A week or so ago, there was a big hullabaloo in the local paper over Sandpiper Soup being served at the Sandpiper festival. The festival raises awareness and money for the declining sandpipers, piping plovers being the worst off. Wellsirrrree ! The nasty letters to the editor were quelled when the it was revealed that the Sandpiper Soup did not contain sandpipers ! Amongst a raft of other revellations from the event's organizers : Irish Stew contains no Irishmen, etc, etc, etc