You, too, will be missed, my friend.

This just in from our fine and stinky friends at Murray’s Cheese:

“The Roquefort tariff increase scheduled for March 23 has been postponed a month to give additional time for negotiations between the U.S. and E.U. Remember it’s not just Roquefort we’re talking about. San Pellegrino (under the category “Italian water”) would double in cost.”

Another scary thought. Although there is now more gorging and guzzling time for lovers of imported European comestibles (there will be no change in tariffs until April 23), the Murray’s Au Revoir to Roquefort party is still on.  “If nothing else,” writes our source, “it’ll be an au revoir GWB.” What’s French for good riddance?

Bye bye, Roquie. We hardly knew ya. (Photo: Courtesy Murray's Cheese)

See this very fin de siècle (and can we say depressing?) memo/party invite, just in from our pals at Murray’s Cheese:

George W. Idiot imposed a 300% import tariff in his last days of office on “luxury foods” from Europe. They didn’t want our hormone-infected beef cattle, the gall of them. Anyway, Roquefort was one of those foods, meaning that on Sunday, March 22 the cost of the cheese basically goes from $8 to $30. Meaning,  most people will stop importing it because there’s no way to sell it and turn a profit. True here at Murray’s as well.

All that is to say: The famed cheese vendor is throwing an au revoir Roquefort party on Sunday, March 22, from 2 to 5pm. A $5 entry fee buys you a farewell taste of the cheese, plus Murray’s two recommended replacements. The first 50 people who come on down get a glass of dessert wine as well. An additional $10 gets attendees a cheese-cave tour, going on every half hour from 2:30 to 4:30pm.

We at The Feed love parties and all, but this is kind of a downer. Well, Obama, what are you going to do about it?