Brickbat: There's Something Fishy Going On

In London, England, the Greenwich council has ordered an award-winning fish and chips shop to remove a patriotic mural. The mural outside the Golden Chippy features an anthropomorphic fish holding a Union Jack flag and reaching into a bag of french fries (chips, as the Brits call them) and a slogan saying "A Great British Meal." Owner Chris Kanizi said the mural has given a boost to business, with tourists coming to snap a selfie in front of the mural and grab a bite to eat. That seems to be the problem, as the council calls it an "unauthorised advert."

Comments

[This Is The Zodiac Speaking]

First!!

And are meant to believe a fish would wear something so tacky?

[JeremyR]

Burgers, Hot Dogs, Large Baguettes...none of those are British.

[Vernon Depner]

We need a blood test for Karenism so the sufferers can be euthanized at an early age.

[Mickey Rat]

So you intend to genocide the entire UK political class?

[Jerry B.]

It's a start.

[Nazi-Chipping Warlock]

And US while we're at it.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The Brits have colonized their own people!

[mad.casual]

Are we sure "unauthorized advert" isn't the British translation of "'A Great British Meal' constitutes false advertising"? Does anyone know a barista, or whatever it is they call a lawyer over there, who could clarify?

[Rossami]

Well, a "Great British Meal" is a relative statement. It's not that hard to beat an "average British meal". And comparing fish and chips to, say, steak and kidney pie, I'd give them the benefit of doubt.

[n00bdragon]

Why is there a picture of an unrelated shop on the article?

[Jerry B.]

For some reason, Reason seems to use stock photos rather than the pics from the link to the original story. Click on the link for plenty of photos.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Just lazy (and cheap) "journalism".

[markm23]

Possibly they'd have to pay the Daily Mail to use their photo of the sign. There are probably free-to-copy photos out there, but the labor cost to find a suitable one is not trivial.

The real issue is that "journalists" think it's necessary to always have a picture accompanying the article, whether or not the picture is relevant, and even when it's inaccurate and misleading. For another series of examples, in my town's on-line newspaper, _every_ article involving police starts with a stock photo of a police car - not a police car involved in the story, and often not even a car from the same police department.

[MatthewSlyfield]

At least the photo on this article was a fish and chips shop, even if it's not the right one.

[Jerry B.]

double post. oops.

[Public Entelectual]

Literally, Oliver poached last weeks lede along with the chip shot
https://vvattsupwiththat.blogspot.com/2024/03/something-smells-fishy-around-here.html

[Its_Not_Inevitable]

VVhere does that link lead?

[MoreFreedom]

Nannys got to nanny, and unfortunately a lot of government employees think they are nannies and believe the force they're using against us citizens in the private sector, is for our own good.

But they wouldn't like to exchange places with the nannied, because what their nanny decides is for their own good, they won't like. Just as this article demonstrates that what the nanny wants the nannied don't want.

[American Mongrel]

Well the mural is identical to their sign, so they might have a point?
A patriotic mural? Come on reason...

[mad.casual]

A patriotic mural?

I'm still confused about "A Great British Meal". It says a lot about your restaurant when it's notable for being popular with tourists because of a painting on the wall outside. The Starbucks in the Louvre must make out-of-this-world coffee and microwaved egg McMuffins.

[markm23]

Fish and chips is _the_ great British meal, but it is not a gourmet meal. If you are selling good fish and chips, they are just like the fish and chips from all the other good chippies. If people remember your product as different, it was probably a bad difference.

[Davedave]

It really isn't '_the_ great British meal' anymore, even if it ever was. It was at one time the most popular fast food here, but that's about it.

Good fish and chips has always been vanishingly rare. For people who specialise in frying fish and potatoes, almost all chippies are ridiculously bad at doing chips.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland]

Tell the bits the fish is a migrant then he can stay.

Ps every time I hear union jack I think slc punks take "union jack is a fag"

[Davedave]

FFS. Advertising sites in London are regulated by law. This was an unauthorised ad, end of story. The content was utterly irrelevant.

[Davedave]

https://fullfact.org/online/union-jack-mural-fish-and-chip-shop/

Posted this already, but it isn't showing up. Surely reputable fact-checking sites aren't _censored_ by a purportedly _libertarian_ blog?

[ObviouslyNotSpam]

It showed up for me.

But Dave, give it up. The denizens here want to be outraged, not reasoned with. Stop spoiling it for them!

[Davedave]

The original comment was just the link. Being generous, we'll assume it got stuck in the spam filter, rather than the additional wording in the second comment shaming the moderators into allowing it.

[Dillinger]

>>the council calls it an "unauthorised advert."

grease. the. wheels.

[The Margrave of Azilia]

God save the King
The fascist...thing?

One misses Queen Elizabeth.

[Vernon Depner]

Her preserved brain is probably in a jar somewhere, connected to the internet and still in charge.

[Brandybuck]

Oh the huge manatee!