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" Cheese-eating surrender monkeys ", sometimes shortened to " surrender monkeys ", is a derogatory description of French people, referring to their cheeses and military history, that was coined in 1995 by Ken Keeler, then-writer for the television series The Simpsons.
He added: " Oh, I haven ’ t lost my distaste for the French, but French-bashing is so clichéd these days, I feel like I ’ m doing schtick when I talk about Cheese-eating surrender monkeys and the like.
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The phrase " cheese-eating surrender monkeys " first appeared in the American animated television series The Simpsons.
Expressing his disdain for the French people, he exclaims to his class in his Scottish accent: " Bonjour, you cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
When "' Round Springfield " was dubbed in French, the word " surrender " was omitted and the line became " singes mangeurs de fromage " (" cheese-eating monkeys ").
Following the appearance of the phrase on The Simpsons, " cheese-eating surrender monkeys " has become widely used by journalists in the media.
An article in The Guardian noted that Goldberg's use of the phrase during the time before the Iraq War made it " acceptable in official diplomatic channels around the globe ", and Slates Chris Suellentrop commented in January 2003 that Goldberg made " cheese-eating surrender monkeys " the " rallying cry of Francophobes everywhere " in the time that led to the war in Iraq.
Groundskeeper Willie's description of the French as " cheese-eating surrender monkeys " from the episode "' Round Springfield " has become widely used, particularly in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
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" More recently, however, conservative bloggers and commentators have enthusiastically promoted cultural memes from the series, such as Groundskeeper Willie's derisive term for the French, " cheese-eating surrender monkeys ".
He greets the class with ( in heavy Scottish accent ) " Bonjourrrrrrrrr, yah cheese-eatin ' surrender monkeys!

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* Surrender ( only available as first decision of a hand ): Some games offer the option to " surrender ", usually in hole card games and directly after the dealer has checked for blackjack ( but see below for variations ).
Towards the end of the conference, Japan was given an ultimatum to surrender ( in the name of the United States, Great Britain and China ) or meet " prompt and utter destruction ", which did not mention the new bomb.
In woodsball, if you were within of an opposing player and he was unaware of your presence, it is an etiquette to offer the opposing player a " mercy ", that is to offer him a chance to surrender and call himself out of the game, instead of shooting him at close range.
" Defending his own behaviour in not sending his full fleet to North America, he also wrote that " f the admiral in America had met Sir Samuel Hood near the Chesapeake ", that Cornwallis's surrender might have been prevented.
Meanwhile, the victorious Lancastrians became reviled for the manner in which their army had looted the town of Ludlow after the Yorkist surrender at Ludford Bridge, and the repressive acts of a compliant " Parliament of Devils ", which caused many uncommitted peers to fear for their own property and titles.
Using the pretext of " receiving the Japanese surrender ", business interests within the KMT government occupied most of the banks, factories and commercial properties, which had previously been seized by the Imperial Japanese Army.
* 10: 34 The Russian commander signals " XGE ", which is " I surrender " in the International Code of Signals used at the time.
What was celebrated on " The Twelfth " was not William's " victory over Popery at the Battle of the Boyne ", but the extermination of the elite of the Catholic Irish at Aughrim, thereby ending the fear of having to surrender the planted lands.
Latimer wrote to Cromwell in 1538 to plead for the continuation of Great Malvern Priory, and of " two or three in every shire of such remedy ", but by then only total surrender was acceptable.
On the nuclear attacks on Japan in WWII, he adhered to the view that " there was even less sign of a crack in Japan's determination to fight to the end with that of Nazi Germany, which is why nuclear arms were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to ensure a rapid Japanese surrender ", though believed there was an ancillary political, non-military reason for the bombings: " perhaps the thought that it would prevent America's ally the USSR from establishing a claim to a major part in Japan's defeat was not absent from the minds of the US government either.
In 674, according to Stephen of Ripon, Wulfhere " stirred up all the southern nations against ", but he was defeated by Oswiu's son Ecgfrith who forced him to surrender Lindsey, and to pay tribute.
Also, words such as " responsibility ", " space ", " surrender ", " experience ", " trust ", " consideration ", " unreasonable ", " righteous ", " totally participate ", " from your head ", " openness ", " letting go " were redefined or used so as to assign them a more specific meaning.
" After the success of his " Papa's Got a Brand New Bag " in late 1965, James Brown, believing he deserved to be crowned " King of Soul ", hired Burke to perform for one night in Chicago, but ended up paying not to perform but rather to watch him perform instead, expecting Burke also to surrender his crown and title to him.
George R. R. Martin wrote a short story about the surrender of Viapori, " The Fortress ", when he was a college student.
" Jewel Voice Broadcast ", was the radio broadcast in which Japanese emperor Hirohito read out the, announcing to the Japanese people that the Japanese Government had accepted the Potsdam Declaration demanding the unconditional surrender of the Japanese military at the end of World War II.

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If the hijackers ' demands are deemed too great and the perpetrators show no inclination to surrender, authorities sometimes employ armed special forces to attempt a rescue of the hostages ( notably Operation Entebbe ).
The most dangerous moment was the act of surrender, when helpless soldiers were sometimes shot down.
" Hestia's omission from some lists of the Twelve Olympians is sometimes taken as illustration of her passive, non-confrontational nature – by giving her Olympian seat to Dionysus she prevents heavenly conflict – but no ancient source or myth describes such a surrender or removal.
Particularly in antiquity, the death or imprisonment of a popular leader was sometimes enough to bring about a quick surrender.
The Confederate surrender following the siege at Vicksburg is sometimes considered, when combined with Gen. Robert E. Lee's defeat at Gettysburg the previous day, the turning point of the war.
Although this incident is sometimes described as a proposal for " guerrilla war ," Alexander describes in his memoir, Fighting for the Confederacy, the proposed alternative to surrender as " the army may be ordered to scatter in the woods & bushes & either to rally upon Gen. Johnston in North Carolina, or to make their way, each man to his own state, with his arms, & to report to his governor.
Helen, a personal friend of many of the firm's partners, is nevertheless relentless in her attempts to prosecute those who do wrong, sometimes crossing the line of legal ethics ; after her friend Richard Bay was murdered on the orders of a drug lord he had helped to prosecute, Helen orchestrated the gunman's death by giving false information to the police about his willingness to surrender.
Wily returned as the antagonist of subsequent titles in the main series with a different scheme each time, sometimes framing someone else for his crimes ( Dr. Cossack, Proto Man, a disguise for himself named Mr. X, and Dr. Light ), only to be defeated and surrender to Mega Man at the end.
Yang is sometimes credited with saving the kingdom by his refusal to surrender the fortress to invading Tang forces.
A threat of bombardment will sometimes induce the target to surrender, but instances of its fulfillment being followed by success are rare ; in general, with a determined commander, bombardments fail in their objective.
* Players can surrender after doubling ( sometimes called forfeit, double-down rescue, or concede ).
Bennett Place, sometimes known as Bennett Farm, in Durham, North Carolina was the site of the largest surrender of Confederate soldiers ending the American Civil War, on April 26, 1865.
Suing for peace is usually initiated by the losing party in an attempt to stave off an unconditional surrender and may sometimes be favorable to the winning nation, as prosecuting a war to a complete or unconditional surrender may be costly.
Players can also call out to enemies who will sometimes surrender and can then be captured ( put in handcuffs ) with their ammunition also collected.

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