A Rose By Any Other Name
Aussie Dave | Feb 15, 2006 | 1 comment
Another casualty in the ongoing cartoon intifada: the term “Danish pastry.”
Not content with pelting European embassies with petrol bombs to protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, Iranians have decided to rename the “Danish pastries” relished by this nation of cake lovers.From now on, the sweet, flaky pastries which dominate the shelves in Iran’s cake shops will be known as “Roses of the Prophet Mohammad,” the official IRNA news agency reported as pressure on Denmark over the cartoons took on a new dimension.
Hmm..they might want to rethink that one…
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Well, there was that Freedom Fries hulabaloo, do Iranians naturally want one of their own doing…