Did we do this one yet? The French tell the Iranian Prez to pound sand... [Archive]

RevolverRob

11-11-2015, 11:24 PM

This is not making my love affair with the French any weaker - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/10/france-wont-dine-with-iran-unless-wine-is-served/?tid=sm_fb

TL;DR - Iranian Prez Rouhani is set to tour Europe and generally make the EU lick his boots as a future economic superpower. Because Rouhani is coming through France, naturally visiting presidents of other countries meet with the president of the country they are in. Francois Hollande's crew invite Rouhani to dinner.

Rouhani's crew says, "Yo, we aren't attending a dinner where non-halal meat and wine is being served."

The French go, "Okay...how about breakfast?"

The Iranians come back with, "What do you think we're some cheap-ass third world wannabe superpower?! We only rate BREAKFAST?!"

The French respond with, "Yes, that's exactly what we think. We don't go to Iran and demand wine to be served at dinner, you uncultured philistines...You know what? Forget breakfast, lunch, or dinner. We're penciling you in at 2pm on a Tuesday. But only if Francois hasn't had too much wine at lunch or if he doesn't need to go watch a bicycle race. If that happens we'll have you meet with secretary of the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs."

-Rob

Sal Picante

11-12-2015, 01:21 AM

...and French wine is "teh awesome".

olstyn

11-12-2015, 02:03 AM

...and French wine is "teh awesome".

Would it be uncouth to suggest that the Iranians might not care about how awesome France's wine is or isn't? ;)

Fly320s

11-12-2015, 06:19 AM

Would it be uncouth to suggest that the Iranians might not care about how awesome France's wine is or isn't? ;)

Oh, they DO care, just not in public.

Jeep

11-12-2015, 10:03 AM

Oh, they DO care, just not in public.

Precisely. The Saudis are even more well known for that.

JHC

11-12-2015, 10:27 AM

This is not making my love affair with the French any weaker - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/10/france-wont-dine-with-iran-unless-wine-is-served/?tid=sm_fb

TL;DR - Iranian Prez Rouhani is set to tour Europe and generally make the EU lick his boots as a future economic superpower. Because Rouhani is coming through France, naturally visiting presidents of other countries meet with the president of the country they are in. Francois Hollande's crew invite Rouhani to dinner.

Rouhani's crew says, "Yo, we aren't attending a dinner where non-halal meat and wine is being served."

The French go, "Okay...how about breakfast?"

The Iranians come back with, "What do you think we're some cheap-ass third world wannabe superpower?! We only rate BREAKFAST?!"

The French respond with, "Yes, that's exactly what we think. We don't go to Iran and demand wine to be served at dinner, you uncultured philistines...You know what? Forget breakfast, lunch, or dinner. We're penciling you in at 2pm on a Tuesday. But only if Francois hasn't had too much wine at lunch or if he doesn't need to go watch a bicycle race. If that happens we'll have you meet with secretary of the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs."

-Rob

So great! French Mil rations have a wine ration in them. In AFG. They don't fart around about their wine.

BehindBlueI's

11-12-2015, 12:56 PM

So great! French Mil rations have a wine ration in them. In AFG. They don't fart around about their wine.

True. When I was contracting one of my buddies left for a different gig and was on a french base. He said the only food he could eat was bread and cheese, but the wine was fantastic.