The Scandal of Hull's Illegal Scrap Dealers

[thisisull]

This is too funny to miss...
It emerged today that several Hull individuals have been arrested for possessing illegal scrap, with intent to supply. But we're not talking scrap of the metal variety - it's the elusive but strangely irresistible bits of batter that collect in the bottom of the fryer in chip shops all over Hull. Yes - 'scraps'. Until recently, scraps were the staple diet of many poor people in Hull, being the cheapest item ....

Full piece here
http://www.thisisull.com/humour/hullnews1.html

[trsiyengar]

thisisull

Strange news; fits to break in the break room. Is't a kind of mushroom?

Namasthe,
TRS Iyengar
www.trsiyengar.com

[thisisull]

It's just that this little Town call Hull is always being dumped on in the press ie. The BBC calls us the fattest place in England, because we eat fish and chips.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3521551.stm
So someone sent in the story about 'scraps' basically the stuff that's left over at the bottom of the chip pan. Being historically a poor town many people used to eat this as it was free.
I know it's silly, but its funny.
This is the stuff.