Bananas

[life on mars]

Do you like them bent or straight?

It doesn't matter what we say or think, big brother decides these matters along with chocolate and Jaffa's


Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94 of 16 September 1994 laying down quality standards for bananas, sometimes referred to in the media as the bendy banana law, is a European Union regulation specifying classification standards for bananas, which took effect on 1 January 1995.
Amended by: Commission Regulation (EC) No. ...
Came into force: 1995-01-01
Date made: 1994 16 September
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94 - Wikipedia

And Jaffa's
The product's classification as a cake or biscuit was part of a VAT tribunal in 1991, with the court finding in McVitie's favour that the Jaffa cake should be considered a cake for tax purposes. In 2012 they were ranked the best selling cake or biscuit in the United Kingdom.


EU bureaucrats might not consider British chocolate the real thing – they want to rename it 'vegelate' or 'milk chocolate with a high milk content'

[RonnieBird]

It doesn't matter what we say or think, big brother decides these matters along with chocolate and Jaffa's


Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94 of 16 September 1994 laying down quality standards for bananas, sometimes referred to in the media as the bendy banana law, is a European Union regulation specifying classification standards for bananas, which took effect on 1 January 1995.
Amended by: Commission Regulation (EC) No. ...
Came into force: 1995-01-01
Date made: 1994 16 September
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94 - Wikipedia

And Jaffa's
The product's classification as a cake or biscuit was part of a VAT tribunal in 1991, with the court finding in McVitie's favour that the Jaffa cake should be considered a cake for tax purposes. In 2012 they were ranked the best selling cake or biscuit in the United Kingdom.


EU bureaucrats might not consider British chocolate the real thing – they want to rename it 'vegelate' or 'milk chocolate with a high milk content'

I'm trying not to post on anything except football at the moment because if I do I get trolled by wierdos who think I'm Wales Bales, but I must say that this is interesting because the QI programme, which is another example of the BBC using light entertainment as a propoganda weapon , did a whole feature about how the banana rule doesn't exist according to fat boy cheque fraud Fry and his smirking assistants .

[Heisenberg]

I'm trying not to post on anything except football at the moment because if I do I get trolled by wierdos who think I'm Wales Bales, but I must say that this is interesting because the QI programme, which is another example of the BBC using light entertainment as a propoganda weapon , did a whole feature about how the banana rule doesn't exist according to fat boy cheque fraud Fry and his smirking assistants .

The "rule" that everyone thinks is the regulation doesn't actually exist though... that's the myth!

life on mars has just stated that there's a regulation about the quality of bananas which has been referred to as the 'bendy banana law' (which it is referred to as, due to the fact that a lot of people think that it's a ban on bendy bananas - which it obviously isn't).

[RonnieBird]

The "rule" that everyone thinks is the regulation doesn't actually exist though... that's the myth!

life on mars has just stated that there's a regulation about the quality of bananas which has been referred to as the 'bendy banana law' (which it is referred to as, due to the fact that a lot of people think that it's a ban on bendy bananas - which it obviously isn't).

Well, given the contraversy, I've just looked it up ,and it most definitely does exist , including a clause that they must not be bent at an unacceptable angle .
I'm far more concerned myself with the EU deals to buy crappy South and central bananas which lost thousands of jobs in South Wales and Essex as well as shutting down the economy in Jamaica and other former colonies which supported us when we were at war with the countries leading the EU.
I'd love to see these industries and jobs restored by Brexit , but I'm straying into politics and that'll get me trolled.

In any case, as far as I can establish the said rule / regulation does exist , so I'm interested why you think it doesn't .

[life on mars]

Well, given the contraversy, I've just looked it up ,and it most definitely does exist , including a clause that they must not be bent at an unacceptable angle .
I'm far more concerned myself with the EU deals to buy crappy South and central bananas which lost thousands of jobs in South Wales and Essex as well as shutting down the economy in Jamaica and other former colonies which supported us when we were at war with the countries leading the EU.
I'd love to see these industries and jobs restored by Brexit , but I'm straying into politics and that'll get me trolled.

In any case, as far as I can establish the said rule / regulation does exist , so I'm interested why you think it doesn't .

oh dear dont upset them ,you end up being accused of being a Boris fan