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Title: Those crazy Germans and Obama fingers Post by: Gutboy Barrelhouse on March 16, 2009, 02:46:45 PM http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,612684,00.html
A German frozen food company hopes to raise sales with a new product: Obama fingers. The tender, fried chicken bits come with a tasty curry sauce. The company says it was unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product. Title: Re: Those crazy Germans and Obama fingers Post by: Oban on March 16, 2009, 03:10:12 PM :awesome_for_real: Germans :awesome_for_real:
Title: Re: Those crazy Germans and Obama fingers Post by: Der Helm on March 17, 2009, 04:10:12 AM :awesome_for_real: Germans :awesome_for_real: :heart:Fuck, now I am hungry. Btw, the fried chicken stereotype is not exactly common knowledge in Germany. "Racial stereotypes you want to avoid" is not a topic typically taught in our schools either. Title: Re: Those crazy Germans and Obama fingers Post by: Tarami on March 17, 2009, 07:52:25 AM Fuck, now I am hungry. The fried chicken stereotype is lost on me aswell.Btw, the fried chicken stereotype is not exactly common knowledge in Germany. "Racial stereotypes you want to avoid" is not a topic typically taught in our schools either. Title: Re: Those crazy Germans and Obama fingers Post by: Hindenburg on March 17, 2009, 08:26:54 AM The explanation (http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Fried_chicken) is a tad nws. <-- Completely not worksafe, it's ED.
In short, same reason why watermelons also are a racial stereotype. (http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/b/b9/Watermelon.jpg) I can't precise why, but I just find that image hilarious. Title: Re: Those crazy Germans and Obama fingers Post by: Oban on March 17, 2009, 08:46:58 AM Followed that link, and now I am going to a much lower plane of hell, thanks!
Title: Re: Those crazy Germans and Obama fingers Post by: Rishathra on March 17, 2009, 12:02:07 PM The last time I clicked a link to ED, I had to do a complete wipe and reinstall of my OS to get rid of all the viruses that crippled it.
Title: Re: Those crazy Germans and Obama fingers Post by: Bzalthek on March 17, 2009, 03:50:09 PM ED; VD for computers.
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