Yes I said crisp, not chip, you empire-disrespecting, uncultured, slack-jawed, American peasants. Only kidding, Jimmy loves you and your charming, jeep-driving ways. But this is indeed a crisp, for it was discovered in jolly old filthy England and might well be a miracle of modern times. Yea verily, it has been discovered that a holy sign was bestowed upon a consumer of Melted Cheese & Ham flavor McCoys Jackets. Wow, we have some awful brand names for our snacks, but hark, what be this I see before me? 'Tis a sign, a sign from The Lord that yes, Pac-Man has shown His visage to a holy follower.
Everyone knows that Pac-Man is the videogamer's equivalent of Jesus Christ, as lo, He did come down from on high to bring salvation to the gaming flock. Then Judas IsMariot had to hand him over to those damn Romans. That was ridiculous, I'm sorry. Regardless, the prophet who was touched by His blessing (incidentally called Jim also), spread the gospel that the crisp "tasted the same as the others." Truly that's further evidence that He has arrived. Pac-Man Championship Edition was clearly a foretelling of the End Times approaching, when the Four Ghosts of the Apocalypse will ride upon us. But do not fear, for Pac-Man of Namco will save our souls and ... I have no bloody idea what I'm talking about.
[Thanks to NamelessTed. Stop talking about my first Dtoid post, asshole.]
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6:40 AM on 06.26.2007
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Mr. Sterling, i am disappointed in you.
:P
Right.
Long Live Pac-Man!
(Jim, accept my XBL request you limey.)
Either way, this post has succeeded in making me hungry.
potato products are so confusing overseas.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Manhunt2/
I'd be grateful if Jim could please place this in the form of an article so that people will notice it easier. Thanks.
US chips= Uk chips
US fries= uk fries (well, they're french really)
UK chips =http://www.lovechips.co.uk/
sorted
And we call them chips over here because they're supposed to be called chips. Your shoveling the "chips" name on fries is disrespectful of the original Belgian pommes frites.
And the colorful euphemism, "burned to a crisp" illustrates why crisps fail as an endearing product name.
Chips on the other hand have the uncommonly cool Erik Estrada and the California Highway Patrol to lend to the "chip" cool factor.
Consider this argument closed.
@beehive
There's a few brands of potato chips that come in cheddar & bacon. I'm betting it's the same as that.
They have been from the start.
When they got regionally imported you guys didn't call them chips because you didn't use the common US english term for fries. So, you guys are subverting the actual product names because of cultural bigotry.
You won't beat a fat guy at food euphemisms. I'll keep fighting as long as my ham and gravy clogged arteries let me fight.
:)
and yes, the fries look incredible
Seeing as it's my language that you american guys are speaking, i'm going to continue calling 'chips' crisps and 'fries' chips.
It's bad enough you don't even say biscuit.
:P
'tis true though! Then the other variety is chip shop chips. Must be completely limp and squash to the consitantcy of pus upon resting a piece of cod on top. They are the worst, but tend to be the most common. that reminds me; do americans have pukka pies? If not, someone should buy the franchise and bring it over there, you'd make millions!
Why am I sharing my business ideas??
Jim, I've referred to this that, historically, the UK ignored the nomenclature adopted by earlier english speaking cultures that imported the pommes frites. Instead for some reason, you call them chips, whether they're big steak cut fries (the commonly associated pommes frites) or shoestring (McDonalds/Fast food) potatoes.
As you can see on this chart here, you guys and Ireland are the only ones with the "chip" on your shoulder.
Well, hopefully, someday. all UK-ites and Irish can be as internationally jet-setting and culturally accepting as most Americans clearly already are.
Belgian fries anyone?
It stopped being your language the second we stuck "Ebonics" in the Webster's dictionary. Additional slaughtering was introduced with txt msg & l33t 5p34k.
We've slaughtered the King's English beyond all recognition.
I know you guys have cultural accents within the greater UK, like thick Scot accents and Cockney, but I promise you, you've never heard anyone butcher the english language till you've heard a 12 year old kid from south Houston hold a conversation with someone and NEVER use any hard consonants. G's, T's, K's, etc... All gone. All dead.
Um, that's a really cultured statement...
Have you ever taken a foreign language? Familiar with latin word structure? Pre-fixes, suffixes, that whole mess? Fries, frites, fritte, fritas, whatever all share the same common prefix. I think it's a pretty universal nomenclature. Even the Japanese call them potato fries.
You guys are reading too deep into my posts if you think I'm anything more than being slightly satirical when I'm replying to Jim.
How does "international jet-setting and culturally accepting American" read as anything other than an oxymoron?
And then follow that up with pics of fat chicks feeding each other?
And if I wanted to start some shit, this would be the thing to do:
Coke/soda/pop/soda-pop/cola?
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Ford/Chevy/Dodge?
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NASCAR/WWE/TNA/XFC sucks ass!
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Micro$oft/crApple?
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bloods/crips?
There. Now fight to the death!
I'd go with this petition to be honest, already had more signatures.
http://www.gopetition.co.uk/petitions/stop-the-bbfc-ban-on-manhunt-2.html
2. all are crap
3. all are crap
4. Microsoft
5. crisps. I mean crips
Come on, you fuckers! TAKE THIS ANGRY IRISH!
Jeez, such a deep argument over chips. Or fries. Whatever.
Metalocolypse, Crackdown later?
and to you people posting links to an internet petition for Manhunt 2, STFU. innernet petitions do nothing, and this article is about the holy PAC-MAN crisp that came down from the heavens above.
Yes we can has Crackdown. I get home about 7pm CST.
@Jim
You should dig around in the archives and see what I did to Summa. You're getting it easy, man.
And it's all in good fun. If I wanted to be a total dick to people, I'd get on GameFAQ's and post there.
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And well I want a Virgin Mary or something holy within a video game. After all everything has a Virgin Mary... water, copper, the sun... healing the wounded, making the blind see again, multiplication of food... errr wrong saint...
It's football.
Coz, y'know, it's a ball. And you kick it with your foot.
Makes sense.
Besides, it was football right up until someone decided to start calling it soccer when association matches first started up.
Which was due to the fact that Oxford university introduced the general usage of the -er ending.
So really, the English coined the terms football and soccer.
In which case, i don't know i'm bothering to argue. Both football and soccer are good English words so it really doesn't matter which is used.
What a pointless comment this has been. Ah well.