You’d all better run out to the local high-end cheese shop and buy some Roguefort right now because prices are going to go through the roof…
Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) — French makers of Roquefort, the
salty, blue-veined cheese, say U.S. sales will completely dry up after they were slapped with a 300 percent import duty. THe increased U.S. levy came on Jan. 16 in retaliation for the European Union’s long-standing ban on hormone-treated beef. “There is no way people will be
willing to pay over $100 for a kilo of cheese.â€
Please, BRG- I’m on a high. Snarkslope gave me the Snark of the Day Award for my last comment on yesterday’s Open Thread. 🙂 I’ll let you know when I can speak to you again (Nose in air, walking into tree trunk).
I simply MUST let the evil LL know (she of the flaunted 4 QOTD’s)
Why did they target roquefort? Why not something crummy like Edam. Philistines.
‘What are you talking about??’
Oh DIBS, half my posts are complex and for my own amusement.
Carry on….
Yes, bxgrl. Or the site needs to be redesigned with those tabs fixed on the side.
‘Snarkslope gave me the Snark of the Day Award’
Huh?? Awards are being given out and I’m not included?? It’ll be something for me to aim for.
Come down from your high horse, Princess. LL will be around soon to knock you down; or freeze you out, or raise your rent, or flood the space.
You’d all better run out to the local high-end cheese shop and buy some Roguefort right now because prices are going to go through the roof…
Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) — French makers of Roquefort, the
salty, blue-veined cheese, say U.S. sales will completely dry up after they were slapped with a 300 percent import duty. THe increased U.S. levy came on Jan. 16 in retaliation for the European Union’s long-standing ban on hormone-treated beef. “There is no way people will be
willing to pay over $100 for a kilo of cheese.â€
Am I the only one who thinks we need a back to top button after the last comment on long threads?
Please, BRG- I’m on a high. Snarkslope gave me the Snark of the Day Award for my last comment on yesterday’s Open Thread. 🙂 I’ll let you know when I can speak to you again (Nose in air, walking into tree trunk).
I simply MUST let the evil LL know (she of the flaunted 4 QOTD’s)
What are you talking about??
And what was the outcome of the great washer/dryer imbroglio of 2009???
Of all the websites, in all the internet, in all the world, she has to read this one.