[BITList] EU Vegetables - hoax

[x50type at cox.net]

not really - snopes reports it as a hoax probably starting in the 1940’s and attributed to different governments [and now the EU] and various commodities over the years.
about the only thing that is constant is the 26,911 words.
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From: John Feltham 
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 1:39 AM
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Subject: [BITList] EU Vegetables




 
Thought for the day: 
 

Pythagoras' theorem: ............................................             24 words. 
Lord's prayer:............... ,, ........................................          66words. 
Archimedes' Principle: ...........................................           67words. 
10 Commandments: .............................................           179 words. 
Gettysburg address: .............................................           286 words. 
US Declaration of Independence : ....................          1,300 words. 
US Constitution with all 27 Amendments: ...........      7,818 words. 
EU regulations on the sale of cabbage:.......               26,911 words. 
  
 
   SORT OF PUTS THINGS INTO PROPER PERSPECTIVE, DOESN'T IT? 
 







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