"Trouble always comes in threes"......

gruel. Or fish. Just fish we like though not the ones swimming in our water. Fish.

I mean why should we eat all those exotic things that taste nice eh.

 

No such thing. It's just Bletchley Park code for DOGP1SS.

 

Barnsley, sprout capital of Britain. By my calculation have about 600 a year.

 

Yes, broccoli might be in short supply though.

 

I definitely need my eyes checking. I thought that E was an A

 

Yer dirty bugger! Hahaha. My eyes are shocking mate, probably wouldve read it the same

 

So if I'm right, Brexit has now descended into....

"Well we don't need all this food anyway".

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If I've spectacularly missed the joke then feel free to slap me round the face with a wet kipper.

 

That’s how it appears. Sunlit uplands.

 

your kipper could be a red herring. Project fear. Fish.

https://fullfact.org/europe/boris-johnsons-kipper-claim-red-herring/

 

I'm currently arguing with someone on Twitter who is predictably comparing the food shortages with the war. When I pointed out that rationing wasn't all that fun her argument was 'at least there was no obesity'. More people died from malnutrition during the war (20 million) than died in combat (19.5 million) but hey, at least we won't be fat!

 

There will be plenty of Bond movies on over Christmas.

 

I've just got back from a broccoli panic buying trip to Asda. I probably won't eat it all, but with a bit of glue and glitter, I can convert the spares into Xmas decorations.

 

On the plus side we appear to be in a much better position than the EU with vaccines.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13543719/europe-year-lockdowns-vaccine-buying-blunder/

 

Not clicking on Sun or Mail links so would you mind just posting the relevant numbers please @dreamboy3000 ?

 

Dodgy war criminal Alastair Campbell returning to prominence within the Labour fold?

Send us the asteroid first.

 

Couple of points.... Firstly the 20+ million you reference was NOT the UK but Worldwide. Many deaths occurred in India and places like Burma under Japanese occupation. The Entire UK population was only 48 million . In fact the Ministry of food and the strict rationing they introduced was what saved the UK from the ravages of malnutrition experienced in occupied countries like the Netherlands. The rationing was the thing that kept Britain relatively healthy modern day (nutritionists say the wartime ration led to people being more healthy than current generations and the level of nutritionfofr the poorest actually went up) I was born the year rationing ended and I can confirm that obesity and overweight kids in school were a rarity right up to the 60's. It might have been though because some parents cooking was terrible... (My wife hated cabbage and sprouts when I met here and I could not understand why until I saw her mother cooking ( Dinner at 12 noon Sprouts or cabbage put on to cook at 11am) I was lucky my mother was a great cook given sprouts she cooked were served still green and firm , not yellow soggy and evil smelling.
It is fair to say though, British cuisine was pretty grim and eating out except fort he wealthy was non existent as were take-aways (apart from the ubiquitous Fish 'n chip shops. ) even in the 70s I only remember a handful of restaurants and cafes in Barnsley... Aloha cafe (and restaurant upstairs) Arcadian Hall (Coop) Wimpy bar, Mortons Fish 'n Chip Restaurant, and various other F&Cs around town and eventually a couple of Chinese restaurants that were a novelty). Cant think of anywhere else as pubs were for drinking in and apart from the odd one that did bar food like Chicken or Scampi in a basket that was all you got.

A second point. The whole point of the blockade at Dover etc is Outgoing as some drivers have reported. There is though, a reluctance on the part of many foreign hauliers to allow lorries to bring imports into the UK for fear of being stranded here over Xmas. ALSO unaccompanied containers and trailers (minus the tractor unit can and still continue to be shipped). To state there is NOTHING coming into UK is gross scaremongering. The ONLY reason the shelves are emptying is down to the usual numpties panic buying... Like a newspaper headline stated... Who the hell bulk buys lettuce!!?
The situation for exports, like fresh Salmon for example, is a big concern though. Nevertheless if the UK pull their finger out and get rapid testing of drivers prior to load in to the Tunnel transports and ferries PLUS the French (Macron) and other EU leaders agree rather than throwing obstacles in the path, then the situation should be resolved very quickly. This is especially true as there have been reports that the variant is already in Europe (Italy and the Netherlands and may explain why (in Italy at least in spite of the draconian measure in place) the increase in daily cases was so rapid.

 

Mmm.

 

Are kippers wet?

 

Took the noise right out of my mouth!