More nanny state nonsense
Nanny state is back again with more interference in your daily lives:
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/237789/Salt-banned-in-chip-shops
Don't these MP's have anything better to do?
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/237789/Salt-banned-in-chip-shops
Don't these MP's have anything better to do?
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"SALT shakers are being removed from fish and chip shops..." [bold mine]
but then later it says this:
"...restaurants [have] to hide salt shakers behind the counters." and "customers who notice no salt on the counter or table will have to ask for it."
So ... which is it, complete removal or just hiding the goods?
which do you think?
have some common sense, it's a newspaper article with the title
"SALT BANNED IN CHIP SHOPS"
and it's in the daily express.
of course if you actually read below the first paragraph you get to the actual story.
Neither, seeing as this has not been fully passed (or rather implemented) yet from what I can tell.
In this case the two are incompatible, the article and common sense.
The title indicates one thing, while the article says something different.
This comment may mean something to those who are familiar with that newspaper.
What is stopping people takng thier bags of chips home and adding their own salt?,i know lets stop supermarkets selling the white gold too that should deal with it.....
(super big eye roll followed by face-palm)
It's a pointless voluntary scheme, there's no "ban" of any kind
I meant don't jump to believe such obvious nonsense...
Yes, this is what crappy tabloids do every day
Fair point, well for the non Brits, the Daily Express is a load of garbage.
nothing at all. just like there's nothing stopping them from putting salt on the chips IN THE SHOP.
Did anyone else actually read it?
Then shame on Hercules for reading/and/posting garbage in the WoS Forums!!!
:-P
I never buy newspapers. I saw it on the shelf of WH Smith's today... But I need to incraese my number of posts somehow. LOL :D
Edit: and shame on you for reading it. ROTFL :D
And shame on you for seeing it on the shelf! You were oogling the nudie mags too weren't you?!?!?!?! :razz:
SSsshhhhh !
:p
Salt is only a factor for people who have or are prone to high blood pressure. There's no proven link between how much salt an ordinary person consumes and them going on to develop high blood pressure. It's like telling everyone to stop eating so many peanuts because some people are allergic to them.
And of course it's a Lib-Dem council, so a Tory-backed pressure group are desperate to make them look as ridiculous as possible. It's a pretty shallow plot to form a coalition government, then try to make your minority partner look as hypocritical and useless as possible before forcing another election whilst you hope you're still favoured over the established opposition.
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to be honest the chip shop we go to just dumps salt and vinegar (in huge quantities) on without you asking for it as they wrap it up.
that doesn't mean that too much salt isn't still bad for you though. Some people do eat an awfully large amount
But for one Chinese man it wasn?t consumption of salt but rushing to buy 6.5 tonnes of the stuff amid a panic about radiation from Japan?s nuclear disaster that ended up being bad for his financial health.
According to a report in China?s state-run China Daily, a certain Mr Guo bought 260 bags of salt last week as rumours spread in China that sea salt would become contaminated by radiation from Japan, and also that iodized salt could help ward off radiation sickness.
The salt, plus the transportation of it to his rented apartment in Wuhan, cost him US$4,000 and took up more than half of his place. Guo, whose family operates several restaurants in Lanzhou, miles away from Wuhan, had bought the salt after prices spiked 85 per cent, according to the China Daily.
But the panic-buying that caused prices to rocket subsided after just a few days, however, and Guo found himself stuck with the salt
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/03/25/chinas-salt-rush-bad-for-financial-health/
This. If people are going to get annoyed about something, get annoyed about the story based on its being reported from a more honest source that doesn't have a drum to beat. The Express deliberately manufactures outrage for political and commercial ends.
but serously, i can't be expected to ask for salt. it would be like walking into a chip shop and asking for chi.. oh wait.
but dont worry i wont get a chip on my shoulder about it
ha ha no worries.
you know what they say, cod and chips twice.
SALT DEFICIENCY KILLED PRINCESS DI
or something ;)
maybe if it had been icy.
We did read the article and that is the whole point at what i was saying ,the whole idea of moving salt shakers is a waste of time if people can just ask for them anyway or add their own,the paper has a reputation and i think we are all united in that so the article of course should not be taken too seriously but i did read about a possible `ban on salt` in diners last year from a different source,so i have the idea it was originaly to be more seriously implemented but like a lot of things they realise it cannot simply work.
But dunno about a ban on salt but I did hear a year or so back that there was a possibility that salt shakers would be replaced by the small sachets, as these served an individual portion. This however would also be stupid as basically what's to stop somebody pouring 3 or 4 packets onto their food if they want more?
Bunch of numpties! :lol:
He can always sell it to people coming out of British chip shops.
Needs a bit of salt though...
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