Cheese-eating surrender monkeys
Trei, Peter
ptrei at rsasecurity.com
Fri May 2 07:50:47 PDT 2003
> Tim May[SMTP:timcmay at got.net] wrote:
>
> The right-wing columnist Jonathan Goldberg dubbed them "cheese-eating
> surrender monkeys" several years ago, long before this latest matter.
> Has a great cadence, and it's accurate.
>
No one expects the Pedantry Police!
Goldberg used the phrase in a 1999 column, but he did not invent it.
It's from a actually from a 1995 Simpsons episode, "Round Springfield"
(production number 2F32) Here's the quote in context:
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[A little later, Bart puts his hand up].
Bart: Mrs. Krabappel, I'm done failing the test. Can I _please_ go to the
nurse?
Edna: Gosh, Bart, maybe you really are in pain.
Well...it would be cruel not to let you go.
[files her nails, hums the national anthem]
[hums part of "Stars and Stripes Forever"]
Heh heh heh, _now_ you may go.
Bart: [walking into nurse's room] Lunch Lady Doris? Why are you here?
Doris: Budget cuts. They've even got Groundskeeper Willy teaching French.
Willy: "Bonjourrr", you cheese-eating surrender monkeys!
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First broadcast: April 30, 1995
More info than you wanted to know:
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F32.html
[I agree with most of the post, but couldn't let this misquote stand]
Peter Trei
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