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EU fascists at work, case #54769923
2008-06-27
EU says the kiwi fruits in a shipment are too small. Ripe, nutritious but failing to meet the arbitrary size rules from Brussels.

Wholesaler is not allowed to sell them, give them away or eat them himself.

I've deleted my profane comment on the deliberate idiocy of this, since Rantburg is a marginally respectable site.
Posted by:lotp

#9  If they are regulating the size and curvature of bananas, I'm beginning to worry about what might be next. It would make about as much sense. I'm pretty sure lotp might not be able to contain herself as well as she did today if this continues.
Posted by: gorb   2008-06-27 15:46  

#8  3dc's kiwi on a new trellis. It crushed the last one. No fruit as it strangled the previous male. New male planted a ways away.
Posted by: 3dc   2008-06-27 12:10  

#7  There are also size restrictions for carrots and quite a few more fruits and vegetables ...

Not only size - I recall something about standards for the curvature of bananas.
Posted by: xbalanke   2008-06-27 10:32  

#6  Eric Jablow: Right the first time, in that it was a winning entry in the Bulwer-Lytton contest, years ago.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-06-27 09:56  

#5  Who elected these loons?

Oh, right....Never mind
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2008-06-27 08:03  

#4  LOL, Moose! There are also size restrictions for carrots and quite a few more fruits and vegetables which leads to fewer foods in the market and could lead to a shortage. Bugwits.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2008-06-27 07:25  

#3  Did you enter that in this year's Bulwer-Lytton contest?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2008-06-27 07:24  

#2  Anonymoose, you're a very bad person.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2008-06-27 04:23  

#1  "Jake liked his women the way he liked his kiwi fruit: sweet yet tart, firm-fleshed yet yielding to the touch, and covered with short brown fuzzy hair."
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-06-27 00:28  

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