A bit council (Vol 4)

[MWM3]

AshVX220 said:

On Saturday I went to our local town center. There are a few homeless people around. Anyway, there were a couple of rough looking council women walking into a Costa (with a young girl in tow, about 9 years old). Opposite Costa was a homeless man, who was coughing.

Council bh yells out "Hand over yer mouth, we don't want you're skank lurgies!"

I thought it was so out of order, I actually spent a bit of time, wishing I'd intervened and said something to her. Totally heartless and definitely council. Not a good role model for a youngster.

I really do wish I'd said something.

What?

Something along the lines of get a job, you lazy hobo!

[austinsmirk]

Visited a flat this pm. I swear the women tnt was Avid Merion's Bo selecta scary spice character

Flat absolutely stunk of skunk. She apologised, as she needs it for medicinal purposes. I'm not convinced its helping her as she was properly bouncing.

At 2pm on a Monday pm, why wouldn't you be. And still in your pyjamas.

Everything in the (clean) flat was silver, glittery covered, be-jewelled and themed "chanel". or "canal". in these circs pretty similar.

[PositronicRay]

Two women talking

"my dad's had a stroke"
"ooooo did you know him well?"

[anonymous-user]

Following a discussion last night, what's the most council biscuit?

I say Maryland choc chip cookies, usually a 3-pack, bought from B&M. She says it's the pink wafers (a personal favourite of mine). Any other suggestions? I would say Malted Milk are the most middle class of mainstream biscuits.

[Don1]

I would say the ones that are on offer from the factory shop, the packs of broken biscuits that would normally end up in the value section of Asda...

[Pieman68]

Don1 said:

I would say the ones that are on offer from the factory shop, the packs of broken biscuits that would normally end up in the value section of Asda...

NO NO NO

As a kid my Mum worked evenings at Fox's biscuits (she went out to work when Dad got home - not very council at all there)

The broken biscuits that she brought home in massive clear plastic bags are a favourite memory :-(

[Vaud]

Pieman68 said:

NO NO NO

As a kid my Mum worked evenings at Fox's biscuits (she went out to work when Dad got home - not very council at all there)

The broken biscuits that she brought home in massive clear plastic bags are a favourite memory :-(

Agreed. There is a difference between good value and council.

[PositronicRay]

Vaud said:

Pieman68 said:

NO NO NO

As a kid my Mum worked evenings at Fox's biscuits (she went out to work when Dad got home - not very council at all there)

The broken biscuits that she brought home in massive clear plastic bags are a favourite memory :-(

Agreed. There is a difference between good value and council.

Do you remember the biscuity chocolaty thing mum's used to make with broken digestives.

[CanAm]

Pieman68 said:

NO NO NO

As a kid my Mum worked evenings at Fox's biscuits (she went out to work when Dad got home - not very council at all there)

The broken biscuits that she brought home in massive clear plastic bags are a favourite memory :-(

Ditto. We knew someone who worked at Jacobs biscuit factory. I once got a Club 'biscuit' that was just solid chocolate .
Their TV jingle at the time was " If you want a lot of chocolate in your biscuit join our club"!

[illmonkey]

PositronicRay said:

Vaud said:

Pieman68 said:

NO NO NO

As a kid my Mum worked evenings at Fox's biscuits (she went out to work when Dad got home - not very council at all there)

The broken biscuits that she brought home in massive clear plastic bags are a favourite memory :-(

Agreed. There is a difference between good value and council.

Do you remember the biscuity chocolaty thing mum's used to make with broken digestives.

It's called Tiffin. We used to have it all the time. When my folks went out, my older brother was in charge of feeding all 4 of us. So he made Tiffin and sugar icing, that was dinner. Weirdly I don't have a sweet tooth now!

[wildoliver]

Surely the most council of biscuit will be a premium brand bought at full price from the supermarket? No councilista worth their salt would want to be seen dead with a value biscuit in their trolley! After all people might think they were poor.

I nominate Oreos.

[anonymous-user]

CanAm said:

Ditto. We knew someone who worked at Jacobs biscuit factory. I once got a Club 'biscuit' that was just solid chocolate .
Their TV jingle at the time was " If you want a lot of chocolate in your biscuit join our club"!

Our school yard version was "If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, stick it up your bum !"

[Don1]

Vaud said:

Agreed. There is a difference between good value and council.

Definitely. We are talking biscuits with the same absorption properties as a poppadom, in a mashed, tangled mess.

Not the quality one would imagine from Fox's or the like.

Oreos was going to be my next suggestion, but beaten to it.

[anonymous-user]

A Condescending dryer anyone ?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/58680679...

Its probably not at all council and I know its making fun of someones spelling but it made me smile this morning

[jet_noise]

PositronicRay said:

Do you remember the biscuity chocolaty thing mum's used to make with broken digestives.

Oh yes. My Mum still does (in her '80s), a family favourite!

And as a child of the '60s my favourite dessert was a variant.
Make a flan case out of said chocolatey, biscuit goodness, layer of tinned peaches, top with lime jelly

And people say British cooking was pants.

[Frank7]

illmonkey said:

It's called Tiffin. We used to have it all the time. When my folks went out, my older brother was in charge of feeding all 4 of us. So he made Tiffin and sugar icing, that was dinner. Weirdly I don't have a sweet tooth now!

I’m surprised that any of you have any teeth at all, if big bruv made dinner regularly.

[illmonkey]

Frank7 said:

illmonkey said:

It's called Tiffin. We used to have it all the time. When my folks went out, my older brother was in charge of feeding all 4 of us. So he made Tiffin and sugar icing, that was dinner. Weirdly I don't have a sweet tooth now!

I’m surprised that any of you have any teeth at all, if big bruv made dinner regularly.

Weirdly, we've all got great teeth, none of us had braces and barely any fillings between us!

[PositronicRay]

Grahamdub said:

CanAm said:

Ditto. We knew someone who worked at Jacobs biscuit factory. I once got a Club 'biscuit' that was just solid chocolate .
Their TV jingle at the time was " If you want a lot of chocolate in your biscuit join our club"!

Our school yard version was "If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, stick it up your bum !"

That doesn't rhyme.

[Amused2death]

Grahamdub said:

Our school yard version was "If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, stick it up your bum !"

If I recall correctly the reference to "Stick it up your bum" was a variation of the Wrigleys Spearmint gum advert that was running at the time (During the 70's)

[V8mate]

PositronicRay said:

Grahamdub said:

CanAm said:

Ditto. We knew someone who worked at Jacobs biscuit factory. I once got a Club 'biscuit' that was just solid chocolate .
Their TV jingle at the time was " If you want a lot of chocolate in your biscuit join our club"!

Our school yard version was "If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, stick it up your bum !"

That doesn't rhyme.

That's part of the reason why they abandoned the borstal project; it just wasn't raising standards