Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 04, 2003
May 03, 2003
May 05, 2003
Transcript:
Zonker: What's that smell? Mark: La-bas! Zonker: Zuts alors! Mark: Hey, France-bashers! While you were renaming fries and boycotting brie, ever stop to consider the feelings of patriotic Franco-Americans? What's that? You can't even think of one? Check out the signature on this strip, mon ami! Zonker: Ou etes-vous donc si provincial que vous ne reconaissez meme pas un nom francais? Mark: Laissez-moi demander quelque-chose: Pour quoi pensez-vous que nous avons libere la france en 1945? Zonker: Faites attention: nous avons libere la france pour qu'elle soit libre! Libre de domination etrangere! Pigez? Mark: Avec vous autres, la loyaute ne va dans qu'un sens! Apres 11/9 les titres des journaux francais disaient, "Au-jourd'hui, nous sommes tous americains!" Si des terroristes avaient detruits la tour eiffel, auriez-vous crie, "Au-jourd'hui nous sommes tous francais!"? Bien sur que non! Et savez-vous pourquoi? Zonker: Pourquoi, Mark? Mark: Parce que vous etes des jingoistic, self-regarding-conquer-monkeys! Zonker: Oops! Pardon our French!
caseyroberson over 12 years ago
French dialogue, as per Google Translate, 7-18-2011:Zonker: Or are you so provincial that you can’t even recognize a French name?Mark: Let me ask you something: why do you think we liberated France in 1945?Zonker: Be careful! We liberated France, for it is free! Free of foreign domination! Get it?Mark: But loyalty no longer seems to go in that direction! After 9/11, French headlines said “Today, we are all Americans”. If terrorists had destroyed the Eiffel Tower, would you cry “Today, we are all French”?Mark: Of course not! And do you know why?Zonker: Why, Mark?Mark: Because you are jingoistic, self-regarding conquer-monkeys!
caseyroberson over 12 years ago
And the dialogue in the throw-away top-right panel.Mark: There! Zonker: Damn them!