As we were walking around DC, we ended up in a part of town where all the foreign embassies are located. We saw the Irish Embassy, the Jamaican Embassy, the Chinese Embassy, and so forth. Suddenly, we came upon a building with this out-of-place fancy purple door:
I decided to get a closer look at the plaque:
In case you can't read that, it says "Embassy of Freedonia," and in case you don't know, Freedonia isn't a real place. It's from the Marx Brother's movie, Duck Soup.
I couldn't really find anything on the internet by googling Embassy of Freedonia. There does seem to be a grassroots group of wacko people who are trying to start a Nation of Freedonia, but I don't think this door has anything to do with them. Chances are, some rich Marx Brothers fans live there among the embassy buildings and put this plaque on their door as a joke. Anyway, it made us laugh. So good for them.
and Hail Hail Freedonia!
1 comment:
Brilliant. :) Have forwarded this to several relatives.
--GG
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