Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for July 14, 2020

Definitely not cheaper.

That’s the kind of stuff us geezers think about. There’s not much time left to do it. Argo might take her comment seriously.

You mean it’s not Pastille Day?

Arlo has obviously never priced airplane tickets.

I wonder how Gene, Mary Lou and Meg are doing in this pandemic. The restaurant was in trouble before but maybe Meg’s roadside stand is doing better?

Ran into that very same problem in Germany. It took a good five minutes for our host to figure out our ‘fries’ was their ‘fritz’. And they weren’t Micky D.

Patriot Fries really didn’t catch on.

Plan for a longer stay: When coming from the US the French might quarantine you at the border or even reject you completely. To keep “Donalds Desease” away from Europe.

I read somewhere that today is also international nude beach day; so glad these two are not celebrating that!

Seeing as how Europe has closed their borders to the US, ya ain’t gonna go there any time soon.

Glad to see Chef Arlo active again. He can make anything sound French cuisine!

And the PRESSURE to cook them properly and not ruin them…!!!

If it wasn’t for the USA the French would be speaking German

Actually the first french fries were fried in Greece. (Grease)

Hope you’re not in a hurry. Americans are PNG in Europe at the moment.

I’m not much for potatoes, but the frites at that bistro in Paris were sublime.

Never met a french fry I didn’t like! ;^)

Wait until Argo prices steaks in Paris…

Apologies to those who have read this before: Back in 1969 my family went on a European vacation/tour. At a restaurant in Munich, I ordered a hamburger with french fries, and the waitress smiled and said, “No french fries – we serve German Fries here!”

At a little Irish pub in Ushuaia Argentina my favorite was “hamburguesa con queso y papas fritas”, cheeseburger with fries. I still feel the thrill I had when the waiter congratulated me on my pronunciation.

Uh, uh, uh, Monsieur! What Lang-gawge are you speakin’?

Francais? Mais you are not goode enuff to dine at Cafe Le Boeuf wid your awwwful Francais.

it should be quite clear from the past election and this one coming up, that depending on the government to save us is magical thinking. Too many leaders on both sides of the isle are leading us down paths I surely don’t want to go.

Reminded of a line from the early 1970s meat shortage: “Is this for a rolled roast or a Rolls-Royce?”

Erh… You need to wait until the US is off the list of people forbidden to travel to France but you are very welcome. Just do not order steak tartare, it isn’t steak with sauce tartare but raw steak with raw egg and condiments (happened to a nice young American who was traumatised by it, even though I go the server to take it back and have it well done).

We all need a goal. Some day I would like to walk along the Ural mountains on the east side.

On a needlework online discussion group I am on there is a member who lives in France. First year on July 14th I wished her a “bon Bastille journee” . She thanked me and then told me that they just call it (in French) July 14th not Bastille Day.