Beaten Because of High Asparagus Prices
BitJockey, I love your eye for the eccentric. This is an article from
Woman beaten up over asparagus prices Reuters News Service
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police are searching for a motorist who beat a 24-year-old woman selling white asparagus because he was upset about her asking price for the coveted springtime vegetable, police said on Monday.
The prices for white asparagus, sometimes called “edible ivory” in Germany, fluctuate wildly during the short springtime season, peaking early in the season at 10 euros per kilo.
The man screamed at the woman that her asparagus was overpriced. He then punched her in the face and threatened to unleash his attack dog at her. She fled and called police.
“The motorist said her prices were totally over the top,” said Dietmar Keck, police spokesman in the Havelland district west of Berlin, without saying how much she was asking.
Prices for asparagus now range from 1 to 5 euros per kilo, he said. Some 55,000 tons valued at 175 million euros are harvested annually.
(Writing by Jacob Comenetz; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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Pffff… I always just wait until the prices drop a bit.
Thank God this GERMAN did not shop at Dean and Deluca at the Avenues mall otherwise he would have turned his shopping trip into a Boxing match with the sales staff because of the outrageous prices there
LLOOL, Aafke! How do you like your spargel? Soup? With a sauce?
LLLOOLLL, Daggero, I totally agree! And yet, how wonderful to have so many specialty items available. I am reminded of many years ago when I saw an incredibly expensive display of Old El Paso Mexican foods available in Herrod’s food hall at prices few Mexicans – or Americans – could ever afford!