28-11-2003, 08:17 PM
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eu regulations
The message
from lid (Rodger Whitlock) contains
these words:
I can well remember when the EU was cutting its teeth on the
issue of regulation of consumer goods. We colonials were vastly
amused to read that Brussels felt that all condoms should be one
size, causing endless debates on "national character" and what
size would be appropriate.
Now to sit back and read the corrections to my distorted view of
history...
Anything to oblige, Rodger. There are numerous apocryphal tales of EU
regulations, like "henceforward, bananas must be straight not bent",
which are just that. Urban legend. I suspect the one-size condoms are,
er, a load of old codswallop.
ObGardening: It's pouring down rain outside, the garden is
soaking wet, and there are still leaves to be raked up.
Ditto, except all the leaves have blown away. BUT, we still have not
had a frost in the garden (even though there's snow on the mountains
across the bay).
Gardening is off; indoor paintingandecorating is on :-(. I really
shouldn't have started with the floorboards.
Janet.
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