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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 04:27 AM Original message |
Now barmy EU says you CAN'T claim drinking water stops dehydration |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not hard to make something seem barmy if you misstate it as badly as that headline does. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 04:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Wouldn't worry about odd headlines in the UK too much |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 05:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Thanks, Dipsy. Must be almost as much fun as watching FAUX News. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 05:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I cannot relate to your own US newpspapers |
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jerseyjack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Which Murdoch newspapers have the best absorbancy? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The Sun |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Surfing a perfume? . . ? |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. I blocked FNC for two reasons. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting read |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 05:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The way I read it |
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DetlefK (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. re: bananas and cucumbers |
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Celefin (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Banana & Cucumber absurdity was the result of lobbying |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Thank you. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. There are similar regs in the US, for example, apples below a certain |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. I'm suspicious whenever someone "plays" a regulatory agency |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 05:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Oh wait, but my water's wetter! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Not just tap water as well - tea, coffee, juice etc. |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
14. Not to 'pile on' the EU, but... |
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FreeBillClinton (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. The Daily Mail Song |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Accompanied by a note, just for a bit more fun, |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 04:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. You'll never go broke underestimating public taste |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Thank you, EU, for regularly reminding me that the U.S. doesn't have a monopoly on "nuts". |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. You gotta be kidding me. Sounds like the Onion. Do they give an alternate solution to dehydration? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. As documented in reply #17, this looks more like the EU rejecting a badly worded attempt |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Not as crazy as the other source made it sound. The Guardian is better allt the way around. Thanks. |
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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. It is also very useful for staying alive. |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. Fuck the European Union |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It looks like current events bear you out. n/t |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
29. Ah, the Daily Mail. nt |
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