observer Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Should we go to all the trouble and expense of taking the new £5 note out of circulation ? Seems tallow from animal waste is used in the production which appears to offend certain religious sensibilities. I believe the last time this kind of problem occurred, it caused the Indian Mutiny ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 I read an article the other day about this issue. The writer had gone to the lengths of calculating the amount of tallow needed in the manufacture of the millions of £5 notes in circulation and came to the conclusion that it would require the slaughter of a HALF of ONE cow! We are talking about an infinitesimal trace amount per note here, used in the production of a polymer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 I agree Asp: but it's interesting in the context of a Gov report on social cohesion, which states that we are now more culturally segregated than ever. It's a no brainer to suggest that decades of cultural "diversity" promoted by the liberal progressives has brought this about. So far from assimilating different cultures into a single mainstream society, we've finished up with separate silos of religious and ethnic groupings, unable to accept modernity . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Well you could say that but the story I saw this morning was about a vegetarian food shop owner who is refusing to accept the new fivers, and I don't think vegetarians are actually "ethnics" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Do they eat bank notes? ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Thhe crazy thing about that is the fact that used bank notes have, in all probability, more than just traces of animal fats on them from just being handled by people who have touched meat (raw or cooked, makes no odds). Vegetarians - caution, may contain nuts :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Please note anybody who doesn't want the new five pounds please send them in a plain brown envelope, care of evil sid, po box 43 warrington. yours in anticipation Evil Sid. :lol: caution, may contain nuts Strangly enough i saw that very same warning on a packet of salted peanuts and thought MAY contain nuts. it's peanuts, of course they contain nuts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 I think they should be more concerned that the handlers of the offending fivers have washed their hands after visiting the toilet. We are living in a society that has gone backwards in terms of unity & everyone has an agenda....the lefty luvvie society can't get by without a crutch to lean or a gripe about persecution. Take these people out of their bubble & they are lost in self pity. A bit of tallow is hardly going to harm these fannies....get a grip ! I wonder if they moan at the Aussie government where all notes are so produced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 Sid, I'm waiting until I've got enough of them to make the postage costs worthwhile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 If anyone one on here is against the new £5 pound notes due to the polymer used containing small amounts if tallow, well I'd just like to say I will happily relieve you all of them...free of charge of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Do they eat bank notes? ! If they are hungry enough they will eat anything, offer a slice of bacon to a starving person whos religeous belief doesn't allow them to eat it and I bet it wouldn't be refused!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 We are plagued with 7th century notions in a 21st century world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 If anyone one on here is against the new £5 pound notes due to the polymer used containing small amounts if tallow, well I'd just like to say I will happily relieve you all of them...free of charge of course I'm afraid I had to swap mine this afternoon in a pub in Wigan for some flavoured liquid (I think it was called rum). Fortunately the serving staff weren't vegetarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 I think it's terrible, I'm shocked and dismayed, I'm so apauled that I'm offering a free pick up service for them, I will come round to your house and gladly take away the offending notes, and I might add that the service is free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 Hey you...Lt Kije....I've already offered to take them free of charge if you read up. OK so I didn't offer a free pick up service...damn...can we split them between us just to be fair 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dizzy Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Best watch out for Jane Austin before spending your new fiver..... wonder how much these are worth and if one has already passed through our hands without us knowing?http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-38223552 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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