Oh dear, Germany, oh dear...
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This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, this is thin news-of-the-weird stuff, yeah? -- cortex
mit curry dip
posted by nola at 4:48 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by nola at 4:48 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
From Germany, also the home of Mini Dickmanns and Super Dickmanns.
posted by dunkadunc at 4:50 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by dunkadunc at 4:50 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
This got posted once, and deleted once. Shall we try for two?
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 4:52 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 4:52 PM on March 15, 2009
If you tip badly, they give you all middle fingers.
posted by jamstigator at 4:53 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by jamstigator at 4:53 PM on March 15, 2009
It's hard to argue with the people who keep bleating that Obama is being marketed to us as the messiah when we are openly entreated to eat of his flesh.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 4:56 PM on March 15, 2009 [13 favorites]
posted by kittens for breakfast at 4:56 PM on March 15, 2009 [13 favorites]
Fingers? What a missed opportunity.
posted by box at 5:00 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 5:00 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
but i want HIS BRAIN!!!
posted by localhuman at 5:01 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by localhuman at 5:01 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
I'm having trouble finding racist overtones here... the stereotype of the primitive black man being a cannibal, maybe? So white Germans eating a black man is... racist? I just don't get it...
posted by Huck500 at 5:03 PM on March 15, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Huck500 at 5:03 PM on March 15, 2009 [2 favorites]
Huck500, "fried chicken". Pity they didn't include some watermelon, too.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 5:04 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 5:04 PM on March 15, 2009
"an homage to the american life-style and the new american president"
posted by grobstein at 5:06 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by grobstein at 5:06 PM on March 15, 2009
Better than Bush Baked Beans and doesn't leave that nasty aftertaste.
posted by DU at 5:08 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by DU at 5:08 PM on March 15, 2009
I don't see why not, nazi burgers where a huge hit after the war.
posted by furtive at 5:08 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by furtive at 5:08 PM on March 15, 2009
Our president is a smoker, so his finger's would be closer to beef jerky than any kind of chicken product. I'm just saying.
posted by jonmc at 5:10 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by jonmc at 5:10 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
is curry near kansas city or is it somewhere in texas? - i've never heard of that barbeque sauce
posted by pyramid termite at 5:11 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by pyramid termite at 5:11 PM on March 15, 2009
Sheeeit, I'd eat'em- with barbecue sauce. Racist, why?? Maybe they should make them out of tofu, so people won't have hissy-fits. What's next: Obama Flakes? Breakfast of hope?
posted by Flex1970 at 5:12 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by Flex1970 at 5:12 PM on March 15, 2009
hey, i just heard a song about his brother al's house
sweet home alobama
posted by pyramid termite at 5:18 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
sweet home alobama
posted by pyramid termite at 5:18 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
much better than their pickled reagan feet.
posted by ericbop at 5:21 PM on March 15, 2009 [4 favorites]
posted by ericbop at 5:21 PM on March 15, 2009 [4 favorites]
I hope their ads have a chicken that jumps up and squawks "barACK!"
posted by orme at 5:25 PM on March 15, 2009 [4 favorites]
posted by orme at 5:25 PM on March 15, 2009 [4 favorites]
Ha! I'm glad I'm not the only one who reads Der Spiegel, but I am glad I didn't post this.
For fun, click on the gallary of Obama products, and go to page 9. Now, that's an 'Oh dear, Germany, oh dear' looking doll.
posted by Sova at 5:31 PM on March 15, 2009
For fun, click on the gallary of Obama products, and go to page 9. Now, that's an 'Oh dear, Germany, oh dear' looking doll.
posted by Sova at 5:31 PM on March 15, 2009
Do they come with a side order of Get Your Own Damn Fries?
posted by louche mustachio at 5:45 PM on March 15, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by louche mustachio at 5:45 PM on March 15, 2009 [2 favorites]
Geez, what would the racist-overtone-o-meter have read were the product Obama's Grosse Bratwurst?
MetaFilter: now with more racist overtones!
posted by not_on_display at 5:49 PM on March 15, 2009
MetaFilter: now with more racist overtones!
posted by not_on_display at 5:49 PM on March 15, 2009
I'm kind of surprised tha there's no Joe Biden Pennsylvania Scrapple, actually.
posted by jonmc at 5:51 PM on March 15, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by jonmc at 5:51 PM on March 15, 2009 [2 favorites]
Well, at least it's SORT of breaking the fried-chicken stereotype with the curry sauce. If they were really looking to work with stereotypes they could have made Obama grape soda.
posted by dunkadunc at 5:57 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by dunkadunc at 5:57 PM on March 15, 2009
As for me, Ich bin ein Berliner, although apparently not a jelly donut.
posted by gimonca at 6:00 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by gimonca at 6:00 PM on March 15, 2009
When moms look at the supermarket freezer stuffed with over priced, fatty, starchy foods and wonder if someone could make a product combining fried chicken offcuts with an insipid curry sauce, we say, "yes we can"
posted by mattoxic at 6:11 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by mattoxic at 6:11 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
John McCain Pre-Chewed Freedom Fries (great as a sandwich spread!)
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:15 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:15 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
WALLACE: Want some nuggets?
POOT: Nah, go on
WALLACE: (Chewing on a nugget). Mother fucker got the bone all the way out the damn chicken. . Til somebody come along they been chewing on drum sticks and shit, getting' their fingers all greasy. Man said leave the bone out, snug up that meat and make some real money. . .
POOT: You think the man got paid?. . .
WALLACE: Shit, he richer than a mother fucker
D'ANGELO: You think he got a percentage?
WALLACE: Why not?
D'ANGELO: Nigger, please. The man that invented that just some sad ass down in the basement at McDonalds. . .
POOT: Nah man, that ain't right. . .
D'ANGELO: Fuck right. It ain't about right, it about money. Now you think Ronald McDonald going to go down that basement and say, "Hey Mr Nugget. You the bomb. We're sellin' chicken faster you can tear the bone out. . So I'm going to write my clowny ass name on this fat ass check for you?
WALLACE: Shit. . .
D'ANGELO: And the nigger that make them things still working in the basement for a regular wage thinking of a way to make the fries taste better and things like that. Believe.
WALLACE: He still have the idea, though
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:18 PM on March 15, 2009 [4 favorites]
POOT: Nah, go on
WALLACE: (Chewing on a nugget). Mother fucker got the bone all the way out the damn chicken. . Til somebody come along they been chewing on drum sticks and shit, getting' their fingers all greasy. Man said leave the bone out, snug up that meat and make some real money. . .
POOT: You think the man got paid?. . .
WALLACE: Shit, he richer than a mother fucker
D'ANGELO: You think he got a percentage?
WALLACE: Why not?
D'ANGELO: Nigger, please. The man that invented that just some sad ass down in the basement at McDonalds. . .
POOT: Nah man, that ain't right. . .
D'ANGELO: Fuck right. It ain't about right, it about money. Now you think Ronald McDonald going to go down that basement and say, "Hey Mr Nugget. You the bomb. We're sellin' chicken faster you can tear the bone out. . So I'm going to write my clowny ass name on this fat ass check for you?
WALLACE: Shit. . .
D'ANGELO: And the nigger that make them things still working in the basement for a regular wage thinking of a way to make the fries taste better and things like that. Believe.
WALLACE: He still have the idea, though
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:18 PM on March 15, 2009 [4 favorites]
I'm having trouble finding racist overtones here
It took me a while to realize it's because it's fried chicken. This is because I've never thought of chicken nuggets as fried chicken before. This opens up a whole new world for me.
posted by dirigibleman at 6:19 PM on March 15, 2009
It took me a while to realize it's because it's fried chicken. This is because I've never thought of chicken nuggets as fried chicken before. This opens up a whole new world for me.
posted by dirigibleman at 6:19 PM on March 15, 2009
Err, could a mod possibly de-triple-spacify the above? Thnx
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:20 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by turgid dahlia at 6:20 PM on March 15, 2009
I think the stereotype of blacks eating fried chicken with curry dip next to the Golden Gate Bridge got lost in translation somewhere.
posted by oaf at 6:33 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by oaf at 6:33 PM on March 15, 2009 [1 favorite]
Tender, Juicy Obama Fingers Hit the Shelves
Don't forget that side order of McCain fries.
It could be worse. It could be Clinton Fingers. God knows where those have been. Or it could be Breaded Bush, or Spotted Dick Cheney.
posted by orange swan at 6:34 PM on March 15, 2009 [2 favorites]
Don't forget that side order of McCain fries.
It could be worse. It could be Clinton Fingers. God knows where those have been. Or it could be Breaded Bush, or Spotted Dick Cheney.
posted by orange swan at 6:34 PM on March 15, 2009 [2 favorites]
Newbie law question: why is there so much unlicensed Obama merchandise out there? Couldn't he sue?
posted by archagon at 6:42 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by archagon at 6:42 PM on March 15, 2009
Whoops! Note to self: do not use angled brackets for emphasis.
Disregard my previous comment -- I forgot this was in Germany.
posted by archagon at 6:43 PM on March 15, 2009
Disregard my previous comment -- I forgot this was in Germany.
posted by archagon at 6:43 PM on March 15, 2009
or Spotted Dick Cheney... or new Dan Quayles, bite size and dumb! Now with Potatoe stuffing
posted by mattoxic at 6:52 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by mattoxic at 6:52 PM on March 15, 2009
ha, I was waiting to see this posted here. it's not exactly profound or best of the web, but it's definitely in the "WTF?" territory. I was just over in Berlin last weekend and didn't spot them there, but I'll be sure to check the next time I'm in town.
posted by LMGM at 7:06 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by LMGM at 7:06 PM on March 15, 2009
Newbie law question: why is there so much unlicensed Obama merchandise out there? Couldn't he sue?
He's the president.
posted by delmoi at 7:07 PM on March 15, 2009
He's the president.
posted by delmoi at 7:07 PM on March 15, 2009
If you think that's a racist Obama Fingers promotion, wait until the porn industry gets in on this.
posted by allen.spaulding at 7:09 PM on March 15, 2009
posted by allen.spaulding at 7:09 PM on March 15, 2009
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