This is a case where it pays to read all the way to the end of the article. :-)
It seems that there was a problem with the point of sale equipment, and the store employee was trying to be humorous regarding the problem. And the humor was apparently also meant to ridicule some of the laws. --henry schaffer On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote: > You can't buy that lime... it could be classed as a weapon: Shock for > chef shopping at Asda > > A chef was stunned to find she was almost banned from buying two limes > from a supermarket - because they could be classed as a weapon. > > Marisa Zoccolan, 31, popped into the new Asda supermarket close to her > home in Wallsend, North Tyneside, to pick up some groceries, including > the citrus fruits. > > But when she tried to pay for them at the self-service checkout, the > message 'amount exceeded, authorisation required' flashed up. > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063954/Asda-tell-chef-You-buy-lime--classed-weapon.html > > When limes are outlawed,.... > > It isn't clear whether this nonsense came from the UK government, the > EU, Asda's inane policies, or Asda's incompetent software suppliers. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
