Where's the Irish Pork Fiasco Thread?
Where's the Irish Pork Fiasco Thread?
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The Excession

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Tuesday 9th December 2008
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Just asking, because I can't find it....

Rugbyman

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Tuesday 9th December 2008
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The Excession said:
Just asking, because I can't find it....
Looks like you have started it ................

Munter

31,331 posts

270 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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Pork Fiasco. Is that served with Rice or Pasta?

grumbledoak

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262 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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Munter said:
Pork Fiasco. Is that served with Rice or Pasta?
Irish. So, potatoes. wink

MrV

2,748 posts

257 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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Well its beef as well, so the thread title needs fixing

Fort Jefferson

8,237 posts

251 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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If you eat 14 whole pigs in a week there is a 500,000,000 to 1 chance you'll get a cold. rolleyes

Munter

31,331 posts

270 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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grumbledoak said:
Munter said:
Pork Fiasco. Is that served with Rice or Pasta?
Irish. So, potatoes. wink
I'd like to thank everybody, especially my assisant grumbledoak. We'll be here all week
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Ganglandboss

8,547 posts

232 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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I wanted an Italian BMT in Subway the other day. I couldn't have one because they have withdrawn all their Irish pork products.

Munter

31,331 posts

270 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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Ganglandboss said:
I wanted an Italian BMT in Subway the other day. I couldn't have one because they have withdrawn all their Irish pork products.
I guess Irish BMT does not quite have the same ring to it....

The Excession

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Tuesday 9th December 2008
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Fort Jefferson said:
If you eat 14 whole pigs in a week there is a 500,000,000 to 1 chance you'll get a cold. rolleyes
Indeed...

Is that why there is nothing running here on PH about it?

This is going to cause the country here an estimated billion Euro, so when the news broke did everyone run out and bin all their pork products? Well no... from what I can tell, most people ran out to their local butcher/shop and bought it just like they're doing over in the UK with cigarettes... under the counter.

Have to say though, went to six shops today looking for bacon and not on is now selling. Yesterday tou could still get it on the shelves.

Total utter utter utter bks of a situation and now the (four!!!????) Irish pork processors won't start up pig processing untill they receive a big hand out from the EU (????!!!!!) Ahhhh that'll be you and me paying for it then?


Not sure if I made a sensible move but I stocked up the freezer with bacon the momen I heard it was going off the shelves, got about 4 weekes supply, I might look at selling it on the black market now....

rude-boy

22,227 posts

262 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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The Excession said:
...got about 4 weekes supply, I might look at selling it on the black market now....
Do it, then explain to the Mrs that you have to do a run over here to restock! A few of the locals are rubbing their hands round these here ways though.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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He said pork...

shalmaneser

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224 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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Personally, I blame the French...

mybrainhurts

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Tuesday 9th December 2008
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Good man...

The Excession

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Tuesday 9th December 2008
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mybrainhurts said:
He said pork...
hehe Aye but, I forget to get 'SWORD' into the sentence, so evidently I've failed.

The Excession

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Tuesday 9th December 2008
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To be honest though, it really does seem to me that none of you English folk are taking this (the pork withdrawl) seriously.

It's pretty much crippled a whole segment of the economy over here.

mybrainhurts

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Tuesday 9th December 2008
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The Excession said:
To be honest though, it really does seem to me that none of you English folk are taking this (the pork withdrawl) seriously.
No need...

You'd need to consume several lorry loads before any ill effects....

Edit...

What's all this you English folk...? You're not a bloody colonial, are you...?

Edited by mybrainhurts on Tuesday 9th December 21:49

The Excession

Original Poster:

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Tuesday 9th December 2008
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mybrainhurts said:
The Excession said:
To be honest though, it really does seem to me that none of you English folk are taking this (the pork withdrawl) seriously.
No need...

You'd need to consume several lorry loads before any ill effects....
Well you and I might know that, but this simple truth is lost, well and truly lost amongst our leaders. YOU CANNOT LEGALY BUY BACON IN THIS COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT.

It's all gone a League Of Gentlemen Special Stuff type of scenario.

I tried to have a quiet word with my local butcher today to get a few rashers and he really wouldn't sell it. Then I went into another shop that sold me bacon yesterday (after the ban) and even they had nothing to offer.

As I said, good job I stocked up.... this is really quite serious.

Munter

31,331 posts

270 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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The Excession said:
To be honest though, it really does seem to me that none of you English folk are taking this (the pork withdrawl) seriously.

It's pretty much crippled a whole segment of the economy over here.
We're taking it as seriously as the current problem in Rhodesia....

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Tuesday 9th December 2008
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The Excession said:
. YOU CANNOT LEGALY BUY BACON IN THIS COUNTRY AT THE MOMENT.
When did you move to Iran...?