Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Quote of the day

"Next Wednesday is a new dawn for the bendy cucumber and the amusingly shaped carrot." --Michael Mann, European Commission agriculture spokesman, on the commission's likely decision to eliminate some of the shape and size regulations for fruits and vegetables sold in the EU.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's what she said!? No? Too soon?

Brave Sir Robin said...

That's what she said!?

LOL!!
:)

(Never too soon)

Anne said...

Ha! Indeed. And as BSR said, never too soon.

Bee said...

We had a story about this in the paper this weekend. Apparently, they throw away tons of veg that doesn't conform to the rules . . . which are extensive and nitpicky.