Belgian PM pelted with chips and mayonnaise, somehow finds it hilarious

[EC]

Belgian prime minister Charles Michel was today pelted with chips and sprayed with mayonnaise by feminist protesters.

During what has already been dubbed the most Belgian protest of all time, the PM managed to not only keep his cool but actually enjoy himself, judging by the photos.

According to Le Soir (in French), he was speaking about the government’s economic policies in Namur when he… came into contact with protesters from LilithS, formerly part of Femen.

Watch a video of the incident below:


http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/belgian-pm-pelted-with-chips-and-mayonnaise-somehow-finds-it-hilarious--l1sj65mjFl

[EC]

Note - chips as in fries, not crisps.

Chips and mayo is the Belgian equivalent of poutine. Rather nice, too.

[GourmetDan]

Note - chips as in fries, not crisps.

So do the English call them 'chips' just to spite the French or what?

[EC]

Nah - the term French Fries is a uniquely American invention, probably from WW1. We've always called them chips, though ours tend to be much thicker than the US version (about the size of your little finger in thickness).

[olde north church]

Nah - the term French Fries is a uniquely American invention, probably from WW1. We've always called them chips, though ours tend to be much thicker than the US version (about the size of your little finger in thickness).

Don't we still call them "Freedom" fries or has that petered out?

[EC]

Don't we still call them "Freedom" fries or has that petered out?

Think that lasted less than a year before it died out. Was always more of a joke than a serious thing.

[alicewonders]

I dunno, but I find most fast-food fries are inedible anymore - don't know what kind of "healthy" oil they are being coerced into using, but they're not even good when they are freshly hot. 

When McDonalds used to fry theirs in beef tallow - they were the undisputed KING of french fries!  They could save their plummeting profits just by making that one change.   

Besides, most of these touted "healthy" oils are anything but.  Canola, corn, safflower - are loaded with pesticides.  Humans are designed to eat saturated fats - not these genetically modified FrankenOils.

Sorry to get off topic there - I find it hard to have much respect for a leader that enjoys being pelted with food - and I don't get the connection to Feminism there.