Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Ben & Jerry's in France - pre-election oddness

So, yesterday was Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day. To promote it here, they did an ad campaign themed around the upcoming presidential campaign here, which included staging fake marches led by someone in a cow costume for "l'autre candidate," the "spokes-cow" Woody, who campaigns "pour une France gourmande," "the struggle against violence in the stables," and "the redistribution of wealth in cream." Though if any ice cream place in Paris could further the first of those goals, I don't think it'd be Ben & Jerry's.

Attended a Dems France political discussion of globalization last night, at an Irish pub near St. Michel.

By the way: Chantal and Stephanie, nice seeing you at the Rome airport.

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