BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[icowden]

Parents of a colleague have a transport company. They export ice cubes from Holland to England. Reason being, the quality of UK water is such you don't eant to put it in your G&T.

And yet we are the largest exporter of ice in Europe?. The Ice Co in the UK export ice to Scandinavian countries.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/worklife/article/20160318-why-is-this-british-company-selling-ice-to-swedes

The UK is Europe’s largest exporter of manufactured packaged ice. British-made ice is frequently exported to over 10 countries, including Sweden, Denmark, France, and as far away as Australia.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/20...the-surprisingly-big-business-of-packaged-ice

Our water is pretty good. We bottle loads of it - Highland Spring, Malvern Water etc.

 

[First Aspect]

How many countries is "over 10"? I presume it's between 10 and 20, but not above 17 or it would be "nearly 20."

Anything above about 13 seems to me to be too far for 10 to be a representative number, or for 10 to be the nearest number that the average Briton will have heard of before. Most people are likely to have previously heard of the number 15 for example, so would understand "nearly 15" as being so close to 15 they needn't worry. 16 or 17 would likewise be "about 15" or "over 15".

This means it must be 11 or 12 countries.

 

[Psamathe]

Parents of a colleague have a transport company. They export ice cubes from Holland to England. Reason being, the quality of UK water is such you don't eant to put it in your G&T.

And yet we are the largest exporter of ice in Europe?. The Ice Co in the UK export ice to Scandinavian countries.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/worklife/article/20160318-why-is-this-british-company-selling-ice-to-swedes

Sounds like a joke. All these countries have perfectly drinkable water. Costs snd climate impact of shipping heavy low value product that needs significant energy to keep is to me madness.

In an era when we should be considering food miles and buying local produce ice to/from distant even overseas, have I been made a fool of taking these articles seriously?

Is it an 1 April spoof?

 

[briantrumpet]

Sounds like a joke. All these countries have perfectly drinkable water. Costs snd climate impact of shipping heavy low value product that needs significant energy to keep is to me madness.

In an era when we should be considering food miles and buying local produce ice to/from distant even overseas, have I been made a fool of taking these articles seriously?

Is it an 1 April spoof?

That's even dafter than putting French bottled water into boats to cross the Channel to bring to the UK, which has ample water of its own. The world is terminally nuts, and each day I get a little more bemused.