United States: Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs are banned.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFirst law, from the United States: Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs are banned.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorReal.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFirst they take the toy out of the egg, then they take the egg out of the shop, then the shop out of the town.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI can feel it in my bones. Toys don't belong in candy, Dale, they belong in the void where all banned things go.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorReal. Per Wikipedia, a nineteen thirty-eight food law bans sweets with a non-food object inside, unless that object has functional value.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'm right. That's how it always starts.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSecond law, from Japan: it is illegal to be overweight.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorReal. A state that bans a toy in chocolate will soon ban the chocolate. The waistband is the new border.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorInternet. It is untrue. Citizens between forty-five and seventy-four have their waists measured and may be offered medical guidance.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMeasured.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBy a tape measure, Dale. I have covered coups with less drama than you bring to a tape measure.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThat's how they get you. First the tape, then the scales, then a very stern leaflet.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThird law, from Venice: day-trippers have to pay an entry fee to visit the city.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorInternet. No city charges for walking in.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIf that were real, every door would have a meter, and I would be bankrupt by the post office.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorReal. Since the twenty-fifth of April, twenty twenty-four, visitors not staying overnight pay five euros on peak days. Hotel guests, residents and students are exempt.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFive euros. The door has won.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTwo real, one myth. The court notes you were wrong once, and it hopes you will cope.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI rule this court INTERNET. No bench has ever charged me to sit, and if it starts now, I'm leaving.