It was Cauliflowers wot dun it.

[thunderlizard]

Didn't the price of flowers go up on that weekend though?

Such is the simulacrum of capitalism. Their price goes up exactly as their value goes down.

[sasguru]

It doesn't say that anywhere in the story you linked to.

Dim by name, dim by nature - he mistakes the random firings of his few neurons as "thought"

[DimPrawn]

It doesn't say that anywhere in the story you linked to.

Yes, mr geek, if you say so. Perhaps we need a better specification of:

Used in that staple of British cuisine, cauliflower cheese, the vegetable (cauliflower ) had a "large upward effect" on the main inflation rate which rose to 3.5 percent last month, its highest since November 2008, according to official statisticians.

Should have gone to specsavers.

[MrMark]

The pretence that we aren't going to hyper inflate is wearing a bit thin now (or equivalently that we are going to get deflation). How long before we can move on to the next stage: "inflation is good for us"?

Not long it seems:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8517156.stm

However, former monetary policy committee member Professor David Blanchflower told the BBC that a spell of higher inflation would benefit the UK economy, suggesting that 4% would be a "pretty good starting point".

"You would actually end up inflating some of the debt away, but also if we get into a position where house prices were to fall further we are going to have a large number of people in negative equity, and if you have a few years of inflation that actually will deal with that problem."

Higher inflation would help to keep interest rates low, he added.

[sasguru]

So the major item that pushed inflation up was the cauliflower?

No you made that up.
The article is tongue in cheek anyway and makes the point that the severe winter has pushed up the prices of vegetables.
But because you are a marginal imbecile, you didn't get it.

HTH

[sasguru]

Should have gone to a better university.

FTFY

[oracleslave]

No you made that up.
The article is tongue in cheek anyway and makes the point that the severe winter has pushed up the prices of vegetables.
But because you are a marginal imbecile, you didn't get it.

HTH

Cretin. Haven't you got a scooter to take out in the rain?

[sasguru]

Cretin. Haven't you got a scooter to take out in the rain?

Ah yes that was fun ...

[oracleslave]

Ah yes that was fun ...

Bet it was more fun than what I had trying to drive through East Sheen this morning.

New contract is 1 tube ride away

[Platypus]

the severe winter has pushed up the prices of vegetables

So, you're now able to charge more for your services ?