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| Headline of the Day: Post-nuclear tea shortage feared |
| 2008-05-04 |
| Never mind the radiation: British contingency planners worried there would be a dramatic shortage of tea in the aftermath of a nuclear attack, recently declassified documents show. The shortfall of the staple British beverage would be "very serious" if the country were to come under attack with atomic and hydrogen bombs, said according to a memo drafted between 1954 and 1956. "The tea position would be very serious with a loss of 75 per cent of stocks and substantial delays in imports and with no system of rationing it would be wrong to consider that even one ounce (28g) per head per week could be ensured," it said. "No satisfactory solution has yet been found." |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #5 Well they do have a reason to be afraid, there was that little dust up back in the late 1700's that saw a bunch of tea 'float-checked' in Boston harbor. That probably had an impact..... |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-05-04 23:38 |
| #4 Yes, Virginia, its true, its a dastardly American secret that never suppos to be revealed - AMERICANS LIKE TEA. THEY'LL DESTROY THE WORLD TO HAVE TEA, AND WILL ALSO DESTROY THE WORLD TO KEEP THE WORLD FROM KNOWING THEY LOVE TEA. ANOTHER SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE > AMERS LIKE SOCCER??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-05-04 23:01 |
| #3 Glad to know they have their priorities straight.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-05-04 22:44 |
| #2 Never mind the radiation... Or the bollocks. Too bad Alas, Babylon wasn't written until '59. Then they would have known to stockpile instant tea. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2008-05-04 22:43 |
| #1 Let them |
| Posted by: Marie Antionette 2008-05-04 21:33 |