Will it catch on?

Not sure this type of signage will catch on in Real Chip Shops, even though it is clear and eye catching there is something alluring of the old style black and white, where the backboard is pierced with rows of holes and the individual letters are attached. Generally pictures of food in Chip Shops are no replacement for the genuine article and often reserved for the more novelty end of the market (Spring Roll or Cheese N Burger anyone?).

Must post a picture of a good selection with all the family favourites, will have to acquire a picture from north of Berwick Upon Tweed.

NB by real we all know we mean Scottish.

Trailer for New series: life´s little injustices

Just another random wordy activity with those little things which get your goat but seem to have a high frequency of occurance. Nothing mega but just a bit annoying.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Taking the biscuit 5: Toffypop

(in cross section)

Justice for Cucumbers! / ¡Justicía por pepinos españoles!

Spanish cucumbers seem to have suffered a McCarthy-esque witch hunt. Normally you would find me far from aligned with the cucumber but the recent media injustice has made me become a "Good Samaritan" to this injured veg. Before much (if any) research had been done Spanish cucumbers were being blamed for an outbreak of E-Coli in Germany. Normally such outbreaks are associated with meat and animal products and not usually veg. Look at the circumstances: number of cases in Germany currently around 2000; number of cases in Spain: 1. This person was thought to have travelled to Germany prior to being diagnosed with E-Coli. If the cucumber was the cause it would be rife in Spain, particularly in the south where they love a soup called Gazpacho which is full of cucumbers.

Justice has been served and the German boffins have today said that Spanish cucumbers are not the source of this E-Coli outbreak. A bit late as truckloads of cucumber (pepino in Español) are having to be dumped and several countries are still staying more than a barge pole´s length from Spanish veg. The Spaniards have been eating more than their usual quota of cucumber to prove a point, which I think they have.

I hope they are able to locate the source of this horrendous outbreak and stem the flow of victims in Germany and the smaller numbers of cases being reported elsewhere in Europe. Hopefully the boffins who look into these things will look closer to home before making Paco Pepino their scapegoat again.

As for me I don´t really like the flavour of cucumbers or gherkins, so I´ll be avoiding them as per usual.