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Aislinn Simpson
London Telegraph
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

A shopper was left baffled after she went to Asda to stock up on picnic equipment and was asked for proof of age to buy a set of teaspoons.

The shop assistant reportedly informed the customer that someone had once been murdered with a teaspoon, and therefore age identification was now required.

That the woman had also bought plates and picnic ware at the Halifax branch in West Yorkshire did not appear to reassure the shop assistant as to her innocent intentions.

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The receipt for the bizarre sale was published on the website nannyknowsbest.blogspot.com, a website set up by an internet entrepreneur Ken Frost to “expose and resist the all pervasive nanny state that is corroding the way of life and the freedom of the people of Britain”.

The site was subsequently bombarded with comments and suggestions for other items that could cause harm.

One posting read: “Tea towel and a couple of bottle of diet cream soda and you’ve got all the equipment for waterboarding an Asda manager.”

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