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A man who runs a fish and chip shop is being investigated by the council after someone complained that his shop smelt of -shock, horror- fish and chips.
Don't you just love modern Britain?
God that reeks! Awful smell of fish and chips.....from a fish and chip shop.
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A man who runs a fish and chip shop is being investigated by the council after someone complained that his shop smelt of -shock, horror- fish and chips.
Don't you just love modern Britain?
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Re: God that reeks! Awful smell of fish and chips.....from a fish and chip shop.
Even the council said that they weren't too sure what was going on, but were required to investigate. Non-story.
Re: God that reeks! Awful smell of fish and chips.....from a fish and chip shop.
Council in a loose-loose situation. If they do they look like acting as part of a Nanny State. If they don't, well, they're not listening to their borough members.
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Re: God that reeks! Awful smell of fish and chips.....from a fish and chip shop.
Something fishy was going on at the shop.
Sorry, the pun was there and I took it. I am a sick person.
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I think the problem is more with the idiot who complained about it in the first place-Originally Posted by BDC
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"We were not born into this world to be happy, but to do our duty." Bismarck
"You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's underclothing. One or the other. Not both." The Right Hon. Bertram Wilberforce Wooster
"Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication" - Lord Byron
"Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison." - C. S. Lewis
Re: God that reeks! Awful smell of fish and chips.....from a fish and chip shop.
If the person lodging the complaint moved in knowing of the restaurant, then it seems to me it is his/her problem, not the shop's. If the person was living there before the shop moved in, then maybe they have a legitimate complaint. It seems odd that an Englishman would complain about the smell of fish and chips - unless the person isn't English.
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Is this just part of the EU-ization of the UK ?
I've always wished Long John Silvers (the closest we get to fish-and-chips) smelt more like Burger King [:/sarcasm off:]
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Nice excuse to “investigate” the restaurants menu a few dozen times on the Gov’s tab.
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Well, at least it's a coherent argument.
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We do have some weird people in Britain these days. I to presume that the reporter who reported the shop was from some far out country where they have never ever seen/smelt a fish and chip shop.
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My money is on a fed-up, depressed, angry, single mother.
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money well spent
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They need to batter the guy who reported it.
coat on...taxi called
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
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Unfortunately because Mr Morton is probably not a muslim running a kebab shop or indian take away, he can't pull out the race card on this one either! Otherwise he might have made some money for himself.
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HAHAHA bash Muslims! SO FUNNY.
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No, not bashing muslims. I'm bashing the government and it's policy. This ridiculous fish and chip case wouldn't have occurred if the owner had been from an ethnic minority, particularly a muslim, whom of which the government is trying so desparately not to upset at home. Basically if anyone had complained about the smell at a kebab shop or takeaway they would have seen the situation turn around very quickly into a racial harrassment charge against them. How do I know this? Because I've seen it time and time again, and happen to live and work in such an environment. Ethnic minority groups are not at fault here, it's the government. The local councils simply have nothing better to do than mess about with cases such as this. As an example: It is common here for asians to utilise "blinged" up number plates on their cars and blacked out windows. The police can't stop them because it's 'racial harrassment', and they know it. There are districts near here where the air reeks of curry as you pass by. There is nothing you can do about it either.
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“The majestic equality of the laws prohibits the rich and the poor alike from sleeping under bridges, begging in the streets and stealing bread.” - Anatole France
"The law is like a spider’s web. The small are caught, and the great tear it up.” - Anacharsis
Re: God that reeks! Awful smell of fish and chips.....from a fish and chip shop.
stupid people ... Rotorua reeks of sulphur from all the geothermal activity but nobody complains (except for out-of-towners) that is because we accept it as part of the city. If someone moves in beside a sewage treatment plant are they going to lodge a complaint to the government. NO they chose to live there.
If you don't like it move, why must people be so stupid?
Re: God that reeks! Awful smell of fish and chips.....from a fish and chip shop.
Or did the plaintiff simply have a chip on his shoulder?
God, Gregoshi, we both need professional help.
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Adrian II:
Good to see you back.
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Good to see you again Adrian. Yes, it seems that you do need help too.Or did the plaintiff simply have a chip on his shoulder?
God, Gregoshi, we both need professional help.
Must...resist...further...puns...failing...
1) Adrian, either the plaintiff had a chip on his shoulder or he did it just for the halibut.
2) After being told of the complaint that his shop smelt of fish and chips, the shop owner told authorities, "You're crazy. I don't even sell smelt."
I'm a bad boy.
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The guy obviously needs a herring aid!
Help me, aaaargggh!!
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Re: God that reeks! Awful smell of fish and chips.....from a fish and chip shop.
Perhaps he had a bone to pick with him. Maybe he over charged him by a few squid and he felt all at sea.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
Re: God that reeks! Awful smell of fish and chips.....from a fish and chip shop.
... here's your coat, taxi's waiting.
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I think the complainant is just being shellfish.
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Don't try and mussel in on the pun thread....
*Gets into taxi that RP so kindly called for me*
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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Clearly made up. The paper was struggling and clearly needed an extra story to fillet. That's the sole reason.
Any room in the taxi IA?
Last edited by Banquo's Ghost; 11-12-2006 at 14:39.
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Re: God that reeks! Awful smell of fish and chips.....from a fish and chip shop.
Oh sure, let's put the fish finger on the media.
Someone shoot us, please ...
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Apparently the owners done a runner......he said in a statement to the authorities "I'm off, if they want to prosecute me then they'd have to findus first".
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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If the owner ran off, then he'd be admitting he's gill-ty. Maybe the fish was battered and the chips a salted.
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Good point. Otherwise they'd be accused of letting him off the hook.
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