It's the EU. After they have regulated the "curvature quality standards for cucumbers" (this isn't a joke, see http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PD

It's the EU. After they have regulated the "curvature quality standards for cucumbers" (this isn't a joke, see http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:31988R1677&from=EN http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX...) they needed something new to justify their job, so now they are doing all sorts of "we da internet naoo" regulation, including this cookie madness.