A bit council (Vol 5)

[the-norseman]

kowalski655 said:

Is his hair tattooed on?

Its head tattoo(s) rather than to look like hair.

[Pieman68]

V8mate said:

cjs racing. said:

OnTheBreadline said:

hidetheelephants said:

Sway said:

My other half gets me the jaffa cake version.

A kilo box, if I'm careful, lasts me three days.

Lots of them are sandwiched, choc side to choc side. This is a bonus, not a cause for rejection in my eyes - but I'll take it!

You can buy boxes of defect jaffa cakes? For the purposes of research where is this?

I need this answer.

1KG box of defect Jaffa cakes are 7 on Amazon.

Is that even worse value than full priced ones?

McVities JCs are way too sweet. Aldi, FTW!
A 24 box of theirs is less than a 12-pack of McVities and the marmalade has a lovely sharp tang

Pretty sure I got a box of defect jaffa cakes from Iceland

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

T6 vanman said:

To the esteemed judges of Council... Is the below acceptable or not

From the studio that brought you the winged horse of chavtat...

We are proud to announce our latest creation...

"Your avin a Giraffe".

Cast in the finest high density plastic and painted in a third world country to vaguely resemble bronze. Our delightful creation will enhance any dunelm Mills side board and will be the centre of discussion at any deliveroo catered dinner party.

Edited by take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey on Monday 23 May 10:26

[Honk]

the-norseman said:

kowalski655 said:

Is his hair tattooed on?

Its head tattoo(s) rather than to look like hair.

They're rabbits but they look like hares from a distance.

[Sway]

V8mate said:

Is that even worse value than full priced ones?

McVities JCs are way too sweet. Aldi, FTW!
A 24 box of theirs is less than a 12-pack of McVities and the marmalade has a lovely sharp tang

No.



So effectively a penny per gram.

[Tango13]

Southerner said:

Tango13 said:

Returning to the councilness of boxes of broken biscuits for a moment. I recently made a replacement part for a friends slide hammer, he offered to pay for the work but instead I got him to send me a couple of boxes of broken biscuits.

Broken...


Unbroken...


I'd say that boxes of broken biscuits aren't council.

That, sir, is a superb specimen.

Inspired by this very thread, I told my kids about the wonders of broken biscuits; they were mesmerised. Having set the scene, I acquired a 1.3kg consignment from that most council of outlets, The Range. And they were sh*te. Barely anything of interest in there at all

Buying sh*te from council emporiums and then bieing disappointed when it's sh*te = council

The ratio of broken/unbroken is variable to say the least, with that in mind...

Taking a gamble when buying foodstuffs = Council

[Bobupndown]

My wife bought solar outdoor lights from the range. As soon as I saw them I thought, hmm, council. Told her how st they look but she insisted they were lovely. Asked her friend who was at the house next day what she thought of them. Tacky. They are now being removed.

[southendpier]

installing a network point router in your loft then running cables via gaps in the eves to outside, then back in the windows to rooms that need a fixed wired network. Presumably because your kids never go outside and need a quick(er) connection for online gaming.

Don't bother fixing the cables anywhere to the exterior wall, or measure them correctly, just open the window chuck the cable through to the room and shut the window again. Let the mass of cables then blow around in the wind.

[anonymous-user]

southendpier said:

installing a network point router in your loft then running cables via gaps in the eves to outside, then back in the windows to rooms that need a fixed wired network. Presumably because your kids never go outside and need a quick(er) connection for online gaming.

Don't bother fixing the cables anywhere to the exterior wall, or measure them correctly, just open the window chuck the cable through to the room and shut the window again. Let the mass of cables then blow around in the wind.

Anything for a quiet life (from the kids moaning about bloody wifi).

[Jader1973]

Sway said:

No.



So effectively a penny per gram.

$3 here so about £1.50. Not bad considering we are much further away from the factory than the UK.

The ones we get here are made in Turkey mind you.

[V8mate]

Jader1973 said:

$3 here so about 1.50. Not bad considering we are much further away from the factory than the UK.

The ones we get here are made in Turkey mind you.

The Aldi ones come in boxes of 24 for <£1.

[hidetheelephants]

Jader1973 said:

$3 here so about 1.50. Not bad considering we are much further away from the factory than the UK.

The ones we get here are made in Turkey mind you.

Wait; what? They ship jaffa cakes from Turkey to Oz? That's fking insane.

[ChevronB19]

In terms of biscuits, you need to live in Carlisle, which is regularly filled with the smell of melting chocolate due to the Carr’s factory almost in the centre. There used to be a counterpoint of sour mash from the nearby theakstons brewery, but that’s now gone.

Generations of Carlisle kids brought up on broken biccies.

[Swampy1982]

Living within smelling distance from a factory... yep, you guessed it... council...

[Dog Star]

ChevronB19 said:

In terms of biscuits, you need to live in Carlisle, which is regularly filled with the smell of melting chocolate due to the Carr’s factory almost in the centre. There used to be a counterpoint of sour mash from the nearby theakstons brewery, but that’s now gone.

Generations of Carlisle kids brought up on broken biccies.

Bit of trivia - my dad used to work in the Carrs biscuit factory when off uni from his degree.

[Stan the Bat]

Honk said:

the-norseman said:

kowalski655 said:

Is his hair tattooed on?

Its head tattoo(s) rather than to look like hair.

They're rabbits but they look like hares from a distance.

[Gerradi]

Dog Star said:

Bit of trivia - my dad used to work in the Carrs biscuit factory when off uni from his degree.

Council waiting list...

[Alorotom]

Swampy1982 said:

Living within smelling distance from a factory... yep, you guessed it... council...

Council-one-up-manship at the ready

I live about 1km tops as the crow flies from the national greggs factory, warehouse and distribution centre.

Some days when the wind blows just right and they’re making doughnuts (particularly Caramel Custard ones) it’s fooking awesome

[dudleybloke]

When the wind is just right I can smell these being made.

[Pugmitch]

You’re all amateurs

1. Father worked at Cadburys for 40 years…..never ate chocolate!
2. Mother worked at Cadburys for 30 years……hated chocolate!
3. We all lived no more than a mile from Cadburys……chocolate smell heavenly when wind blowing in our direction
4. I worked there during school holidays between sixth forms……I love chocolate!

We’re all council…….and I don’t care!