European Union: The EU tried to ban mushy peas

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe first claim, from the European Union: it tried to ban mushy peas.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorReal. First the peas, then the chips, then the whole plate. They're dismantling our dinners one course at a time.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorInternet. According to Wikipedia, mushy peas appear on lists of Euromyths, alongside mince pies, prawn cocktail crisps and curved bananas.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPrawn cocktail crisps too? They're coming for those next, mark me.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThey are not. Next, from Finland: speeding fines are based on how much you earn.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorInternet. No country would let a fine grow with your wallet. That's the sort of thing that ends empires.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorReal. Finland uses day-fines, which depend on the offence and the offender's income, per Wikipedia.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOh no.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn twenty nineteen, a Finnish executive was fined seventy-four thousand euros for doing one hundred twelve kilometres an hour in an eighty zone.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSeventy-four thousand. For exceeding the speed limit by thirty-two kilometres. I'd need a second job to pay that.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have seen real doom, Dale. You have seen an invoice.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe last claim, from Rome: keeping a goldfish in a round bowl is banned.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorInternet. A fish bowl ban is absurd. Nobody is that fragile, apart from me.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorReal. Rome has banned goldfish bowls on animal cruelty grounds, as did Monza in two thousand four.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWrong twice. The fish have been living in a courtroom of lies.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo I rule this entire court INTERNET. Nothing here is real, and that is how the end begins.