Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by Svartalf » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:12 pm

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What the shite does Lee Iacocca have to do with butter?!?! :o
Buttfucking everybody for their spare change, obviously.
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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:13 pm

Svartalf wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:How can you have a butter shortage? A milk shortage yes, but a butter shortage? You can make it in about 10 minutes with a blender.
bad weather, the kine likely had fat poor milk, unsuitable for butter making (or with a low yield)
Yeah, but...we have planes, trains and trucks, all with access to Norway. I fail to see why the Norwegian government wouldn't let people order their butter from somewhere else....

...no, actually, I do see. Once you get the government in bed with businesses, then you get them fucking over the people they say they are supposed to be protecting. So, the common Norwegian has to pay 300 Euros for butter, because the government says it's illegal for them to ship in butter from elsewhere, which is a measure designed to protect Norwegian businesses...

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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by klr » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:14 pm

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klr wrote:WTF? We have mountains of the stuff to spare ... literally. An EU butter mountain in fact.

That'll teach 'em not to reject joining the EU - twice. :hmph:
Do we still have that mountain? but if we do, I quite agree, I don't get how Norway couldn't uy a few hills off of us... at prices suitably inflated for non EU trade partner, of course.
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It might be more of a hill than a mountain right now AFAIK, but we still have plenty to spare, especially for needy (but wealthy) Scandinavians.
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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:16 pm

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What the shite does Lee Iacocca have to do with butter?!?! :o
Buttfucking everybody for their spare change, obviously.

Remember when Lee Iacocca got the first of the bailouts? That's when the government had some balls. Fucking Chrysler had to come to the table, hat-in-hand, and fucking beg for the money, and make assurances up and down, and sign on the dotted line to finance the bailout. Then they damn well had to pay it back, with interest, and be accountable for every penny. Somehow, fastforward to 20 years later, and our Congresspeople are laying down quicker than whores in a mint...

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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by Jason » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:43 pm

Coito ergo sum wrote:
klr wrote:WTF? We have mountains of the stuff to spare ... literally. An EU butter mountain in fact.

That'll teach 'em not to reject joining the EU - twice. :hmph:
I was going to say the same thing - I can buy the stuff in 4 pound packages for about $7 at costco. I'll Fed Ex it in a cooled container to Norway, and I'll charge $50 over my cost plus shipping to whoever wants it.

Naturally, the Norwegian government will get in the way and block the transaction, for your safety, but I'm the greedy capitalist, and they're the benevolent defenders of the people...
It's $5 a pound here. I think I'll charter a superfreighter and set sail with a hold full of butter for Norway. :P

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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by Svartalf » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:44 pm

and it will never go beyond sanitary, or the taxes will mount the prices to $500 a pound by the time it hits market.
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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:46 pm

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Coito ergo sum wrote:
klr wrote:WTF? We have mountains of the stuff to spare ... literally. An EU butter mountain in fact.

That'll teach 'em not to reject joining the EU - twice. :hmph:
I was going to say the same thing - I can buy the stuff in 4 pound packages for about $7 at costco. I'll Fed Ex it in a cooled container to Norway, and I'll charge $50 over my cost plus shipping to whoever wants it.

Naturally, the Norwegian government will get in the way and block the transaction, for your safety, but I'm the greedy capitalist, and they're the benevolent defenders of the people...
It's $5 a pound here. I think I'll charter a superfreighter and set sail with a hold full of butter for Norway. :P
Costco - $1.87 per pound, for four pound bundles. If I thought I could get it through Norwegian customs, I'd send over 100 pounds tonight. Fucking 100 times profit on my cost? And, all I'd have to do is pay shipping and import duty?

But, I'm sure they'd fucking stop it for inspection until it spoiled....

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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by amused » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:44 am

At least they'll be healthier for not eating so much butter. :dance:

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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by JimC » Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:58 am

From A. A. Milne...

The King asked
The Queen, and
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid:
"Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?"
The Queen asked the Dairymaid,
The Dairymaid
Said, "Certainly,
I'll go and tell the cow
Now
Before she goes to bed."

The Dairymaid
She curtsied,
And went and told the Alderney:
"Don't forget the butter for
The Royal slice of bread."

The Alderney said sleepily:
"You'd better tell
His Majesty
That many people nowadays
Like marmalade
Instead."

The Dairymaid
Said "Fancy!"
And went to
Her Majesty.
She curtsied to the Queen, and
She turned a little red:
"Excuse me,
Your Majesty,
For taking of
The liberty,
But marmalade is tasty, if
It's very
Thickly
Spread."

The Queen said
"Oh!"
And went to his Majesty:
"Talking of the butter for
The royal slice of bread,
Many people
Think that
Marmalade
Is nicer.
Would you like to try a little
Marmalade
Instead?"

The King said,
"Bother!"
And then he said,
"Oh, deary me!"
The King sobbed, "Oh, deary me!"
And went back to bed.
"Nobody,"
He whimpered,
"Could call me
A fussy man;
I only want
A little bit
Of butter for
My bread!"

The Queen said,
"There, there!"
And went to
The Dairymaid.
The Dairymaid
Said, "There, there!"
And went to the shed.
The cow said,
"There, there!
I didn't really
Mean it;
Here's milk for his porringer
And butter for his bread."

The queen took the butter
And brought it to
His Majesty.
The King said
"Butter, eh?"
And bounced out of bed.
"Nobody," he said,
As he kissed her
Tenderly,
"Nobody," he said,
As he slid down
The banisters,
"Nobody,
My darling,
Could call me
A fussy man -
BUT
I do like a little bit of butter to my bread!"
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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by redunderthebed » Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:14 am

Coito ergo sum wrote:
Svartalf wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:How can you have a butter shortage? A milk shortage yes, but a butter shortage? You can make it in about 10 minutes with a blender.
bad weather, the kine likely had fat poor milk, unsuitable for butter making (or with a low yield)
Yeah, but...we have planes, trains and trucks, all with access to Norway. I fail to see why the Norwegian government wouldn't let people order their butter from somewhere else....

...no, actually, I do see. Once you get the government in bed with businesses, then you get them fucking over the people they say they are supposed to be protecting. So, the common Norwegian has to pay 300 Euros for butter, because the government says it's illegal for them to ship in butter from elsewhere, which is a measure designed to protect Norwegian businesses...
Same reason why we in Australia after a bad hurricane had to pay $20 a kilo for bananas (usually between 1-5 bucks a kilo).

Whereas in NZ they were getting bananas for fiji for about the normal price we pay and there was supplies in the pacific islands that were rotting in storage because they couldn't sell it. :fp:
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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by normal » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:24 am

Butter only costs about 9-10 euros per kilo. The price doesn't change due to the "crisis", so no one is paying 300 euros for butter =P
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Post by FBM » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:28 am

Bella Fortuna wrote:That's gonna be one greasy roof.
Slippery slope fallacy. :mod:
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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by FBM » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:31 am

JimC wrote:From A. A. Milne...

The King asked
The Queen, and
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid:
"Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?"
The Queen asked the Dairymaid,
The Dairymaid
Said, "Certainly,
I'll go and tell the cow
Now
Before she goes to bed."

The Dairymaid
She curtsied,
And went and told the Alderney:
"Don't forget the butter for
The Royal slice of bread."

The Alderney said sleepily:
"You'd better tell
His Majesty
That many people nowadays
Like marmalade
Instead."

The Dairymaid
Said "Fancy!"
And went to
Her Majesty.
She curtsied to the Queen, and
She turned a little red:
"Excuse me,
Your Majesty,
For taking of
The liberty,
But marmalade is tasty, if
It's very
Thickly
Spread."

The Queen said
"Oh!"
And went to his Majesty:
"Talking of the butter for
The royal slice of bread,
Many people
Think that
Marmalade
Is nicer.
Would you like to try a little
Marmalade
Instead?"

The King said,
"Bother!"
And then he said,
"Oh, deary me!"
The King sobbed, "Oh, deary me!"
And went back to bed.
"Nobody,"
He whimpered,
"Could call me
A fussy man;
I only want
A little bit
Of butter for
My bread!"

The Queen said,
"There, there!"
And went to
The Dairymaid.
The Dairymaid
Said, "There, there!"
And went to the shed.
The cow said,
"There, there!
I didn't really
Mean it;
Here's milk for his porringer
And butter for his bread."

The queen took the butter
And brought it to
His Majesty.
The King said
"Butter, eh?"
And bounced out of bed.
"Nobody," he said,
As he kissed her
Tenderly,
"Nobody," he said,
As he slid down
The banisters,
"Nobody,
My darling,
Could call me
A fussy man -
BUT
I do like a little bit of butter to my bread!"
OK, A.A. Milne dropped acid, then. That explains a lot.
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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by Coito ergo sum » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:39 pm

normal wrote:Butter only costs about 9-10 euros per kilo. The price doesn't change due to the "crisis", so no one is paying 300 euros for butter =P

Fuck. $6 a pound for butter?

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Re: Norwegian Butter Market Going Through the Roof

Post by Azathoth » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:44 pm

You don't want to know about the beer prices ;)
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