# Local restaurant dumps French wine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-restaurant-dumps-french-wine/163227 "2003-03-21T21:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-restaurant-dumps-french-wine/163227/1 "2003-03-21T21:56:59Z")
[Local Restaurant Dumps French Wine](http://www.wboc.com/showstory.asp?sid=13626&cid=1&secid=0) > [@](#): > > BOB THOMAS: I just felt I had to do something to show my support to these guys that are going over there and to voice my displeasure with the French who I think because of their stance and their refusal to accept any proposal that would put a definite limit on the amount of time the inspectors could take that it ended any hope for further diplomacy and at that moment the die was cast. I knew we were going to war. > > I’m not crazy. I don’t think I’m crazy. I’m upset. There’s a big difference. > > I’m upset with the French because of our history with France. We’ve done a tremendous amount to help that country. Even in Normandy all we asked for was a place (gets choked up) to bury our dead. That’s it. > > There’s no reason why we can’t do business without serving French wines so that’s what we’re going to do. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-restaurant-dumps-french-wine/163227/2 "2003-03-21T22:01:56Z")
I sure wish that they’d give me this stuff instead of just tossing it. A local restauranteur (with alleged mob ties) has done the same. What a shame, what a waste. They could have just sold that to someone, lowering the market price for those who don’t confuse Patriotism with rabid Nationalism, and then not bought anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-restaurant-dumps-french-wine/163227/3 "2003-03-21T23:38:51Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m upset with the French because of our history with France. We’ve done a tremendous amount to help that country. Yeah, and without France, we’d all still be singing “God Save the Queen.” What a jackass! ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-restaurant-dumps-french-wine/163227/4 "2003-03-22T00:19:56Z")
Ya never mix business and politics – or religion. He’ll lose more customers than he’ll gain but only selectively hear the existing customers that agree with him. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-restaurant-dumps-french-wine/163227/5 "2003-03-22T02:41:54Z")
Someone should remind them that **THEY ALREADY PAID FOR IT!** And people wonder why the French think us Americans are stupid… Related [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=170568). ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-restaurant-dumps-french-wine/163227/6 "2003-03-22T02:51:09Z")
Like **Lissa** said, go back a bit more. Ol’ Ben Franklin must be twirlin’ in the grave… To what address do we send the NY Harbor statue back? ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-restaurant-dumps-french-wine/163227/7 "2003-03-22T08:18:29Z")
Gee, whaddya bet this place isn’t exactly operating the business in the black? Call me a cynic (“You _cynic!_”!) but somehow I suspect they bought some knock-off, skunky stuff that ‘fell off the back of a truck’ that nobody with 2 functioning taste buds or working gastro-intestinal tract would ingest on a bet or blind drunk, so they’ve opted for a cheap publicity stunt to offload it. Either that, or they’ve decided to jettison good wine _they’ve already paid for_, out of the purest altruism and “patriotism”. Yeah, right. It’s getting harder and harder to under-estimate people. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-restaurant-dumps-french-wine/163227/8 "2003-03-22T08:26:38Z")
For all of you who wish to show your patriotism by dumping wine of any kind, please email me for my address, and I will ensure its proper disposal.