Youths banned from buying ketchup (and eggs)

[The Straight Story]

Youths banned from buying ketchup
Police notice
Police asked supermarkets to challenge youths buying ketchup

Supermarkets have banned sales of eggs and tomato ketchup to young people in a bid to cut anti-social behaviour.

About a dozen residents in the Charles Close area of Caister-on-Sea, near Great Yarmouth, have reported tomato sauce being squirted at cars and homes.

Norfolk Police asked supermarkets in the town to challenge youths trying to buy sauces in squirty bottles or eggs.

Sgt Andy Brown said no more complaints had been received in the past two weeks since the agreement came into force.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/7334973.stm

[coriolis]

1. When ketchup is outlawed, only outlaws will have

mustard.

:silly:

[niyad]

2. so a youth who is sent to the store by a busy or sick parent cannot get eggs or ketchup, for

example? and, of course, all youths attempting to purchase said items must have nefarious purposes in mind?

[hyphenate]

3. Christ

These people are lucky they only have to worry about ketchup and eggs. What the heck are they going to put on fish and chips if they ban ketchup from the kids? :)

[geardaddy]

5. Malt vinegar?

:shrug:

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

4. Ketchup: The Gateway Condiment

They start out with the little packets handed out for free by the McDonald's pushers. Pretty soon, it's not enough, and they have to get the big bottle from the grocery store. Next thing you know, they're buying 1 gallon jars from Sam's Club.

[geardaddy]

7. Then they're trying...

relish, brown sauce, and before you know it they're hooked the designer condiments like Grey Poupon.

[Quantess]

13. Ketchup is the gateway to mischief.

Before you know it, they've moved to smearing vaseline on car windows.

[SeattleGirl]

6. What's next?

Mustard as a controlled substance? :eyes:

[geardaddy]

8. Condiments of the new millenium:

Wasabi and maple syrup.

[NightWatcher]

9. are they cracking down on toilet paper too?

[SeattleGirl]

11. Gawd, don't give 'em any ideas!

They have enough fucked up ideas already. :)

[TechBear_Seattle]

10. You can't practice safe snacks without using condiments

They should know that abstinence doesn't work.

[Winterblues]

12. This is the new Bush* America where all are considered guilty before the fact

Kids are considered guilty of an illegal act just because they possess a legal substance but some have used it illegally. Goes right along with Pre-emptive war. It is not the America I grew up in and that is a sad fact..

[Quantess]

14. Except this is in Great Britain.

[Winterblues]

23. D'Oh

:spank:

[KansDem]

15. I don't see a problem here...They can just buy "catsup."

:silly:

[slackmaster]

16. Anyone who puts catsup on eggs is just plain sick

:argh:

One of the 10 early warning signs for a first date, right up there with "demon children".

[ieoeja]

17. Since the law seems to be working...

... I would have to say it is Norfolk 'n good!

:)

How often does one get to work Norfolk into a thread? It helps if you read that out loud keeping in mind that the good people of Norfolk pronounce that "ol" as a "u".

[Gormy Cuss]

18. Note to Norfolk youth:

They haven't banned shaving cream or rolls of toilet paper yet. Hint, hint.

[1monster]

19. Ketchup? My car was mustered and bananaed. Guess what? It washes off. Not as

easily as ketchup does, but it does wash off.

Should I have reported it to the police and had kids refused mustard and bananas too?

[hulklogan]

20. Having had an egg seriously damage the paint on my car

I applaud this effort. Let the little thugs find something else to vandalize.

[Horse with no Name]

21. Oh my...I hope these kids don't discover chickens or gardens

How do you outlaw THOSE?

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. They can't buy spray paint here

because of all the tagging.