Pierre, the Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkey!

For the record: I don’t endorse xenophobia, and I can’t stand the sort of rabid nationalism that led to silly terms like “freedom fries.” I’m also three-quarters French.

But this is just too funny. m20xr/lego2000 appears to have proposed a new Space subtheme called Franspace. Naturally, this sub-theme has its own mascot, Pierre the cheese-eating surrender monkey:

(For those of you unfamiliar with the reference, read all about it — in a surprisingly comprehensive and balanced article — on Wikipedia. Apologies to my readers in this part of the world.)

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