Reader's Digest goes into administration

[Gromit]

Oh dear,

I got caught up with this thing once, thinking that I would be able to win loads of money. Ended up owing them.

Don't know if I upset about it? Don't think so.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

But I've been selected for entry into the £250,000 prize draw, bugger!

 

[Gromit]

But I've been selected for entry into the £250,000 prize draw, bugger!

You will have to wait in line with everyone else who wants a piece of them.

 

[tyred]

No big loss.

 

[Bollo]

It all went downhill after Tom Champagne retired.

 

[Aperitif]

Word: Administration

a) To find in the dentists

To find in the doctors

c) To find it aint there anymore


"Life's Like That"

Delroy McGinty had a surprise when he woke up one morning - all his tyres were flat, with not a patch in sight. He never did like the name Patch and called all his dogs Rover. None of these dogs could fix a tube and, despite having three bikes and knowing everything about Simeon 1 (thanks to a google typo) he was snookered. How did it work out for him? Turn to Page 76...

Always liked RD for some strange reason - the YES envelopes and the no ones...

 

[Crankarm]

Readers Digest still going? I thought it died years ago.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Very good Aperitif - see me after class!!

 

[Davidc]

If you're a creditor make sur eyou stick the stamp on the letter for the additional £10,000!

(which with a ditribution of 0.01p per £100 owed will get you - drum roll & flashing lights - 1p)

 

[Fnaar]

My dad never went to school after about age 12, and always said he was educated through reading the RD!

 

[Belly]

It all went downhill after Tom Champagne retired.

When I saw this thread title, I thought immediately of Tom Champagne.

 

[trustysteed]

have a nice atlas i still use and 'foods that harm foods that heal' (which i have not read for 8 years) but i made the life-changing and monumental decision to stop sending back my entries for the £250000 draw about 6 years ago.

it could have all been so different...

 

[Campfire]

I get totally fed up of having to securely destroy everything that comes with multi ID on, expecting me to pay £30 to £40in case I might win £250,000.

Maybe that will stop now?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

expecting me to pay £30 to £40in case I might win £250,000. Maybe that will stop now?

Send me £40 and I'll tell you if you've won £250,000 or not.

 

[Fab Foodie]

As a kid, I read a lot of RD. My mum used to get the condensed books and I churned through an awful lot of them, For better or for worst they contributed to a very good 'Reading Age' level when I was a kid.

Also have a few big glossy RD books on the shelves, a particularly good one on 'Food from your garden'.
It's inevitable now that the dog has had it's day, Thanks to arrival of the Internet, multi-channel TV a myriad glossy mags and probably an inability of RD to move with the times.

I shan't mourn its passing, but will remember it with fondness.