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April 22, 2006

Oh, PUH-LEEZ

First Tiger says "spaz" (like any of us might ~ Bingley lives the dream that is 'spazdom') and now it's frickin' ICE CREAM.

Ice cream makers Ben & Jerry’s have apologized for causing offense by calling a new flavor “Black & Tan” — the nickname of a notoriously violent British militia that operated during Ireland’s war of independence.

The ice cream, available only in the United States, is based on an ale and stout drink of the same name.

“Any reference on our part to the British Army unit was absolutely unintentional and no ill-will was ever intended,” said a Ben & Jerry’s spokesman.

I dunno ~ upon reflection, that cross section of a pint of ice cream looks like the ATOMIC BOMB,
...you insensitive BASTARDS!!!

Send me TONS of black and tan ice cream immediately
(THIS ...is a suitable substitute.)
or I'm calling Reverend Jesse 'Rainbow' Jackson down on your ass.

Posted by tree hugging sister at April 22, 2006 12:41 AM

Comments

Maybe I'll make some ice cream and call it "eat me you shanty mick"

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at April 22, 2006 12:58 AM

If it didn't come from Ben & Jerry's, I'd try it.

Posted by: Gunslinger at April 22, 2006 09:45 AM

Dioxin AND nuclear weapons? They must be Rethuglicans.

Posted by: Ken Summers at April 22, 2006 10:27 AM

Bought some the other day, it's not bad.

Posted by: Kcruella at April 22, 2006 01:14 PM

I think that they ought to rename Neapolitan "Mafia Melange," too. Black and Tan sounds good to me. I think there's actually a beer company that markets their product that way (can't recall which one), and the fact is that this turns out to be a better metaphor for what Nagin would like to see happen in New Orleans than the one he oafishly threw out by not specifying "MILK chocolate." But imagine if you threw tamales into the micks--I mean mix. Ewwww.

Posted by: Dan Collins at April 23, 2006 03:37 PM

It's nothing that a half dozen black and tans won't cure.

Woman of the house, fetch me a black and tan.

Posted by: Old Dad at April 24, 2006 03:28 PM

After a half dozen black and tans, I wouldn't remember anything anyway.

And a Warm Swill Welcome to ya, Old Dad!

Posted by: tree hugging sister at April 24, 2006 03:37 PM

Old Grandad--

You can save yourself a few syllables by just saying WOTH, as in "WOTH, fet me a black and tan."

Just a hint from a guy who wears the French Maid outfit in the family.

Posted by: Dan Collins at April 24, 2006 08:09 PM