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'Dragon' sausages burnt by trade laws
Times Online ^ | November 18, 2006 | Simon de Bruxelles

Posted on 11/22/2006 3:41:51 PM PST by 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.”


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At first I thought this might be a parody piece. Sadly, it isn't.
1 posted on 11/22/2006 3:41:53 PM PST by JTN
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To: traviskicks

Ping


2 posted on 11/22/2006 3:42:15 PM PST by JTN ("I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.")
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To: JTN

Shades of this classic Monty Python Sketch

It says 'crunchy frog' quite clearly.

Praline: Well, the superintendent thought it was an almond whirl. People won't expect there to be a frog in there. They're bound to think it's some form of mock frog.

Milton: (insulted) Mock frog? We use no artificial preservatives or additives of any kind!

Praline: Nevertheless, I must warn you that in future you should delete the words 'crunchy frog', and replace them with the legend 'crunchy raw unboned real dead frog', if you want to avoid prosecution.

Milton: What about our sales?


3 posted on 11/22/2006 3:44:04 PM PST by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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To: JTN

What? Dragons don't exist!?


4 posted on 11/22/2006 3:44:06 PM PST by SolidWood
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To: JTN


What about hot dogs?


5 posted on 11/22/2006 3:44:14 PM PST by Polybius
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To: JTN

They should file for a variance under The Welsh Rarebit Exception provision of Welsh trade law.


6 posted on 11/22/2006 3:50:14 PM PST by fat city (What part of cognitive dissonance don't you understand?)
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To: lastchance
Ha Ha! I found the story through this website. They were thinking the same thing.
7 posted on 11/22/2006 3:50:57 PM PST by JTN ("I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.")
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To: JTN

I would have thought any ruling this stupid would have to have come from the Eurocrats, but no, this particular piece of idiocy is as Welsh as the sausages (and the dragon).

Next move, Chinese restaurants in the UK will have to post a disclaimer to the effect that General Gau's Chicken has never actually been in the possession of General Gau.

I always wondered what happened to Eric Idle after Monty Python. I guess he went into government....

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F


8 posted on 11/22/2006 3:53:08 PM PST by Criminal Number 18F (Build more lampposts... we've got plenty of traitors.)
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To: JTN
On ebay now...  REAL DRAGON

9 posted on 11/22/2006 3:54:29 PM PST by Lokibob (Spelling and typos are copyrighted. Please do not use.)
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To: JTN
when bureaucrats run amok
Now folks isn't socialism grand /s
10 posted on 11/22/2006 3:54:39 PM PST by Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
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To: JTN

Speechless at the depths of human stupidity... again.


11 posted on 11/22/2006 3:55:02 PM PST by 4mycountry (Now that's just freaking freaky.)
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To: JTN
Image hosted by Photobucket.com and there's NO HAM in hamburger either...
12 posted on 11/22/2006 3:55:08 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: JTN

I guess chocolate Turtles will have to have real turtles in them from now on, as well, eh?


13 posted on 11/22/2006 3:55:42 PM PST by PeterFinn (Support the Troops by supporting their mission.)
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Next move, Chinese restaurants in the UK will have to post a disclaimer to the effect that General Gau's Chicken has never actually been in the possession of General Gau.

I'm getting a little worried that someone is going to go after Jimmy Dean next.

14 posted on 11/22/2006 3:57:27 PM PST by JTN ("I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of bubble gum.")
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To: PeterFinn

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


15 posted on 11/22/2006 4:02:36 PM PST by DaveyB (Ignorance is part of the human condition - atheism makes it permanent!)
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To: JTN

Uh oh....

16 posted on 11/22/2006 4:05:07 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: Criminal Number 18F

And wasn't "General Tso" more of a statesman than a general?


17 posted on 11/22/2006 4:08:42 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Jeff Chandler
http://www.foodlion.com/images/foodlionlogo.gif

Yeah, it's definitely Food Dog, not a lion!

18 posted on 11/22/2006 4:10:03 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: JTN

It needs to have a hyphen between Welsh and dragon anyway...otherwise we might think it's dragon-pork! ;-)


19 posted on 11/22/2006 4:10:49 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: lastchance
Praline: Nevertheless, I must warn you that in future you should delete the words 'crunchy frog', and replace them with the legend 'crunchy raw unboned real dead frog', if you want to avoid prosecution.

Anyone here remember...
Q: How would Commodore (or IBM) market sushi?
A: Cold, dead, raw fish

20 posted on 11/22/2006 4:14:39 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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