Red Tape Blog: How do you label a goat?

Thursday, November 23, 2006

The Daily Mail asked that very question on Tuesday 21 November 2006:

How do you label a goat?

Ross Clark said...: More news from the further shores of absurdity: a traditional pie-eating contest in Wigan has been reconfigured to take into account Government healthy eating advice. Instead of gobbling as many pies as they can in a minute, contestants will now be timed eating only one pie -- and there is even a vegetarian option. Doesn't quite fit somehow: healthy eating and pie-eating contests. It will ve even worse next year: contestants will presumably have to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables with their pie; 10:16 PM
who ate all the pies? said...: Pie eating championship goes slimline

Pie eating contents goes veggie

Pie eating contest goes PC

quote from the telegraph article:

Mr Callaghan, who stages the event at Harry's Bar, Wigan, Greater Manchester, says he has changed the rules in response to the Government's healthy eating campaign.

"I realise it may be controversial, but this is the way forward for pie-eating at this level.

"It will make for an exciting sporting spectacle, whilst also doffing its cap to Government guidelines on obesity.

"We have also bowed to relentless pressure from the Vegetarian Society and agreed to introduce a vegetarian option."; 9:30 AM