Bloody EU regulations.

[Mottie]

I accidentally picked up one of their specification bananas by mistake yesterday. I thought I’d eat it anyway and guess what? Yep, it was bitter.

 

[blup]

Never seen one of them in tesco, but apparently they are graded in different classes, so its still legal to sell the bendy ones, despite taking back control. Plus the mile, pound, pint and troy ounce have also survived the oven ready deal and the bonfire of eu regulations

 

[securespark]

Euromyth - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Notch7]

I believe the myth came from a clever bit of journalism in the Sun with the headline: “Now they’ve really gone bananas”

It came from the EU classification of bananas EC 2257 / 94

I’m not even sure if it defines curvature.


Here’s the actual text, for those interested in bananas

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:1994R2257:20060217:EN:PDF

 

[algas]

We always used to joke that if someone was useless they couldn't get a job streightening bent bananas

 

[JonathanM]

We always used to joke that if someone was useless they couldn't get a job streightening bent bananas

People from New South Wales refer to Queenslanders as banana benders.

 

[crystal ball]

People from New South Wales refer to Queenslanders as banana benders.

I recall Queenslanders used to cross over the state border to play the pokies as it was illegal for banana benders