Thursday, Apr 24, 2008
Oh great......
Timesonline: Rationing of rice hits Britain’s Chinese and curry restaurants
Rice is being rationed in Britain as shopkeepers limit supplies to their customers to prevent hoarding. Restrictions on sales in Asian neighbourhoods are reported as emergency measures are taken by governments worldwide to combat the soaring cost of rice and prevent outbreaks of food rioting.
Tilda, the biggest importer of basmati rice, said that its buyers had resorted to restricting their customers to two bags per person.
“It is happening in the cash and carries,” said Jona-than Calland, of Tilda.
“It’s to stop people from hoarding. I heard from our salesforce that one lady went into a cash and carry and tried to buy eight 20kg bags.”
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1. Axxo said...
I gonna buy some tonight just to be safe, and a few cans of beans!!
2. Soundman74 said...
Food rioting.. is that the same as a food fight... I'm in!
3. who stole my pension? said...
Oh no; it's back to fish, chips and mushy peas!
4. Swissnic said...
I don't like rice... I'm gonna buy cake! ;o)
5. Retiredbanker` said...
lvmreader-
With rapidly declining fish stocks I'm afraid that this will not be possible for very long.
You can have the chips and mushy peas though.
6. Retiredbanker` said...
Sorry, that was intended for 'who stole my pension?'
7. planning4acrash said...
With cod becoming a rarity? I doubt. It. They'll soon be freezing fish and chips in bank vaults as a new store of wealth!
8. robh said...
So the question is... to burgle Barclays, or Iceland next door?
9. planning4acrash said...
It only lasts about 9months frozen but can be eaten the next day, so, a 9month fish and chip bond anybody?!
10. plato said...
Damn! Got me again : I was going to trade Rice instead of Sterling.
11. Ceanothus said...
Doesn't bother me. I prefer Naans anyway !
12. Stevie Dee said...
I highly recommend Asda's Tinned Beef Madras... simply delicious.
13. malct said...
this isn't funny
well perhaps it would be if it was in a pantomime
no it wouldn't
yes it would
oh no it wouldn't
it would
wouldn't
night shift?
14. Sneaker said...
Looks like farming will be making a comeback. Baldrick was onto something with those turnips.
15. Fed Up said...
Time to establish some rice paddies in this country. If we get a summer like last year's we'll have plenty of suitably flooded land.
16. sold 2 rent 1 said...
The destruction will accelerate into May and June.
GBP is set to tumble. Strikes. Petrol shortages. Food rationing.
Anyone for change yet?
No?
Bring on some more destruction then
17. alan said...
S2R1,
I think you have a point. Our politicians are in denial. I'm waiting for them to repeat those immortal words of the French Revolution: "Let them eat cake".
18. waiting for the crash said...
Time to dig up the lawn and plant potatoes! And buy a shot gun to guard them with!
19. sold 2 rent 1 said...
alan,
"politicians are in denial"
Not so. They have orchistrated this crash/world crisis. As far as they are concerned it is going as planned.
All they need now is to secure the Irish EU vote on June 12 and they can crack open the champers.
It is the masses that are in denial. They think they are safe with their nice houses, cars and foreign holidays.
All the nice things will soon vanish.
Only then will we get change.