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 Post subject: The war is finally over.
PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:19 am 
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It's been a long 20 years.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:04 am 
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A reduction of €62 per tonne. How much will that be per banana?

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:28 am 
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A reduction of €62 per tonne. How much will that be per banana?



About 0.0000001p
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grandad wrote:
A reduction of €62 per tonne. How much will that be per banana?


dunno, but arent they bent?

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 4:49 pm 
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grandad wrote:
A reduction of €62 per tonne. How much will that be per banana?


dunno, but arent they bent?



Europe didn't want them bent did they? They wanted straight ones a few years ago. The UK pay billions a year for them to make statments like that.
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Nidge2 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
grandad wrote:
A reduction of €62 per tonne. How much will that be per banana?


dunno, but arent they bent?



Europe didn't want them bent did they? They wanted straight ones a few years ago. The UK pay billions a year for them to make statments like that.


That's just crap. The sad thing is so many people believe it.

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Europe didn't want them bent did they? They wanted straight ones a few years ago. The UK pay billions a year for them to make statments like that.[/quote]

That's just crap. The sad thing is so many people believe it.[/quote][/quote]


Spot on Jock =D> =D>

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the commissioners have no problem with straight bananas, it's the crooked ones they don't like so much, but they have never banned them. As Commission Regulation (EC) 2257/94 puts it, bananas must be "free from malformation or abnormal curvature". In the case of "Extra class" bananas, there is no wiggle room, but Class 1 bananas can have "slight defects of shape", and Class 2 bananas can have full-on "defects of shape".

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Accusations of distorted or untruthful reporting are most commonly directed at conservative and Eurosceptic sections of the British media.[7] Stories often present the European civil service[8] as drafting rules that "defy common sense". Examples cited as Euromyths include stories about rules banning mince-pies, curved bananas and mushy peas.[2] Others include a story that English fish and chips shops would be forced to use Latin names for their fish (Sun, 5 September 2001),[8] that double-decker buses would be banned (The Times, 9 April 1998),[9] that British rhubarb must be straight,[10] and that barmaids would have to cover up their cleavages.[11]
Its a myth :D
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It does disprove the EU-myth that the EU will be the best thing for EU consumers

Though it may be the best thing for a few African banana growers

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