Thank you Catherine for sending me this:
EU Directive No. 456179
In order to meet the conditions for joining the Single European currency, all citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland must be made aware that the phrase ‘Spending a Penny‘ is not to be used after 31st December 2009.
From the 1st January 2010, the correct terminology will be: ‘Euronating’.
Thank you for your attention.
Ha ha ha!
3 Comments
Olive Morgan
January 11, 2010 at 2:22 pmSo funny that I copied it on my blog, and a number of people are laughing! Thanks!
Tony Miles
January 11, 2010 at 2:41 pm@Olive Morgan Glad it raised a smile, Olive.
Olive Morgan
January 12, 2010 at 11:58 amI shall continue to use the saying (from my childhood), ‘I’m just going to see Auntie’. It sounds more polite than ‘Euronating’.