'Dragon' sausages burnt by trade laws

Times Online ^ | November 18, 2006 | Simon de Bruxelles

[JTN]

A SPICY sausage known as the Welsh Dragon will have to be renamed after trading standards’ officers warned manufacturers that they could face prosecution because it does not contain dragon.

The sausages will now have to be labelled Welsh Dragon Pork Sausages to avoid any confusion among customers.

Jon Carthew, 45, who makes the sausages, said yesterday that he had not received any complaints about the absence of real dragon meat. He said: “I don’t think any of our customers believe that we use dragon meat in our sausages. We use the word because the dragon is synonymous with Wales.”

His company, the Black Mountains Smokery at Crickhowell, in Powys, turns out 200,000 sausages a year, including the Welsh Dragon, which is made with chilli, leek and pork. A Powys County Council spokesman said: “The product was not sufficiently precise to inform a purchaser of the true nature of the food.”

[Phsstpok]

What? Dragons don't exist!?

The article makes no such claim.  All these folks are in trouble for is that they can't prove that their sausage contains dragon.

Thinks about it.  How many people do you think are capable of trying to capture and kill a dragon in order to make sausage out of it?  I mean, they didn't make George a saint because he did something that was easy, now did they?

Dragons, like Magic, are real (unless declared integer)¹

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons... for you are crunchy & good with ketchup²

 

 

1 that's a programmer's joke. 

2 that's a truism, no matter how you look at it 

[bert]

Hmmm... They export a lot of them to Gaza.

Bet there will be a lot of suprised and pissed off Arabs when they learn the sausages are made from forbidden pork and not acceptable dragon.

[pipecorp]

I'll have mine with a bit of lark's vomit, thank you.

[J_Baird]

Why not name all the pigs that they use for the sausage "Dragon" that way they can get around this nonsense.

[FreePaul]

They should be able to get a little Komodo Dragon meat. A little bit could go a long way.

[SampleMan]

What? Dragons don't exist!?

Actually, the beef is that people will presume they do exist because of the name. Think of the poor mooslim that takes a bite, thinking he's eating dragon, when its only snout and behind in a tube.

[sionnsar]

Welsh Dragon ping

[Bones75]

Aw man.. these things don't really have any dragon in them?

So, um... who do I see about getting my money back? *sigh*

[SuzyQue]

This could be useful information:

Do Virgins Taste Better

Words by Randy Farran, music traditional

A dragon has come to our village today.
We've asked him to leave, but he won't go away.
Now he's talked to our king and they worked out a deal.
No homes will he burn and no crops will he steal.

Now there is but one catch, we dislike it a bunch.
Twice a year he invites him a virgin to lunch.
Well, we've no other choice, so the deal we'll respect.
But we can't help but wonder and pause to reflect.

Do virgins taste better than those who are not?
Are they salty, or sweeter, more juicy or what?
Do you savor them slowly? Gulp them down on the spot?
Do virgins taste better than those who are not?

Now we'd like to be shed you, and many have tried.
But no one can get through your thick scaly hide.
We hope that some day, some brave knight will come by.
'Cause we can't wait around 'til you're too fat to fly.

Now you have such good taste in your women for sure,
They always are pretty, they always are pure.
But your notion of dining, it makes us all flinch,
For your favorite entree is barbecued wench.

Now we've found a solution, it works out so neat,
If you insist on nothing but virgins to eat.
No more will our number ever grow small,
We'll simply make sure there's no virgins at all!

[Phsstpok]

Buffalo wings? Chicken Fingers? Microsoft works? All the deception out there is enough to make your head spin.

You owe me for one keyboard and monitor ruined when I spewed my drink after reading this post. ;^>

That's worthy of being added to George Carlin's quintessential oxymorons, jumbo shrimp and military intelligence. (see this web page for some great oxymorons)

Your post is a keeper.  Thank you. 

[Argus]

This wins Funniest Thread of the Day.

[Myrddin]

I can't imagine why they would select a dragon logo for a Welsh sausage.

[Cobra64]

I'm mostly of Welsh decent and we have many of those around our house.

[MarkeyD]

What if they used cows with really short legs?

[BenLurkin]

UNbelievable.

[brewer1516]

Ya know, this very type of thing makes me loathe modern government. We used to think our constitutional government was above this kind of nonsense, but sadly we are but two steps behind.

[Reaganesque]

Good thing they didn't find out about the Leprechaun Patties.

[Chode]

[brewer1516]

Microsoft Works..BwaaaHaa! You're crackin' me up here.

[Old Professer]

Do they sell Jimmy Dean Sausage over there?