A staunch West coast working class type, the auld boy nonetheless has no qualms about the odd bit of culinary indulgence. Lobster, for instance. He’s mad for a bit of lobster.
So he was concerned at a recent House of Lords proposal to ban boiling lobsters alive. Aside from the obvious question of what the honourable members of the House of Lords would now live on, he was also a bit miffed that Mrs UTC would no longer be able to turn her considerable capabilities in the kitchen to a wee lobster now and again.
Granted, not many convenience stores tend to sell live lobsters. UTC’s local Premier store certainly doesn’t. But purely as a matter of interest, we thought you might be keen to learn about the new ban. The boiling lobster days may soon be over if shellfish campaigners have their way. Several of them, dressed up as crustaceans, gathered outside the House of Lords recently to encourage parliament to “recognise that crabs and lobsters can feel pain”.
The auld boy’s comment about “being boiled alive would be nothing compared to the pain that would occur if he ever got his hands on that protester in the lobster suit” is perhaps best deleted from the record.
