[Kodix]

Good lord, the author is having way too much fun with this article.

>Smell them and weep

>herring-tasters of erring

>the Dutch were shocked when accusations surfaced in November that there was something rotten about the national herring test

>Mr Vollaard’s study has blown the lid off the sealed world of Dutch herring.

>Fishmongers [...] now say the test is rotten.

>The judge and Atlantic say they have been smeared, and that the statistical evidence is a red herring.

>But the charges [...] have left the test’s reputation for impartiality gutted.

[eru]

Par for the course for the Economist.

[damontal]

When Tom Petty died there was no obit but in the US section the article subheadings were each taken from one of his songs.

[vidarh]

The British press in general is obsesses with word play.

[orf]

There is nothing better than a good pub, especially in not very serious subjects

[tome]

Also very British.

[eru]

True, the Economist usually keeps their wit a bit more in the background, like Jane Austen.

[sysbell]

The title alone is priceless.