In 1963, President John F. Kennedy made a now infamous speech in which he pledged the United State's support of West Germany as they tried to form a democratic government. To give the speech just a little more punch, JFK decided just before he took the podium to emphatically proclaim, "Ich bin ein Berliner!" which means, "I am a Berliner!"
What he did not know, however, is that berliner happens to mean "a little sugared donut" in German and is quite a popular little pastry. So really, he emphatically proclaimed, "I am a little sugared donut!"
I have long been proclaiming that "I am a fruit loop!" so I totally know where he is coming from.
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Perhaps the world would like us more if our official stance on foreign policy was to be little sugared donuts.
Eh, then they would claim we were responsible for their tooth decay.
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