This is why I think it is ridiculous. The twit from the UK Daily Telegraph is writing that because the British PM did not get mustard on his NYC hot dog that the Americans will decide that he is a snob when it comes to mustard. Guess she never figured that a whole lot of Americans eat hot dogs without mustard. and the reporter from the UK Guardian follows suit. What a load of krep. You would think they were liberal reporters from the US.
Mustardgate? On Wednesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron joined New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in having a hot dog.
That's news? Well, it was, in Great Britain, not big news, but still news, because of what Cameron didn't have.
Americans are generous hosts but kind of easy to offend, too. David Cameron knows this, and he picked his way expertly through the diplomatic minefield of his visit to Barack Obama in Washington. But then came New York, a shared hot dog with Mayor Bloomberg and MUSTARDGATE.
Standing at the street vendor's stall yesterday, Dave ordered a PLAIN hot dog. No mustard, no ketchup, no onions; just sausage and bread.
Lucy Jones then goes on to speculate that it may be a matter of class, that Cameron didn't grow up eating cheap, American-style mustard.
Lest you think just one British journalist noticed this, I'll add another example.
As far as I can tell, from a quick search, American journalists paid no attention to the omission. (A few may have joined George Parker of the London-based Financial Times in thinking that Cameron may have skipped the extras in order to avoid a possible mess, but, if so, they didn't say so.)
For example, when he wrote about the encounter, Craig Howie of the Los Angeles Times missed the fact that Cameron did not actually "cut the mustard".
(For the record; I think that, in similar circumstances, I might try for the least-likely-to-create-a-mess hot dog, too. On the other hand, if I was being served barbecue, I would not skip the sauce, for fear of offending my hosts.)
- 2:41 PM, 23 July 2010 [link]
Got this from Jim Miller on Politics
Mustardgate? On Wednesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron joined New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in having a hot dog.
That's news? Well, it was, in Great Britain, not big news, but still news, because of what Cameron didn't have.
Americans are generous hosts but kind of easy to offend, too. David Cameron knows this, and he picked his way expertly through the diplomatic minefield of his visit to Barack Obama in Washington. But then came New York, a shared hot dog with Mayor Bloomberg and MUSTARDGATE.
Standing at the street vendor's stall yesterday, Dave ordered a PLAIN hot dog. No mustard, no ketchup, no onions; just sausage and bread.
Lucy Jones then goes on to speculate that it may be a matter of class, that Cameron didn't grow up eating cheap, American-style mustard.
Lest you think just one British journalist noticed this, I'll add another example.
As far as I can tell, from a quick search, American journalists paid no attention to the omission. (A few may have joined George Parker of the London-based Financial Times in thinking that Cameron may have skipped the extras in order to avoid a possible mess, but, if so, they didn't say so.)
For example, when he wrote about the encounter, Craig Howie of the Los Angeles Times missed the fact that Cameron did not actually "cut the mustard".
(For the record; I think that, in similar circumstances, I might try for the least-likely-to-create-a-mess hot dog, too. On the other hand, if I was being served barbecue, I would not skip the sauce, for fear of offending my hosts.)
- 2:41 PM, 23 July 2010 [link]
Got this from Jim Miller on Politics
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