The EU Cabbage - Myth

Did a government memo regulating the sale of cabbages use 26,911 words? 

Very basically ..... 

No its bollox

[Collected via e-mail, April 2012]
For anybody who doesn?t fully understand the Euro situation,
it is explained very simply in the picture below……..
THIS IS BRILLIANT – and loopholes Europe in a “few” words
Pythagoras’ theorem – 24 words.
Lord’s Prayer – 66 words.
Archimedes’ Principle – 67 words.
10 Commandments – 179 words.
Gettysburg address – 286 words.
US Declaration of Independence – 1,300 words.
US Constitution with all 27 Amendments – 7,818 words.
EU regulations on the sale of a cabbage – 26,911 words

Previous versions
[Collected via e-mail, 2000]
Pythagorean theorem: 24 words
The Lord’s Prayer: 66 words
Archimedes’ Principle: 67 words
The Ten Commandments: 179 words
The Gettysburg Address: 286 words
The Declaration of Independence: 1,300 words
The US government regulations on the sale of cabbage: 26,911 words

• Various versions have been around for at least 50 years
• The EU did have a document relating to cabbages which was 2000 words long.
• The EU no longer has a document relating to cabbages

  

In 2006, Regulation (EC) No 634/2006 addressed the size of cabbages, and how they should be labelled, in just under 2,000 words. In 2009, however, these regulations, along with some other rules on the sale of fruit and vegetables, were repealed.

 For those who are unsure how big a 2000 word document is. Its aproximately 5 pages of A4 and the actual document is here.

Interestinly the actual document is actually 5 1/2 pages and 1,996 long in english

FR - 4 Pages 775 words
EL - 7 pages 781 words
ET - 3 Pages 480 words
DE - 8 Pages 1793 words





LINKS
https://www.snopes.com/language/document/cabbage.asp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35962999
https://www.indy100.com/article/dont-believe-anything-a-eurosceptic-tells-you-about-cabbage--bJHxXSSIebZ
http://www.skeptical-science.com/politics/cabbages-vs/