On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:30:04 -0000, "Andy Hunt"
wrote:

I believe the US equivalent [of damp sprouts] used to be cooked spinach. Just sitting
there in a gray-green wet mass. They've given up now. The only sign of
veg in school menus is "baby (lathed) carrots with dip' and an
occasional mention of 'steamed brocolli.' After all, a previous
administration declared that catsup was a vegetable...

The latest "urban myth" over here is that Kentucky Fried Chicken changed
their name to simply KFC because the meat isn't chicken any more -

Nope. It's because "fried" became non-PC. Chicken is OK. Kentucky
still going strong.

And of course NASA faked the moon landings

And the pyramids in Egypt are all just styrofoam tourist gadgets.