Mundane News

[Jenkins]

I have sprouts!! Should I pop them on to boil now or am I a bit late?

A bit late but if you put them in a pressure cooker they might be done by friday next Christmas.

 

[Jenkins]

After today, I've decided that the next bike I buy will be road grime coloured so it doesn't need cleaning.

 

[DCLane]

After today, I've decided that the next bike I buy will be road grime coloured so it doesn't need cleaning.

I had a beige car whilst at university. It used to get washed once a term and just get a darker shade of beige. The white one I replaced it with just looked dirty all the time.

 

[Kempstonian]

But I thought Johnson was Pointless!

As are all politicians...

 

[Kempstonian]

I had a blood test today. The good news is that its still flowing.

 

[classic33]

I had a blood test today. The good news is that its still flowing.

Didn't it stop when they removed the hypodermic!

 

[Reynard]

Right, that's Tesco negotiated. Good job I went later in the day - though it was significantly busier than it usually is in there at that time of night. Although it was a serious case of deja vu, as a lot of the shelves were completely picked bare. No carrots, no cheese, no breakfast pastries and all the small joints and chickens had gone...

I did feel insanely happy at snaffling the very last "Finest" festive pork pie (the big 1 1/2 lb one) as I wanted one of those, and I picked up sliced cooked chicken, a large box of 38 mini sausage rolls and 3 kilos of clementines on sticker.

Also bought some extra sugar, as some of those clementines are being diverted towards a marmalade kind of destination.

None of the festive desserts floated my boat - either didn't fancy or they were just far too big, so I bought a Thorntons chocolate trifle and an extra box of mince pies instead.

 

[classic33]

Right, that's Tesco negotiated. Good job I went later in the day - though it was significantly busier than it usually is in there at that time of night. Although it was a serious case of deja vu, as a lot of the shelves were completely picked bare. No carrots*, no cheese, no breakfast pastries and all the small joints and chickens had gone...

I did feel insanely happy at snaffling the very last "Finest" festive pork pie (the big 1 1/2 lb one) as I wanted one of those, and I picked up sliced cooked chicken, a large box of 38 mini sausage rolls and 3 kilos of clementines on sticker.

Also bought some extra sugar, as some of those clementines are being diverted towards a marmalade kind of destination.

None of the festive desserts floated my boat - either didn't fancy or they were just far too big, so I bought a Thorntons chocolate trifle and an extra box of mince pies instead.

*There was near open warfare when they wheeled the carrots out in the local Tesco. What is so special about them?

 

[Reynard]

*There was near open warfare when they wheeled the carrots out in the local Tesco. What is so special about them?

Maybe they help protect against Covid?

I still have half a kilo in the house, so not an issue here. But it did make me laugh...

 

[classic33]

Maybe they help protect against Covid?

I still have half a kilo in the house, so not an issue here. But it did make me laugh...

They help you see in the dark, I know that much.

The dolly on which the boxes were brought out on was just abandoned.

They've another three days to go yet.

 

[Reynard]

They help you see in the dark, I know that much.

The dolly on which the boxes were brought out on was just abandoned.

They've another three days to go yet.

Carrot smash-and-grab, huh? That's just bonkers.

Always makes me laugh that people seem to buy so many vegetables at Christmas, but forget about them for the rest of the year.

 

[classic33]

Carrot smash-and-grab, huh? That's just bonkers.

Always makes me laugh that people seem to buy so many vegetables at Christmas, but forget about them for the rest of the year.

There'll be some who'll never see a raw carrot for another year. A larger number who'll not know they're actually grown, not produced in a factory somewhere.

Plain madness.

 

[Reynard]

There'll be some who'll never see a raw carrot for another year. A larger number who'll not know they're actually grown, not produced in a factory somewhere.

Plain madness.

I know... It's just bonkers.

Even most of the YS regulars ignore the marked down veg. Most of what they buy is meat and prepared chilled stuff i.e. ready meals.

 

[classic33]

I know... It's just bonkers.

Even most of the YS regulars ignore the marked down veg. Most of what they buy is meat and prepared chilled stuff i.e. ready meals.

Ready meals I can understand.
They may be for work, instead of going out at lunchtime.

 

[Reynard]

Ready meals I can understand.
They may be for work, instead of going out at lunchtime.

Yeah, I guess. I've not nothing against "ping food" although I rarely buy it - it's the distinct lack of vegetable matter...