More EU madness?

Would it be wise to take note of the date, or am I being naive?.

I think Tom's already implied that, but here's another clue:

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The German commissioner, Arlo Pilof

And yes, I would be surprised if that was ever suggested for real. Don't swallow everything the media sell you.

Yes it's obviously an April Fool but the point I was making was, is it any less bellievable than other EU directives such as specifying banana curvature? Whether this actually happened or not is almost irrelevant. There are so many tales of corruption, incompetence and obsession with trivia it's difficult to separate the facts from the myths.

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Originally posted by TomK:
Yes it's obviously an April Fool but the point I was making was, is it any less bellievable than other EU directives such as specifying banana curvature?

Yes it is. Not least because so many of those stories are either flat out untrue, or stretch the truth to the point of dislocation.

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Whether this actually happened or not is almost irrelevant. There are so many tales of corruption, incompetence and obsession with trivia it's difficult to separate the facts from the myths.

Which is in large part the problem: people don't try to make the distinction, largely because the media don't try. Which, I suppose, is because that's not how you sell papers.


regards,

Tam

Peoples views are such that they believe any of these sort of reports. Of course some of them are actually true.

Howard