Fruit & Veg. seller prosecuted in UK for using Lb/Oz.

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British Woman Prosecuted for Selling Vegetables Only by Pounds and Ounces

Cryptogon
January 23rd, 2008

Via: Wall Street Journal:

London’s East End is notorious for its criminals, from serial murderer Jack the Ripper to mobsters the Kray twins.

The latest candidate for this rogue’s gallery is Janet Devers, a 63-year-old woman who runs a vegetable stall at Ridley Road market. Her alleged crime: selling goods only by the pound and the ounce.

Ms. Devers, whose stall has been in the family for 60 years, faces 13 criminal charges stemming from not selling her produce by the kilogram and the gram. She stands accused of breaking a European Union-instigated rule that countries must use metric measures to standardize trade. The rest of Europe is metric.

But Brits drink their milk and beer by the pint. On the road they rack up miles. Imperial measurement “is what we know, how we are. Who’s to tell us to change?” said Scott Lomax, a fellow vegetable-stall owner.

Ms. Devers, who pleaded not guilty in a court appearance on Friday, is being lionized for her stand in Britain’s feisty tabloids. If convicted, she could be fined as much as $130,000.

“It’s disgusting,” said Ms. Devers of the charges. “We have knifings. We have killings,” she said. “And they’re taking me to court because I’m selling in pounds and ounces.”

And, equally illegally, in bowls. Ten of the counts against her relate to purveying produce, such as hot Scotch-bonnet peppers, by the bowl.

The United Kingdom wrote an exemption into its measurements law to meet the EU metric requirement in 2000, as Brussels allowed. It stated that traders must use metric weights, but they could use imperial measures as well. The problem is that Ms. Devers allegedly didn’t have metric prices on all of her produce when she was charged late last year, and two of her scales only measured in pounds and ounces.

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What the fuck. So the lady is being charged for using the traditional weights & measures instead of metric? She faces a fine of about $130,000.

Such a dumbass law, but at least the EU killed their version of it last year. The jackoffs are the local council in Ms. Devers' town. Government for the people? Hah. :doubt:

They do love their veg.

So how do you purchase marijuana in England?

In bags?

Josh would be confused in England while trying to purchase drugs. Hilarious.

I would be confused by a lot more than just that.

Driving on the wrong side of the road amirite?

More of a "Why the fuck am I in England" type of thing.

If I were in England the first thing i would do is look for drugs. Then history.

I think I would drive my car into a hotel pool.

I'M GONNA KEEP ROUND MY VEGETABLES I'M GONNA CHOW DOWN MY VEGETABLES

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So how do you purchase marijuana in England?

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You walk around Picadilly circus and look for the really sketchy black guys, and then wait for them to come up to you and ask if you would like to buy some skunk.

Proceed to get ripped off on a 20£ bag of swag.

I still laugh at my roommate for doing this.

Camden is worse. You walk down the street and all you hear is "marijuana?marijuana?pills?skunk?speed?horse?cocaine?marijuana?"

Who would buy drugs off of these people? I demand reputable drug dealers.

I brought some American cookbooks here and it's kind of a nightmare because it beomes a conversion party. "Preheat oven to 350F.... goddamnit"

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So how do you purchase marijuana in England?

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ask the police.

Fuck tha police.

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Camden is worse. You walk down the street and all you hear is "marijuana?marijuana?pills?skunk?speed?horse?cocaine?marijuana?"

Who would buy drugs off of these people? I demand reputable drug dealers.

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While walking home from work a few years ago some random guy pulled up in a car on the other side of the street and start yelling at me, asking if I wanted to buy some weed. He had to scream it a couple times before I understood him because I was wearing headphones at first, and it made me wonder how well driving down the street yelling at people worked for that.

"No? How 'bout some speakers?"

DVD's.


You know, I've actually seen someone selling weed out of his car offering dvd's from the trunk with every purchase, to go with the high.

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So how do you purchase marijuana in England?

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Imperial. Strangely enough the EU regulations don't extend to drugs... :chunobi:

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Originally Posted by Mr-K

Camden is worse. You walk down the street and all you hear is "marijuana?marijuana?pills?skunk?speed?horse?cocaine?marijuana?"

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