{"id":968,"date":"2003-03-12T23:56:00","date_gmt":"2003-03-13T04:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=968"},"modified":"2021-06-14T12:28:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:28:11","slug":"society-for-the-preservation-of-french-fries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/03\/12\/society-for-the-preservation-of-french-fries\/","title":{"rendered":"Society for the Preservation of French Fries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"float: right; margin:10px; padding:10px; border: 2px solid #555; background-color:white;\"><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/fries.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/French_Fries.jpg?resize=200%2C151&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" height=\"151\" title=\"Click for a tasty close-up\"><\/a><br><small>FROM MY COLD DEAD HAND!<br>(Image from AirMasterOven.com)<\/small><\/center><\/div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/foodbug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\" valign=\"bottom\"> The more I think about it, the angrier I get.  It is reprehensible that our lawmakers, on the eve of war, amid the downward spiral of our economy, have wasted time and resources trying to change \u201cFrench fries\u201d to \u201cfreedom fries\u201d. If it is retribution against France&#8217;s reluctance to risk human life, it is hollow. If it is simply a light-hearted joke, it is feeble. What&#8217;s worse, the yahoos in Washington DC are messing around with a precious staple in my diet!<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Shame on them.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &#8212; And leave my fries alone!<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; (And while I have your attention, Congress\u2026 In case you forgot, you people are governors of the nation. <i>Grow the hell up!<\/i>)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Please join me in supporting the French fry. Below, are some links where you can learn more about our noble golden friend.<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stim.com\/Stim-x\/9.2\/fries\/fries-09.2.html\">The Secret History of French fries<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/csmweb2.emcweb.com\/durable\/2000\/05\/02\/fp18s1-csm.shtml\">Where did French fries come from?<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodreference.com\/html\/ffrenchfries.html\">French Fry Trivia<\/a><\/center>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FROM MY COLD DEAD HAND!(Image from AirMasterOven.com) The more I think about it, the angrier I get. It is reprehensible that our lawmakers, on the eve of war, amid the downward spiral of our economy, have wasted time and resources &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/03\/12\/society-for-the-preservation-of-french-fries\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-links","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4750,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions\/4750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}