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Bent Cucumbers!..... Yes!.. Now we can have bent cucumbers back Ahem..as you were Bent cucumbers? With prices up, EU won't bin them By Jeremy Smith Reuters - Wednesday, July 23 06:49 pmBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Twisted carrots, warped leeks and bent cucumbers may soon appear -- officially -- on EU shop shelves as Europe's farm chief overrides opposition from leading producer countries to her marketing simplification plan. (Advertisement) One of the most popular jibes about EU over-regulation, where zealous Brussels bureaucrats are portrayed as wanting to set permitted sizes, lengths -- and "bendiness" -- for household fruit and vegetables, has come back to haunt the European Union. But this time, Brussels wants to cut the red tape and get rid of what it calls "unnecessary marketing standards" -- in part because of the rising price of food. EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel wants to scrap 26 of 36 marketing standards that apply to a wide range of products such as artichokes, cauliflower, garlic, plums, spinach and watermelon. The 10 remaining items account for 75 percent of the EU's cross-border trade in this area. "The proposal would ... allow member states to exempt fruit and vegetables from specific marketing standards if they are sold with a label 'products intended for processing' or equivalent wording," the Commission said in a statement. "Such products could be either misshapen or under-sized and could for example be used by consumers for cooking or salads. In this era of high prices and growing demand, it makes no sense to throw these products away or destroy them," it said. This week, EU national experts were asked again what they thought of allowing misshapen fruit or strange-sized vegetables to be marketed. Of the 27 countries, 15 were opposed -- including the leading producers France, Italy, Spain and Greece. Germany, Britain, Ireland, Sweden and the Netherlands, among other countries, would like to see the existing rules scrapped. EU agriculture ministers are expected to vote on Fischer Boel's plan before the end of the year but not before October at the earliest, officials say. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/...3ac92.html | |
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okay I'm deleting my account My Legacy
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NDRU said: okay I'm deleting my account
You like straight cucumbers? | |
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My imagination saw cute little 's with bent cucumber....apendages. I'm firmly planted in denial | |
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My evil mind saw something else...
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Nothinbutjoy said: My imagination saw cute little 's with bent cucumber....apendages. ...You might be close to the truth there | |
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Steadwood said: Nothinbutjoy said: My imagination saw cute little 's with bent cucumber....apendages. ...You might be close to the truth there I'm firmly planted in denial | |
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hokie said: My evil mind saw something else...
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Nothinbutjoy said: Steadwood said: ...You might be close to the truth there Brother Redwood can't walk past a marrow without at least pausing | |
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Steadwood said: Nothinbutjoy said: Brother Redwood has a bent cucumber of his own no wonder they are making rules about them | |
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XxAxX said: Steadwood said: Brother Redwood has a bent cucumber of his own Thats taking vegetarianism a little too far You should see his plums! | |
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No woman over the age of 20 should be without a bent cucumber. Shake it til ya make it | |
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JuliePurplehead said: No woman over the age of 20 should be without a bent cucumber.
::faints:: | |
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JuliePurplehead said: No woman over the age of 20 should be without a bent cucumber.
Well then I need to go grocery shopping...BAD!!! surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
I ain't felt this way in years... | |
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KidaDynamite said: JuliePurplehead said: No woman over the age of 20 should be without a bent cucumber.
Well then I need to go grocery shopping...BAD!!! While your out getting groceries, maybe you can stop by somewhere and get a damn camera! | |
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MajesticOne89 said: KidaDynamite said: Well then I need to go grocery shopping...BAD!!! While your out getting groceries, maybe you can stop by somewhere and get a damn camera! Listen you! surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
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JuliePurplehead said: No woman over the age of 20 should be without a bent cucumber.
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MajesticOne89 said: KidaDynamite said: Well then I need to go grocery shopping...BAD!!! While your out getting groceries, maybe you can stop by somewhere and get a damn camera! | |
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Steadwood said: MajesticOne89 said: While your out getting groceries, maybe you can stop by somewhere and get a damn camera! Not you too. surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
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KidaDynamite said: Steadwood said: Not you too. | |
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Steadwood said: KidaDynamite said: Not you too. surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
I ain't felt this way in years... | |
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KidaDynamite said: Steadwood said: does that mean you are getting a camera? | |
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Steadwood said: KidaDynamite said: does that mean you are getting a camera? surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
I ain't felt this way in years... | |
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KidaDynamite said: Steadwood said: does that mean you are getting a camera? OUCH! Does that mean No? | |
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Looks like Kida's learnin' the routine | |
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Steadwood said: KidaDynamite said: OUCH! Does that mean No? Maybe! surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
I ain't felt this way in years... | |
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obsessed said: Looks like Kida's learnin' the routine
Yeah... Fishsslap the troll | |
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obsessed said: Looks like Kida's learnin' the routine
Really?! surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
I ain't felt this way in years... | |
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Steadwood said: obsessed said: Looks like Kida's learnin' the routine
Yeah... Fishsslap the troll Yup, you certainly get fishslapped a lot | |
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KidaDynamite said: obsessed said: Looks like Kida's learnin' the routine
Really?! This solves everything, or so I've been told | |
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