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muriel_volestrangler

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15. It's not exactly being a gracious host, though, is it?

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 07:05 PM

Nov 2015

If they had a meal with President Obama, and served themselves horse, but said "oh, we know how fussy you Americans are - we'll get something else for you", I reckon Americans wouldn't take it too well.

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Meeting between Hollande and Iranian president is cancelled �after French officials refused... [View all] bananas Nov 2015 OP

France won�t dine with Iran unless wine is served bananas Nov 2015 #1

can't the French live w/out wine for one meal for diplomacy's sake? wordpix Nov 2015 #25

Can't the Iranians cope with the fact that they don't make the rules for anyone else? Warpy Nov 2015 #27

OK, your solution is fine but maybe they don't like what goes with the wine drinking wordpix Nov 2015 #30

*I* don't like that, either Warpy Nov 2015 #32

Would you go to dinner with some fundies without having something to take the edge off? snooper2 Nov 2015 #40

If the meeting were to take place in Tehran, christx30 Nov 2015 #2

Exactly PatSeg Nov 2015 #17

Why is the Daily Mail right-wing tabloid considered a legit site on here? oberliner Nov 2015 #3

For the same reason bvf Nov 2015 #6

Did you not see Post #1? philosslayer Nov 2015 #7

French media report the same story. However, the meeting is not cancelled Mass Nov 2015 #8

I get that it's a legit story oberliner Nov 2015 #11

I know. I had to check to be sure it was true. Mass Nov 2015 #12

But some of the very best DUers have a history of citing the Daily Mail as a source. Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #24

Bffftwahahaha Scootaloo Nov 2015 #31

Nice catch - oberliner has posted Daily Mail articles to LBN himself. bananas Nov 2015 #37

Because sometimes The Daily Fail and even the Torygraph can get something right Warpy Nov 2015 #28

I remember there were some people I couldn't stand being with unless I valerief Nov 2015 #4

"Too cheap?" DFW Nov 2015 #5

So if the French had invited Gandhi, a well known vegetarian, to dine with them in Paris onenote Nov 2015 #10

That is rewriting what happened, and just being streits�chtig DFW Nov 2015 #13

Did the French offer to provide an alternative that the Iranians could eat? onenote Nov 2015 #14

In an attempt at compromise, the Elysee suggested a breakfast meeting instead LanternWaste Nov 2015 #21

Wasn't "trying" anything. Was just curious whether there had been an offer onenote Nov 2015 #22

It's not exactly being a gracious host, though, is it? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2015 #15

My sister is a vegan. christx30 Nov 2015 #23

Thanksgiving is a special meal, with its own tradition; this is an invitation to the Iranians muriel_volestrangler Nov 2015 #34

Would they make the same christx30 Nov 2015 #35

I am amazed at the ignorance of basic hospitality some DUers have muriel_volestrangler Nov 2015 #38

I agree with this - I am on an organic diet which most people aren't wordpix Nov 2015 #26

But if you invite someone over to your house, christx30 Nov 2015 #16

Rouhani is no Ghandi. Mz Pip Nov 2015 #20

Dietary restrictions aren't exactly reactionary zealotry Scootaloo Nov 2015 #33

why not compromise and serve halal meat and wine JI7 Nov 2015 #9

Because that isn't compromise -- it's capitulation. HeiressofBickworth Nov 2015 #18

When In Rome... imthevicar Nov 2015 #19

it's not a great time being straight if your dinner companions are getting sloshed wordpix Nov 2015 #29

A few glasses of wine with a meal is hardly "getting sloshed". smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #39

Good on the French for not kissing their asses. n/t tabasco Nov 2015 #36

Can the French get wine and non-Halal meat in Iran? Dawson Leery Nov 2015 #41