Six of one.. half a dozen..

Oh wait, you mean you're not allowed to count food that way in the UK?
(Crumpet courtesy of the Dana Show)

British shoppers are to be banned from buying eggs by the dozen under new regulations approved by the European Parliament.

For the first time, eggs and ­other products such as oranges and bread rolls will be sold by weight instead of by the number contained in a packet.

Until now, Britain has been exempt from EU regulations that forbid the selling of goods by number. But last week MEPs voted to end Britain’s deal despite objections from UK members.

The new rules will mean that instead of packaging telling shoppers a box contains six eggs, it will show the weight in grams of the eggs inside, for example 372g. 

Or that a bag of white rolls has 322g inside instead of half a dozen. The rules will not allow both the weight and the quantity to be displayed.

Of course, us guys can use this to get out of doing the food shopping... "Quite sorry, honey,  I thought you said you needed 250g of eggs, how was I to know I didnt' get you enough"?