Schadenfreude
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4x4Tyke

Original Poster:

6,506 posts

162 months

Tuesday 28th March 2017
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No more Champagne and Truffles for MPs. Can't help feeling a little sympathy with the quiters on this one.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/191249

iphonedyou

10,422 posts

187 months

Tuesday 28th March 2017
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One can only presume that those penning these petitions wear shoes with velcro straps in place of laces.

4x4Tyke

Original Poster:

6,506 posts

162 months

Tuesday 28th March 2017
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I did say 'a little' wink

schmunk

4,399 posts

155 months

Tuesday 28th March 2017
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glenrobbo

40,510 posts

180 months

Tuesday 28th March 2017
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The duty-free scotch in the Commons bar could pose a problem if the Sturgeon gets her way. wink

r11co

6,244 posts

260 months

Tuesday 28th March 2017
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Pasta is specifically mentioned in the petition blurb, which is a Chinese invention.

Hey ho...

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

249 months

Tuesday 28th March 2017
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r11co said:
Pasta is specifically mentioned in the petition blurb, which is a Chinese invention.

Hey ho...
It's introduction into British cuisine predates the EU by around 600 years (it was eaten in medieval Britain)....so it's hardly 'EU Food' anyway.

Also - isn't champagne technically a British invention wink

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkling_wine#Histo...


Edited by Moonhawk on Tuesday 28th March 11:17

audidoody

8,598 posts

286 months

Tuesday 28th March 2017
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Let them eat sashimi

Camoradi

4,903 posts

286 months

Tuesday 28th March 2017
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audidoody said:
Let them eat sashimi
Bless you!