Hmmmm.... Smoking! You couldn't make it up!!

[erastes]

aunty_marion posted this earlier and I wanted to share it around

An article in today's Times reports that the Black Mountains Smokery, a sausage manufacturer in Wales, will have to rename their sausages, because the current labelling is misleading.

The "Welsh Dragon" sausages will now be renamed "Welsh Dragon Pork Sausages", to avoid confusion among customers. Trading standards have warned the manufacturers they could face prosecution, as the sausages do not contain any dragon meat. A spokesman for the company said: "I don't think any of our customers believe that we use dragon meat in our sausages."

Comments

[zoepaleologa.livejournal.com]

OMG! WTF?

zomg.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Unreal isn't it? Its as bad as the bags of peanuts which say "may contain nuts"

[aunty_marion]

I should have put the headline on from the original article, really:

"Sausages affected by draconian trade laws"

[erastes.livejournal.com]

*dies giggling*

[haydenthorne.livejournal.com]

There goes one of rwday's pesky Virginian dragons.

[aunty_marion]

*chomp* very tasty too.... *burp*

[haydenthorne.livejournal.com]

I always thought they tasted like chicken.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised they didn't get the carcass down and eat it, must have been a lot of good eatin' on that!

Bettter than possum!

[haydenthorne.livejournal.com]

Enough to last them a couple of winters, I'd say. XD

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

O_O

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I know. I Blush for my country...

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

Hey, we're got people freaking out over talking Jesus dolls. I blush for mine too. :P

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

...talking Jesus dolls?

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

David and I are exchanging glances of disbelief. We can understand the need to specify that they're _pork_; these days you can get turkey sausages, or beef... but sheesh.

Get a grip, people!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Insane. If I were the company I'd just be laughing.

In fact I'd put "May contain dragon" on the packet just to be irritating.

[aunty_marion]

I think they had to put a disclaimer on the packets of Hedgehog Crisps: "These crisps contain no hedgehogs!" (or something similar. Maybe it was "no hedgehogs were harmed/used during the making of these crisps....")

[rwday.livejournal.com]

I think I will sue Red Bull energy drink, as I doubt it's made with real bulls. And I seriously don't think Girl Scout cookies are made from girl scouts, or Blue Bunny ice cream (a local brand) is made with bunnies, blue or otherwise.

Some people are just insane.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

And what are cat biscuits made from?

And White wine?

[maidenform.livejournal.com]

You have got to be kidding me. *headdesk*

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I wish I was...

[jateshi.livejournal.com]

But if they did, then they would be poaching a thought-to-be extinct creature and ZOMGNO we can't have that! Never you mind that one dragon versus one man is a fight no one even needs to divine the answer of "Who wins?" when asked.

But oh...oh...I *love* humanity.

[bloodrebel333.livejournal.com]

*icon*