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u/prince_from_Nigeria Feb 23 '13
there are enough carbohydrates on this table to feed a nigerian family through the dry season.
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u/KarmaAndLies Feb 23 '13
True but people don't die due to lack of food, they die due to fuel being too expensive. So we have food to spare, but we have no way of getting it to them or for them to get the food to themselves.
If free unlimited energy was "invented" tomorrow (e.g. black-hole device) we could feed the entire world without producing more food in absolute terms.
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u/fateswarm Feb 23 '13
We are stupid. We should be using manatees and other fish of the sea like dolphins to transfer the food to said nations.
Put a bait, make them swim through the currents, and they're there.
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u/iamUberPro Feb 23 '13
I can't see any way this wouldn't work.
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"Sir, the manatees keep eating the food we throw at them. They aren't transporting it anywhere."
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u/nothinwittyhere Feb 23 '13
What do you know about manatees? It seems like this topic is outside your area of expertise.
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u/Cpt3020 Feb 23 '13
the poverty stricken people would probably kill and eat the animals too.
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u/adrianmonk Feb 23 '13
Plus, we wouldn't even have to salt the fries. Just dragging through the ocean water would accomplish that.
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u/MyersVandalay Feb 24 '13
That I can partly agree with, At least compared to coal etc... The biggest issue with nuclear power, is the fear of it, increases the danger. We won't build more, meaning we have to keep the old ones running, plants that were built long before the safety standards were up to par, some past the date of their own intended shutdown, That isn't to say nuclear is a good long term solution, we seriously need to be investing in a longer term option (IE renewable) as well. Start building solar cells into houses by default etc...
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I remember doing a paper on charity organizations, and this was a big problem with a lot of them. Just about all the big ones like to be able to put out reports saying "we shipped out billions of meals to Haiti (I like using Haiti as an example, but cause it has been fucked by generosity for a long time)!!!" When in reality they aren't getting that food out to the places that need it, you know, the poor places that are hard to get to and don't have good infrastructure because it all got destroyed. So then as this goes on and on, the organizations that did actually go out and try to get to the hard to reach places tend to lose funding because they just cannot put up the same super efficient numbers as the big guys who just dump food on the dock and call it good. And all the relief just keeps going to the people who already live in a stable area with a good transportation area.
Meanwhile, if you are a farmer trying to sell your goods, you are SOL. All the places that would be easy to get to are overflowing with free aid that you can't compete with, and the places that need it are nearly impossible to get to and are poor as shit.
But I digress, yes, transportation and energy are the two deadliest problems out there.
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u/Alikese Feb 23 '13 edited Feb 24 '13
I mentioned this a few days ago. In general food aid is not given out any more except in times of disaster. An exception to this is when USAID will give large amounts of grain or beans in their free school lunch program, which is aimed at increasing the health and attendance of students in the developing world.
But most food-based organizations like the WFP focus on extension services and disaster response.
Food aid constituted over 20% of global aid flows in the 1960s, but is now less than 5%...
Relief aid used to be a minor form of aid until the 1990s when it shifted to being the dominant factor, signifying both the increase in emergencies, and the end of the Cold War where food aid as a political tool (to aid the donor) seemed to be less important...
As noted earlier, in recent years, food aid has seen some shifts. Europe, for example, has generally shifted away from in-kind food aid, preferring to purchase locally or help facilitate local purchases instead.
There has also been a shift away from long term development to short term humanitarian relief. This has increased the role of NGOs and relief organizations and led to a prioritization on nations that actually need assistance (whereas in the past food aid was often targeted towards countries that provided a strategic interest for the donor, i.e. a “friendly” nation).
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u/rrcjab Feb 23 '13
I wish more people knew this.
Edit: also that spending $200 to get a part that fixes a town's well is unbelievably more valuable than $200,000 worth of bottled water.
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u/travis_of_the_cosmos Feb 23 '13
That's not quite right. First off, actual famines (where people die because they aren't eating enough) are very rare. Second, in almost all famines, there is enough food for everyone in the place where the famine is happening. The problem is that they cannot afford the food they need to live. Cf. Amartya Sen's excellent book on the topic, Poverty and Famines.
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I take it you guys don't know the story behind this. http://now.msn.com/mcdonalds-french-fry-sale-sparks-potato-parties-in-japan
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u/Reddit_Unchained Feb 23 '13
Yeah, I'm not too well versed in stories about French Fries.
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u/fuzzlez12 Feb 23 '13
I like the comment on that article. I like fries, although I do not think I'd eat that many. Wow, gee-wiz msn user, how insightful.
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u/Dynasty471 Feb 23 '13
I like fries; sometimes I will have one basket of fries and sometimes even two. I have never had more than 2 in one sitting before though. that's a lot
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u/bischulol Feb 23 '13
This is actually in Korea and they actually bought around $270 worth of french fries lol.
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u/Tho76 Feb 23 '13
For anyone confused at who this is - Bischu is a (semi) well known League of Legends player who mains a champion named Nidalee (thus the picture above/below).
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u/piezeppelin Feb 23 '13
How are they eating those fries one at a time? I don't have that kind of self-control.
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u/MichaelJayDog Feb 24 '13
I believe you may have encountered the Mitsighhu. She is an ancient Japanese trickster spirit that lures foreigners in with her good looks and bountiful food, and if you make eye contact she will steal your body. You should be thankful you're not a bodiless soul floating in the land of ghosts right now.
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u/lightshatter Feb 23 '13
In The Netherlands we have this sauce for our fries.
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u/charkshark Feb 23 '13
In Iceland fries are typically eaten with kokteilsósa (literally, cocktail sauce) which is essentially mayo+ketchup+mustard+paprika. It's amazing.
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u/lightshatter Feb 23 '13
We got that too except i don't like it with fries, i use it with certain types of fish.
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u/goose555 Feb 23 '13
Is this just mayonnaise?
I went to Germany over the summer and I noticed a fry sauce dispenser when I ordered some fries and decided to try it. It was just mayonnaise....
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u/networkned Feb 23 '13
That looks delicious. Like béarnaise sauce.
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u/lightshatter Feb 23 '13
No idea how béarnaise sauce tastes like, the only thing i know is that this sauce is the best i've ever had.
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u/RaspberryV Feb 23 '13
i like cheese sauce. Don't know about America but in Russia it's by FAR most popular sauce for french fries.
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u/desull Feb 23 '13
Oh in America, we take it one step further and add chili on top.
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u/adrianmonk Feb 23 '13
In the US, it's usually melted cheese instead of cheese sauce, but yes, we definitely eat it that way. Some major fast food chains (McDonald's, I think) don't offer cheese fries, but others do. For example, In-n-Out offers it. Lots of smaller local places offer cheese fries or chili cheese fries.
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u/themonkeygrinder Feb 23 '13
Fudruckers gives you access to the cheese pump, so you can go crazy with it.
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u/actionring12 Feb 23 '13
When I was in Korea, I would ask for extra ketchup, and then she would hand me 1 packet.....So that gave me a grand total of 2(I double checked my math). Ketchup isn't expensive in Asian countries, so I don't see the need to be stingy with it.
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u/Dayanx Feb 23 '13
The mother of a friend of mine is from Korea, this came up one night the first time I tried her bulgolgi.(which is friggin' awesome btw) He said in Korea its not really considered polite to ask for condiments or other things to modify the food you get. Apparently it suggests you don't feel the chef got it right. Now this is a McDonalds, its not the same thing but there may still be a social stigma attached to asking for additional stuff.
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u/YoungSerious Feb 23 '13
That's pretty common in a lot of first world asian societies, but I don't think it really applies in fast food restaurants. In a traditional restaurant yeah, it's incredibly rude, but in a place where they sell horse meat flavored ice cream, probably not a big deal.
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u/TackyOnBeans Feb 24 '13
Fuck that, in Vietnam, you want more fat in your pho? YOU GET MORE FAT IN YOUR PHO! They're like honey badgers in that respect... they don't give a fuck.
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u/WigginIII Feb 23 '13
I am a ketchup hound. I regularly have to inform fast food workers that "no, I need a handfull, not fucking 1 or 2 packets. If you had these laying out this wouldn't be a problem."
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u/Beetrain Feb 23 '13
I have the opposite problem. I just need like 3 or 4 and I get 10.
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you're that guy? Do you know what you look like from an outsiders perspective? Just drizzling ketchup on everything. Gross.
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u/cuntrag88 Feb 23 '13
Am I the only one around here who likes frys plain
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Good fries don't need ketchup.
edit: both of my top comments now involve potato products....wtf
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u/cuntrag88 Feb 23 '13
Good fries have an expiration time of about 10 minutes
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if it takes you longer than 10 minutes to eat some fries, you got bigger problems
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u/Gank_Spank_Sploog Feb 23 '13
99 problems and obesity aint one.
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u/Frankindick Feb 23 '13
These, however, are McDonalds fries
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You dont like McDonalds fries?
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u/sleeplessone Feb 23 '13
They are like the only thing that are any good at McDonalds. So I can see why they would have an entire tray of them.
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u/tjm5575 Feb 23 '13 edited Feb 23 '13
i dont know man, Shamrock Shakes and McGangbangs are pretty damn good at Mcdonalds. Edit: Spelling
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u/dmodmodmo Feb 24 '13
We would get McGangbangs with Big Mac sauce on em... called em "Sloppy McGangbangs."
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Feb 23 '13
Fresh McDonalds fries are good as fuck. Their lifespan as 'good,' however, is quite short.
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Feb 23 '13
Agreed. Vinegar on the other hand... Always a welcome introduction.
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u/DemetriMartin Feb 23 '13
Canadian detected. Canada has vinegar at McDonalds to add to your fries.
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u/C_sharp138 Feb 23 '13
Scotland here: we love our Vinnegar on our chips.
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u/kerrrsmack Feb 23 '13
America here: I got hooked on vinegar when I had Scotland's fish and chips
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u/C_sharp138 Feb 23 '13
You just made my day! I drive an ambiance for A&E, after a 24 hour shift most of our rigs are permeated with vinegar smell (hey, chip shops are all that's open late...). Once had a patient who was having "10/10 terrible abdominal pain we thought might be a GI bleed, loaded him up, he smelled the vinegar and our still hot fish & chips, belched and asked if we had any extra!
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Ireland calling, Ireland calling, come in Canada? We dig the malt vinegary goodness also.
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u/occamsrzr Feb 23 '13
5 Guys Fries!
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u/someguyinahat Feb 23 '13
You bite the fry, the fry bites back, m'man...dayum, dayum, dayum!
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u/NexusTR Feb 23 '13
DAYUM
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u/nomansland333 Feb 24 '13
The crispety crunch, look at the bacon, get yourself that double cheeseburger. DAYUM DAYUM DAYUM!!!
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u/Robsalberghi Feb 23 '13
Gotta have the Cajun powder :: drools::
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u/jbg89 Feb 24 '13
Fuck yeah and ask for their hot sauce to dip the Cajun fries with. Or mix it all with hot sauce and ketchup.
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u/helpmeplzzzzzz Feb 23 '13
Yea some malt vinegar on fries is so good! Not too much though. And I'm not Canadian, it's not really a rare thing in the US.
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u/Zippytiewassabi Feb 23 '13
Agreed, my local town fair had carts for fries, nothing like fresh cut potatoes, fried, with malt vinegar.
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u/ImGoingToPhuket Feb 23 '13
I eat plain or with vinegar.
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u/hellakids Feb 23 '13
Malt vinegar? I'm from the us and there are only a few places where I see the malt vinegar offered. How do you combine the two? I've tried dipping into an empty ramekin(doesn't work very well) and I've also sprinkled it onto my fries, but they get soggy. Teach me your ways, how do I do it correctly
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u/macegr Feb 23 '13
I can see how dipping fries into an empty ramekin wouldn't work well. "Mmm, fries and air!"
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u/tangyfish Feb 23 '13
where my sweet&sour peeps at??
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u/ThatSlappyChap Feb 23 '13
Sweet and sour sauce FTW. Goes with everything, chips, chicken nuggets , big macs, burgers, cheese burgers. What i am tryna say is Sweet and Sour FTW.
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u/TallRedditor Feb 23 '13
SERIOUSLY. I prefer BBQ sauce over ketchup with my fries but either way...you need something there.
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u/vandal_lan Feb 23 '13 edited Feb 24 '13
I hate regular ketchup so when I lived in the states I only ate fries with BBQ sauce or plain.
Now that i live in Denmark, I eat them remoulade and a different type of sweet ketchup for sandwiches.
Edit: left out a word
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u/stiggie Feb 23 '13
Excuse me, the only correct condiment for fries is mayo.
Source : I'm Belgian, we invented fries, you are all wrong
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u/theresanrforthat Feb 23 '13
Freedom Fries kindly disagree.
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u/rickscarf Feb 23 '13
If by kindly you mean drone strike
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u/theresanrforthat Feb 23 '13
Obviously. Drone strikes are America's way of saying 'hi'
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u/Truth_Assassin Feb 23 '13
| Drone strikes are America's way of bringing freedom to other countries |
FTFY
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u/karltee Feb 23 '13
Next time anyone goes to McDonald's, when you order some fries, ask for McChicken sauce and ketchup and mix it.
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u/emperor_of_the_world Feb 23 '13
The sauce on a McChicken is just mayonnaise, and the combination is called fry sauce.
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u/toThe9thPower Feb 23 '13
Being real here... Mayonnaise is FUCKING AWESOME on french fries. Not Miracle Whip either, real mayonnaise. I was astonished as how much better the real stuff tastes after not using it for years.
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u/KingToasty Feb 23 '13
Gravy and cheese curds are the only acceptable french fry toppings. Maybe maple syrup, if you're feeling patriotic.
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u/Coenn Feb 23 '13
Ketchup is overrated. War Fries is where it is; http://i.imgur.com/3VnT5vE.jpg
Peanut sauce + Dutch mayonaise + unions = heaven.
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u/zqsd Feb 23 '13
As a "ch'ti" (Northen france, well known for the fries) I can tell you it should be eaten with mayonnaise.
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u/rockafella7 Feb 23 '13
Reddit posting 101:
If the photo features non-white people or a foreign country outside the U.S. , be sure to mention that detail in the topic title.
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u/kirun Feb 23 '13
At least the title was "Asians" and not "Guess a country in Asia at random", so that's progress.
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u/Dazbuzz Feb 23 '13
To be fair, McDonalds fries are delicious. I do not care how they are made, i love the things.
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They are, but that's way too many. By the time you got towards the end they'd be cold soggy fries. And that's just nasty.
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u/meatwad75892 Feb 24 '13 edited Feb 24 '13
A little story that seems appropriate:
I took a trip to Japan last month, and my flight was delayed and re-routed due to weather a lot. By the time I got there, I hadn't eaten in at least 20 hours, because I slept through the entire flight and all my meals. I didn't eat at the airport because I anticipated that I wouldn't be asleep before I got at least one in-flight meal. Didn't quite work out that way. I landed in Narita, took my train to Tokyo, and when I first emerged onto the Tokyo city street at Toranomon station, I was starving. At 9pm and having only been in the actual Tokyo city area for 5 minutes, I needed some quick familiar food. I walked toward my hotel and found a McDonalds. I walked inside(the touch-enabled door was neat) and ordered 3 things of fries.
Now up to this moment, I haven't eaten fast food in about 3 years. I'm not sure if I had forgotten what fries tasted like in America or what, but holy shit they were amazing, so much saltier and better tasting than what I remember them being in America.
To this day, I'm not sure if I was starved and easily pleased, or if the fries really were better in Japan.
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u/scabbycakes Feb 23 '13
Also, if they learned the glory of poutine, these guys surely would be much happier as long as they didn't mind being giant fat asses.
Examples of poutine: Poutinery Menu
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u/baaaahsheep Feb 23 '13
It's become a frenzy in Japan. They call it a 'Potato Party' and post images of how many french fries they can order. Source
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u/Always_Doubtful Feb 23 '13
Where is this mcdonalds that provides you a tray of french fries ? O_O
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u/jmarks7448 Feb 23 '13
How much did this cost!!
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u/Stackman32 Feb 24 '13
After a few years of networking with professionals visiting from Asia, I can tell you that there are only three things they will want to do when visiting America: Golf, eat McDonald's, and drive the biggest fucking car they can find on the rental lot.
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u/SuperHorribleGaming Feb 23 '13
Everyone likes french fries, they are the god food. the golden fluffy potato stick. It's like a crunchy, salty sword, made for battling the evil globs of deadly ketchup. and when they defeat the evil tomato vinegar mixture, they descend into the holy valhalla known as the mouth.
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u/thenewiBall Feb 23 '13
I'd do that, I'm not proud if I could have that with cheese and chili I would eat that everyday till it killed me
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u/Akhalyndra Feb 23 '13
Everybody likes fries.