"Quenelle"

[Wilson Gray]

“It is the trademark of the hugely controversial French comedian Dieudonne
M'Bala M'Bala, who once said he would like to put a quenelle - a
rugby-ball-shaped serving of fish or meat paste - up the backside of
Zionists.”

Aren't I sorry I asked?


Yesterday, one of my French Facebook-friends noted that Dieudonne had hit
on her to be his FB-friend. She was bent *totally* out of shape, really
disgusted, than this anti-Semitic/anti-Semetic asshole - or French words to
that effect - had the gall to hit on her.

She uses the name, "Durand Lella" and is a ethnic-Gascon (and Jewish?) rock
DJ).

Thanks for the background. I had no idea what she was talking about.

One Of my high-school teachers was surnamed "Quesnelle" [k@'nEl]. Another
Jesuit, named "Connell," used the same pronunciation as that of his name.
It made for confusion. I have no idea whether there's more than a trivial
connection between that and "quenelle."

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