A bit council (Vol 3)

[AshVX220]

NickCQ said:

SpeckledJim said:

techiedave said:

Poundland engagement ring:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts...

Thread fail! Nowt wrong with that, IMO.
And the bloody Guardian should be ashamed of itself!

Yep, sometimes the Guardian lets the mask slip and the snobbery is evident.

I couldn't see the price (maybe I need a Whoosh Parrot and it is just £1?), but when I met my wife we were pretty poor, I had big debts and no disposable income at all. When I proposed I didn't have a ring, I just proposed. In order to get a ring, my wife had to pawn some old jewelry off to get a ring. Which we got from Argos for about £35 I think. People put too much value on those token gestures in my opinion (some women expect a certain % of salary spent on a ring and all that st). But we're still together 19 years later and doing pretty well financially now.

[V8mate]

AshVX220 said:

NickCQ said:

SpeckledJim said:

techiedave said:

Poundland engagement ring:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts...

Thread fail! Nowt wrong with that, IMO.
And the bloody Guardian should be ashamed of itself!

Yep, sometimes the Guardian lets the mask slip and the snobbery is evident.

I couldn't see the price (maybe I need a Whoosh Parrot and it is just £1?), but when I met my wife we were pretty poor, I had big debts and no disposable income at all. When I proposed I didn't have a ring, I just proposed. In order to get a ring, my wife had to pawn some old jewelry off to get a ring. Which we got from Argos for about £35 I think. People put too much value on those token gestures in my opinion (some women expect a certain % of salary spent on a ring and all that st). But we're still together 19 years later and doing pretty well financially now.

Poundland were very clear in their PR that it's just a bit of fun and a useful placeholder to use on Valentine's Day, in lieu of a subsequent shopping trip.

[Truckosaurus]

technodup said:

...Around ten chain type restaurants (Five Guys, Pizza Express etc) ....

The trick with chain restaurants is to never visit without some sort of discount voucher (printed from their website, or in exchange for Tesco points etc.)

[Is eating out using a voucher frugal or council?]

[Kermit power]

Spare tyre said:

Don’t type
The legend of fat beau

Into YouTube, unless you want a delivery of council gold:

https://youtu.be/dc2L9TzRW1k

Work safe

That is horrific.

I hope the RSPCA have picked up on that, because she surely deserves a prosecution for animal cruelty for that...

[ElectricPics]

Kermit power said:

Spare tyre said:

Don’t type
The legend of fat beau

Into YouTube, unless you want a delivery of council gold:

https://youtu.be/dc2L9TzRW1k

Work safe

That is horrific.

I hope the RSPCA have picked up on that, because she surely deserves a prosecution for animal cruelty for that...

Dear God, thick-as-pigsh**t council chav. The poor bloody dog needs a new home.

[Richard-390a0]

techiedave said:

Poundland engagement ring:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts...

Your first date in the shopping centre seems to have escalated quickly!

[InitialDave]

Kermit power said:

I hope the RSPCA have picked up on that, because she surely deserves a prosecution for animal cruelty for that...

[kowalski655]

technodup said:

..... Which meant dinner in a shopping centre.

I don't really do shopping centres, so this was a new experience. Around ten chain type restaurants (Five Guys, Pizza Express etc) stuck between the main shopping bit and the cinema. Most of them had most of their tables 'outside', i.e. in the main pedestrian area of the shopping centre.

Opted for Zizzi's (not my choice) and was subsequently robbed of nearly £30 for a small pizza, about 20p of pasta in a bowl and two Cokes. And it was busy. A cold Wednesday night in Glasgow, in January, and the huge car park was rammed with councilistas spunking £30 on bang average food whilst being watched by reams of passing teenagers taking their council birds to the pictures.

.....

Silverburn?

[nonsequitur]

Custard400 said:

Thought this was more appropriate in here than the FB fails thread.

Nothing says class more than a football team themed coffin for that special loved ones final journey.

Very suitable for supporters of Bury FC.

[technodup]

kowalski655 said:

Silverburn?

Yep.

[CoolHands]

Kermit power said:

That is horrific.

I hope the RSPCA have picked up on that, because she surely deserves a prosecution for animal cruelty for that...

I don’t give a damn about the dog what about the 18 years of incapacity benefit (fraud I would call it) she has been claiming? And her waster husband no doubt

Unbelievable

[talksthetorque]

technodup said:

Can I nominate myself?

I had a Christmas present to exchange for something actually wearable and not of man made fibres, and since I had a second date arranged thought I would combine the two activities. Which meant dinner in a shopping centre.

I don't really do shopping centres, so this was a new experience. Around ten chain type restaurants (Five Guys, Pizza Express etc) stuck between the main shopping bit and the cinema. Most of them had most of their tables 'outside', i.e. in the main pedestrian area of the shopping centre.

Opted for Zizzi's (not my choice) and was subsequently robbed of nearly £30 for a small pizza, about 20p of pasta in a bowl and two Cokes. And it was busy. A cold Wednesday night in Glasgow, in January, and the huge car park was rammed with councilistas spunking £30 on bang average food whilst being watched by reams of passing teenagers taking their council birds to the pictures.

Don't really see the attraction. The date enjoyed it so have her marked down as dangerously council. To be handled with caution.

Take her up the Byers Road.

This may or may not be a euphamism

[anonymous-user]

Richard-390a0 said:

techiedave said:

Poundland engagement ring:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts...

Your first date in the shopping centre seems to have escalated quickly!

eh ?
I can assure you that the future Mrs TD was not subjected to a first date in a shopping centre.
It was err actually the cinema and to my shame and Mrs TD's ongoing amusement I can't remember the film. It may have been Footloose
It was a considerable time ago.
Our eldest daughters first meeting with the guy she has been with a while and was engaged to at Xmas is more in keeping with PH
He is one of the mechanics at a certain large franchise who she bought her car from.
Nothing spooky like looking up the records and ringing her. They were both in a bar with their respective friends and he recognised her and from that it started. Their first actual date being some indoor bowling and food.

[Speed 3]

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/zealand-asks-unruly-brit...

[randlemarcus]

Speed 3 said:

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/zealand-asks-unruly-brit...

Less Council,more 3.141

[Kermit power]

SpeckledJim said:

techiedave said:

Poundland engagement ring:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts...

Thread fail! Nowt wrong with that, IMO.

And the bloody Guardian should be ashamed of itself!

Totally agree. I did essentially this - albeit with a £20 ring bought in the Blue John mines in the Peak District whilst my now wife had popped to the loo - purely on the grounds that it seemed daft to try and gamble on what her ring size was going to be!

[Richard-390a0]

techiedave said:

eh ?
I can assure you that the future Mrs TD was not subjected to a first date in a shopping centre.
It was err actually the cinema and to my shame and Mrs TD's ongoing amusement I can't remember the film. It may have been Footloose
It was a considerable time ago.
Our eldest daughters first meeting with the guy she has been with a while and was engaged to at Xmas is more in keeping with PH
He is one of the mechanics at a certain large franchise who she bought her car from.
Nothing spooky like looking up the records and ringing her. They were both in a bar with their respective friends and he recognised her and from that it started. Their first actual date being some indoor bowling and food.

Sorry fella confused you with Technodup on the previous page!

[Kermit power]

Who'd believe that the power of one company's marketing could turn an entire country council?

Edited by Kermit power on Sunday 20th January 20:46

[SpeckledJim]

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turn an entire country council?|https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/how-kfc-hijacked-christmas-in-japan/[/url]

Holiday's-a-comin, holiday's-a-comin...

[InitialDave]

KFC in Japan isn't at all like in this country though, you won't find a bunch of tracksuited peasants in one (or any of the other foreign fast food joints, to be honest).