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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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To: SolidWood
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

http://www.worth1000.com/web/media/25856/dragon/dragonworth800600.jpg 

 

1 that's a programmer's joke. 

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

21 posted on 11/22/2006 4:15:14 PM PST by Phsstpok (Often wrong, but never in doubt)
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To: JTN

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.


22 posted on 11/22/2006 4:16:27 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. Rozerem commercials give me nightmares)
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To: JTN

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


23 posted on 11/22/2006 4:16:50 PM PST by pipecorp ( Al Lahsucks...what do you get when you cross nancy pelosi and islam? viet nam)
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To: JTN

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


24 posted on 11/22/2006 4:17:41 PM PST by J_Baird
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To: JTN

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


25 posted on 11/22/2006 4:18:57 PM PST by FreePaul
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To: SolidWood
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.

26 posted on 11/22/2006 4:23:06 PM PST by SampleMan (Do not dispute the peacefulness of Islam, so as not to send Muslims into violent outrage.)
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To: JTN

Welsh Dragon ping


27 posted on 11/22/2006 4:23:36 PM PST by sionnsar (?trad-anglican.faithweb.com?|Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: JTN

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

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


28 posted on 11/22/2006 4:31:21 PM PST by Bones75
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To: JTN

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!

29 posted on 11/22/2006 4:35:00 PM PST by SuzyQue (Remember to think.)
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To: DaveyB
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. 

30 posted on 11/22/2006 4:36:26 PM PST by Phsstpok (Often wrong, but never in doubt)
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To: JTN

This wins Funniest Thread of the Day.


31 posted on 11/22/2006 4:39:36 PM PST by Argus
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To: JTN
I can't imagine why they would select a dragon logo for a Welsh sausage.


32 posted on 11/22/2006 4:42:11 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Lokibob

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


33 posted on 11/22/2006 4:56:22 PM PST by Cobra64 (Why is the War on Terror being managed by the DEFENSE Department?)
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To: JTN

What if they used cows with really short legs?


34 posted on 11/22/2006 5:05:40 PM PST by MarkeyD (The tree of liberty must from time to time be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
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To: JTN

UNbelievable.


35 posted on 11/22/2006 5:15:32 PM PST by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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To: JTN

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.


36 posted on 11/22/2006 5:25:53 PM PST by brewer1516
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To: JTN

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


37 posted on 11/22/2006 5:25:57 PM PST by Reaganesque
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To: SolidWood
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38 posted on 11/22/2006 5:27:18 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: DaveyB

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


39 posted on 11/22/2006 5:28:49 PM PST by brewer1516
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To: JTN

Do they sell Jimmy Dean Sausage over there?


40 posted on 11/22/2006 5:31:48 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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