SFist: Obama Fingers, the Offensive German Treat

Belgand

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:32:22 -0800

I seriously doubt they intended to be even remotely offensive with this. Hell, it took me a minute or so to figure out what the concern was about as opposed to it merely being kind of weird. I suspect that it has more to do with fried chicken being seen as an American thing and as Obama is an American president who is also rather popular in Germany they thought they could make it work.

Cement Brunette

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:25:56 -0800

Phew. I am so proud we made it this far in the comment stream without one German/Jew joke. Bravo.

largo01

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:27:06 -0800

In the past couple of years, German flight agencies have been offering cheap packages to San Francisco--making it seem like the best part of America--which, it is. Anyways, it wouldn't be surprising to me that by now, most Germans think the Golden Gate is more a symbol of America than the Statue of Liberty.

Darkmoon

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:17:28 -0800

Well mistaken racism aside I'm just trying to figure out why a picture of the Golden Gate bridge is on the box? What does it have to do with Obama or chicken strips?

sfperson2000

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:06:33 -0800

billywags -- you are correct. For example, if you posses any sort of Nazi material, books, whatever, you go to jail.

seamus_furr

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:05:01 -0800

Last time I was in Germany, I bought a popsicle called "Mr. Long." It had a picture of Michael Jordan on the wrapper.

sfperson2000

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:56:39 -0800

No joke -- it is in Germany's largest magazine: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-40537.html#backToArticle=612684 I am 100% sure Der Spiegel fact checks.

largo01

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:24:21 -0800

Speaking from the vantage point of a German, Germans are not sensitive about racial issues because they largely aren't confronted with them. This makes them racist, but it is far less intentional on their part than when someone here acts racist. I'm not talking about far right Germans though -- I'm talking about the average German, which is typically more left than the average American.

fizzandpop

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:18:11 -0800

Dip that tastes of curry.

DJBurrito

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:09:34 -0800

whats curry dip?

icbalaam

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:07:54 -0800

You know who loves fried chicken? Everybody.

shabooty

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:42:15 -0800

it's real folks...

billywags

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:29:03 -0800

Ah, give 'em a break. Every country has its own set of unofficial rules on what's OK or not OK to say. It'd be hard to understand if you're not raised in it. I'm sure there are seemingly innocuous ways of talking about Nazis or sausage making or whatever that get German's panties all in a bunch, too.

redseca2

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:26:43 -0800

If you google the Sprehe Feinkost brand in the lower left corner you find a whole world of strange fried chicken products; http://www.sprehe.de/?home=n&seite=produkte&subseite=sortiment.php?kat0=1

travin

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:09:06 -0800

well if you go to the shabooty website, it has a link to an online german publication. Though to me that lends some credibility to it, I still can't fathom it being a real product. Then again, years ago gerber baby food made a gross mistake on their marketing of baby foods in africa. because most people can't read what's in the can is simply pictured on the can or jar. Well, gerber's had a picture of a baby on it. Nobody would buy it. *shrugs* go figure

lanersg

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:07:36 -0800

Like douche?

BeejW

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:01:14 -0800

I think you're right. The lower right hand corner of the "box" has a logo for something called shabooty.com... http://www.shabooty.com/ I'm guessing it's not safe for work but mebbe it is...

travin

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:55:21 -0800

I'm having trouble believing that's not an internet hoax perpetrated with pretty bad photoshop work.

Generic

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:32:35 -0800

oh, wait. Deutsch not Dutch nevermind.

Generic

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:27:34 -0800

The world's most liberal nation gets an automatic pass on these matters.

Joel

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:23:53 -0800

Please to be honoring American President and real-life Chocolate Face Herr Obama

porkbun

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:21:10 -0800

I'm hungry