had begun to refer to other things with "French" in their name as "freedom", such as "freedom bread" instead of French bread, "freedom toast" instead of French toast, "freedom kiss" instead of French kiss and "freedom tickler" instead of French tickler." - Wikipedia
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Also, the whole class argued with me on this one, considering 99% of the class didn't know what jousting was. Jousting is the official state sport of Maryland. (The whole class agreed that hockey was Maryland's official state sport. A good percent of them lived most of their life in Baltimore City. Gotta love public school education.
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"Jousting became the official sport of Maryland in 1962. Maryland was the first state to adopt an official sport."
"Effective October 1, 2004, Lacrosse became the official team sport of Maryland." - http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01gla...sport.html
For some odd reason, she went on about the history of the vibrator. (I've still yet to look this up to prove her wrong. Actually, I'm afraid of my parents' reaction as I'm printing out Wikipedia information on vibrators. If Wikipedia has information on vibrators. I wouldn't put it past them, though.)
And then we got on the topic of the Japanese. She didn't believe me when I told her that the Japanese don't have an army.
"After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army was formally dissolved in September 1945 by the U.S. occupying forces.
In 1954, Japan created the Japan Self-Defense Forces. These forces, though significantly smaller than the Imperial Japanese Army and purely for defense, constitutes the modern army of Japan." - Wikipedia
And now we're arguing about vinegar on fries. She believes it's a "southern" thing. (I laugh at this for a good 5 minutes, considering that we live in North Carolina and regardless of the fact that the state has "North" in its name, it is not a northern state.)
"In the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, traditional chips are short and fat, and accompanied by salt and malt vinegar."
She has also never heard of Old Bay, which is not only used on fries("beach fries"; Boardwalk often uses Old Bay seasoning on their fries), but also common on crabs. (Living in Maryland for 13 years actually came in handy..I think.)
So, if we have any more arguments, I will most likely post them here. Who knows, you might learn something new. (Yay for Wikipedia?)
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"Boardwalk fries, are brine soaked fresh-cut potatoes, that are quickly deep-fried in 100% peanut oil, served in paper buckets, sprinkled lightly with salt and malt vinegar. Perhaps one of the most famous vendors of boardwalk fries is Thrasher's French Fries of Ocean City, Maryland, United States, founded in 1929 by J.T. Thrasher – which stand often serves the fries with Old Bay crab seasoning. The term "Boardwalk Fries" was registered by brothers Dave and Fran DiFerdinando as a franchising company trademark in 1982. In 2006, they opened two Boardwalk Fries locations in Baltimore's Oriole Park at Camden Yards baseball field."
"Freedom Fries: On March 11, 2003, following the example set by a restaurant in Beaufort, North Carolina,[18] the cafeteria menus in the three United States House of Representatives office buildings changed the name of French fries to freedom fries in a symbolic culinary rebuke of France stemming from anger over that country's opposition to the United States government's invasion of Iraq. As of August 2, 2006, they were back on the menu as French fries in the United States House of Representatives.[19]
As a joke, many Americans had begun to refer to other things with "French" in their name as "freedom", such as "freedom bread" instead of French bread, "freedom toast" instead of French toast, "freedom kiss" instead of French kiss and "freedom tickler" instead of French tickler." - Wikipedia
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Also, the whole class argued with me on this one, considering 99% of the class didn't know what jousting was. Jousting is the official state sport of Maryland. (The whole class agreed that hockey was Maryland's official state sport. A good percent of them lived most of their life in Baltimore City. Gotta love public school education.
)"Jousting became the official sport of Maryland in 1962. Maryland was the first state to adopt an official sport."
"Effective October 1, 2004, Lacrosse became the official team sport of Maryland." - http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01gla...sport.html