From Zypr-Idiots to Beer, the Germans are in fighting mood.
It was only a matter of time before some German "comedian" would take the old German name of the island's inhabitants and turn it into a dumb joke. We saw it a few hours ago on www.bild.de but it is gone from there now.
The modern name is "Zyprer", we believe it was done to get rid of the Zypriot for just that reason.
And we are not amused.
But the headlines have moved on to the sudden death of a Russian tycoon in Britain and, more importantly, to Beer.
Turns out the competition watchdogs have been investigating 12 German breweries for price fixing since some time in 2012.
It is unlikely that they will find horsemeat in German Beer (has to be with a capital B, sorry) because most makers still use the old purity law (malt, hops, water, yeast, NOTHING ELSE).
Purity of ingredients notwithstanding, the ethical purity seems to have been superseded by the age old maxim: if the price is not broken, we fix it.
Fines are the likely outcome, despite readers calling for restitution in the form of Free Beer or steep price reductions for an appropriate period of time.
Since we don't drink Beer (or beer): we sooo feel your pain.
Yeah, right.
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