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Condiment nazis? Send them to the salt mines!
The Daily Mail Online - U.K. ^
| June 30, 2008
| Richard Littlejohn
Posted on 06/30/2008 10:11:53 PM PDT by r_barton
The Government yesterday announced what it described as a 'comprehensive shakeup' of local government priorities for the next three years.
At least one council has decided to take the guidance literally. Officials in Gateshead have been touring chip shops confiscating salt shakers with more than five holes in them.
They have spent £2,000 on replacements, which are being given away free.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: health; medicine; saltshakers
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posted on
06/30/2008 10:11:54 PM PDT
by
r_barton
To: r_barton
About $4,000 in U.S. dollars. Eek!
2
posted on
06/30/2008 10:17:32 PM PDT
by
John123
(Obambi said that he has been in 57 states. I will now light myself on fire...)
To: r_barton
"What they haven't factored in is the ingenuity of chip shop customers, who will sprinkle on however much salt they fancy. Fewer holes simply means they shake for longer. "
they never thought of screwing the lid off to save time?
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posted on
06/30/2008 10:18:08 PM PDT
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: r_barton
The nanny government will even tell you how many holes you can have in your salt shaker. What’s next?
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posted on
06/30/2008 10:19:29 PM PDT
by
r_barton
To: robomatik
They will have locking salt shakers next. ;-)
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posted on
06/30/2008 10:20:27 PM PDT
by
r_barton
To: r_barton
I guess if you salt those fish and chips too much, its the end of the world.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
06/30/2008 10:27:25 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: robomatik
Keep reading the article. That’s exactly what they do.
Reminds me of the stupid flow restricter in my new kitchen faucet. I have to run the darn thing three times as long to fill the sink.
To: r_barton
or they might just legislate that a restaurant has to weigh you, measure your height, check your bmi, and do tests to ensure that you are not diabetic, lactose intolerant, have gout, allergic to peanuts, suffer from hyper-tension, or an irregular heartbeat -before signing papers that alleviate the establishment from any responsibility for you decision(s).
:^)
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posted on
06/30/2008 10:30:21 PM PDT
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: r_barton
Trade them with the pepper shakers, which have more holes.
For free.
That’s what we did.
::rolls eyes::
To: r_barton
So the so few, to whom so much was owed by so many, didn’t really keep the Nazis out of Britain after all. Well, they tried.
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posted on
06/30/2008 11:01:11 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Barack Obama--the first black Jimmy Carter.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Reminds me of the stupid flow restricter in my new kitchen faucet.If it's like the ones in shower heads, it's a plastic disc which can be reamed larger.
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posted on
07/01/2008 12:13:46 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Given such dismal choices, I guess I'll vote for the old guy.)
To: r_barton
"4000 holes in Blackburn Lancashire..."
12
posted on
07/01/2008 2:09:15 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: r_barton; Just another Joe; CSM; lockjaw02; Publius6961; elkfersupper; nopardons; metesky; Mears; ..
Nanny State Ping....
Whatever will they think of next? I know, how about making the smokers go outside, oh wait.............
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posted on
07/01/2008 6:00:28 AM PDT
by
Gabz
(Don't tell my dad I'm a lobbyist, he thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
To: Gabz
BUMP! I’m off to the Salt Mines myself, so I’ll read this later. :)
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posted on
07/01/2008 6:02:12 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: robomatik
they never thought of screwing the lid off to save time? My wife does that with a pepper shaker and only on scrambled eggs. She likes scrambled eggs but just doesn't like to look at them while eating them.
That's the worst quirk she has that I can think of, so I'll probably keep her.
To: Gabz
CS Lewis: “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
Prophetic, wasn’t he?
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posted on
07/01/2008 6:16:27 AM PDT
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: Jeff Chandler
If it's like the ones in shower heads, it's a plastic disc which can be reamed larger. or removed entirely
To: Gabz
Thanks for the ping.
I think Britain will implode before the US.
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posted on
07/01/2008 6:46:39 AM PDT
by
libertarian27
(Land of the Fee, Home of the Shamed)
To: Gabz
To: r_barton
Government specifications on salt shakers (shaking head).
These people don't have enough to do. Consequently, they need to be dodging bullets and looking for cover.
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