once about 10 years ago
It was lunch and a few of us went to the chip shop around the corner. We were waiting in the queue getting served when I turned to Emma, the office temp what she was having.
"I don't want fish, I've never been keen on it. I don't want just chips either, I'm starving"
"Have a burger then, they do them here" I suggested.
"I'm not eating beef, not with mad cow disease as bad as it is". This was about the time when all the nation's cattle ended up on a big barbecue.
"Umm, I'll just have a steak pie then please"

I wasn't going to laugh until I saw the look on the face of the bloke serving at which point I had to go outside.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 8 Mar 2011, 20:35, 2 replies)

No beef in a steak pie from t'chippy
etc etc
(mersault, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 12:21, closed)

This reminds me of my sister at around the same time. She was adamant that she wasnt going to buy any beef AT ALL. It was DANGEROUS, and she wasnt going to put her children in danger by making them eat beef..... they'd just go down to McDonalds and have a burger instead.

She was deadly serious.

Since I despise my sister I didn't even bother trying to explain.
(Freakmandu, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 16:13, closed)