# What's sillier than Freedom Fries? W Ketchup! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 19, 2004, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780 "2004-07-19T04:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780/41 "2004-07-20T01:49:35Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > Gosh, I wonder where you [got that one?](http://www.wketchup.com/comments/) Brutus, are you here just to drag down the collective IQ of the entire board? That guy’s retort is one of the fucking stupidest malappropriation of logic ever devised, and it isn’t even on point: that it’s playing guilible Republicans who are too dumb to know that Heinz != Heinz. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780/42 "2004-07-20T04:51:10Z")
“W” Ketchup! Great on a hamburger, but always ends up in the fruit salad! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780/43 "2004-07-20T05:14:01Z")
From **DMC** ’s link, we have [Bush Country Ketchup](http://www.bushcountryketchup.com/). Bush ketchup is really friggin’ expensive! $6 per bottle, plus $4.49 shipping on the first bottle and $2 shipping on each bottle after that. Republicans must love their ketchup, ---
**Author:** ![The\_Long\_Road](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@The\_Long\_Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Long_Road)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780/44 "2004-07-20T05:34:49Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > “All Americans” meaning, of course, “people who don’t support Democrats”, because as everyone knows, Democrats are **Commie Pinko Frenchmen**. Please don’t insult Commie Pinkos by lumping them in with Frenchmen. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780/45 "2004-07-20T05:39:41Z")
> [@Dr. Love](#): > > Republicans must love their ketchup, Well, they have to get their vegetables somewhere! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780/46 "2004-07-20T05:43:25Z")
W Ketchup! What Jesus would put on _His_ hamburger! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780/47 "2004-07-20T06:50:12Z")
> [@Apos](#): > > Brutus, are you here just to drag down the collective IQ of the entire board? Don’t ask a question if you don’t want to know the answer. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780/48 "2004-07-20T07:03:08Z")
There’s no actual ketchup in the bottle. There’s evidence indicating the possibility of ketchup-related programs, some contacts with vinegar, and a possible attempt to purchase quantities of tomatoes from Antarctica. The French insist its a _French_ sauce, but, as everybody knows, you can’t hide your Lyonnaise… ---
**Author:** ![cmason32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780/49 "2004-07-20T08:15:29Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > Oh, and it’s getting even better. Now the conservatives are having a battle over just [how supportive of Bush](http://www.gopusa.com/news/2004/july/0716_ketchup_war.shtml) the W Ketchup folks are. this is my favorite part: > [@](#): > > “ **We can no longer allow W Ketchup to masquerade as a conservative condiment and continue to market itself to our fellow Republicans without answering several troubling questions that have come to light since its emergence in mid-June** ,” remarked Bush Country Ketchup co-founder and volunteer press secretary for a Congressional candidate Patrick Spero, whose slogan is “Making sure Kerry won’t ketchup to W.” Clearly, a congressional inquiry is needed. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780/50 "2004-07-20T08:26:41Z")
Didn’t any of you read the MPSIMS thread on this a week or two ago? It was much funnier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-sillier-than-freedom-fries-w-ketchup/255780.md?page=2)