“By the way Homer, what’s your least favorite country, Italy or France?” – Hank Scorpio
“France.” – Homer Simpson
“Ha ha, nobody ever says Italy.” – Hank Scorpio
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I don’t really get this joke. Anyone mind explaining?
Since at least World War II, and probably World War I or even earlier, a lot of Americans have had a sort of knee-jerk dislike/disdain of France. This is usually based on the oversimple idea that French people look down on us as uncultured hicks even though we saved their ass twice.
Ha! I was going to cite “Freedom Fries” as the most prominent recent example and, sure enough, there’s a Wikipedia article about them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_fries
But in that article there’s a link to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-French_sentiment_in_the_United_States
Just skimming it, it’s not the world’s most scholarly piece, but it’ll give you the idea. By way of comparison, a quick search does not turn up a similar article about Anti-Italian sentiment.
Ah, of course. I should have guessed that.
Thanks.