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"Polonium" Restaurant Capitalizes on Ex-KGB Spy Case
novinite ^
| 5 December 2006
Posted on 12/09/2006 1:02:05 PM PST by lizol
"Polonium" Restaurant Capitalizes on Ex-KGB Spy Case
Business: 5 December 2006, Tuesday.
The owners of a restaurant in northern England are having their hands full these days, unexpectedly capitalizing on the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
The reason for the rising popularity of the establishment in Sheffield is in its name - "The Polonium Restaurant".
Ever since word broke that the former Russian spy was poisoned with radioactive polonium-210, the place has been fully packed.
The Polish owner say the place was not named after the radioactive stuff, but a Polish folk band he played in some 30 years ago.
The notorious name, however, is paying off for the restaurant with business up as much as 30 %.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: litvinenko; poland; polonium; restaurant; uk
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posted on
12/09/2006 1:02:07 PM PST
by
lizol
To: lizol
Capitalism at work! Bravo!
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posted on
12/09/2006 1:04:33 PM PST
by
claptrap
(We've found a Witch can we burn her?)
To: lizol
The Polish owner say the place was not named after the radioactive stuff, but a Polish folk band he played in some 30 years ago. Is his name Bill Clintonski?
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posted on
12/09/2006 1:04:58 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Baker's Iraq Surrender Group - warming up the last helicopter out of Baghdad.)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
12/09/2006 1:11:32 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
Polonium was named after Poland. Nothing strange here.
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posted on
12/09/2006 2:39:20 PM PST
by
JoeFromSidney
(My book is out. Read excerpts at www.thejusticecooperative.com)
To: lizol
Maybe they can have a "Polonium-210 Explosive Sushi Modulator" special.
To: lizol
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posted on
12/09/2006 3:24:34 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: lizol
Home Made Soups - £1.00 off!
Rosól £3.00
Kapusniak £3.50
Beetroot Soup with Pancake £3.50
Ukrainian Beetroot Soup £3.50
Tomato Soup with Rice £3.00
Vegetable Soup £3.00
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posted on
12/09/2006 3:26:03 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: lizol
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posted on
12/09/2006 3:36:11 PM PST
by
oblomov
(Progress is precisely that which the rules and regulations did not foresee. - von Mises)
To: Cicero
Geez, expensive like hell!
About 3x more, than in Poland
10
posted on
12/09/2006 4:45:29 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
If it's in Poland, it's an eatery. If it's in England, it's an exotic foreign restaurant.
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posted on
12/09/2006 6:37:10 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: lizol
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posted on
12/09/2006 11:31:45 PM PST
by
cynwoody
To: lizol
Now worry about static cling at this restaurant (Polonium is used as an anti-static material).
To: lizol
FR Thead: ABC News Exclusive: Murder in a Teapot British officials say police have cracked the murder-by-poison case of former spy Alexander Litvinenko, including the discovery of a "hot" teapot at London's Millennium Hotel with an off-the-charts reading for Polonium-210, the radioactive material used in the killing.
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posted on
01/27/2007 2:37:10 PM PST
by
anymouse
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