EU Wonky Fruit ban defeated

[northernladuk]

BBC Linky

Give me strength. I think I had my mouth open in disbelief by the end of the article. On April 1st i would have been chuckling away but thats a week off yet!!

[Mich the Tester]

<eco mentalist mode>
This is bad for our carbon footprint. Vegetables and fruits with an irregular shape take up more packaging and transport space as they can't be packed tightly, therefore increasing our use of fossil fuels and production of CO2. This is a backward step.
</eco mentalist mode>

TBH, I don't think anyone in Europe other than the British government really took much notice of this.

[northernladuk]

<eco mentalist mode>
This is bad for our carbon footprint. Vegetables and fruits with an irregular shape take up more packaging and transport space as they can't be packed tightly, therefore increasing our use of fossil fuels and production of CO2. This is a backward step.
</eco mentalist mode>

TBH, I don't think anyone in Europe other than the British government really took much notice of this.

Maybe they didn't but I paid for the pleasure of a load of pompus idiots to discuss it and finally come to their senses.... twice!!!!

[darmstadt]

Well thats good for "That's Life" then

[Mich the Tester]

Maybe they didn't but I paid for the pleasure of a load of pompus idiots to discuss it and finally come to their senses.... twice!!!!

As did all of Europe's taxpayers. The EU parliament is actually just an expensive mental home for those who were too useless to get a job in national governments (which is saying something). Think of it as a sort of 'fletcher memorial home'.

[shaunbhoy]

Always nice to have it confirmed that the millions we pour into the EU coffers is being effectively targeted at the problems that really matter, and not just being frittered away in a profligate manner.

[Mich the Tester]

Always nice to have it confirmed that the millions we pour into the EU coffers is being effectively targeted at the problems that really matter, and not just being frittered away in a profligate manner.

Oh some of it is given to French farmers too, who are always deserving of our help.

[shaunbhoy]

Oh some of it is given to French farmers too, who are always deserving of our help.

Good point. If we were not lavishing them with Fuel grants they would have insufficient diesel to propel their tractors to the strategic road junctions where they can bring the whole continent to a standstill. I mean just how upsetting can it be to be deprived of your "Don't grow any more Parsnips" subsidy?

[xoggoth]

Excellent. The only thing that made shopping with the wife an experience slightly this side of death was the chance of finding a fruit or veg that I could wave about shouting "Hey this one looks just like a nob!"

[northernladuk]

Excellent. The only thing that made shopping with the wife an experience slightly this side of death was the chance of finding a fruit or veg that I could wave about shouting "Hey this one looks just like a nob!"

Thank god for that. I thought it was only me that did that and I needed help....