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  • script
    script Posts: 718 Forumite
    Some including me didnt even get a interview


    Just out of interest - did they write and tell you "there is no need for an Interview"?
  • dollparts
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    debtinfo wrote: »
    i would try to look at it positively. Since they normally offer you a coffee, it would be great if when they brought it to you, you fished in your bag brought out a pack of biscuits and started dunking them

    Should it also be said it'd look better for you if they were an economy pack of biscuits?

    Don't really wanna seem flash with a pack of tesco finest now would we?
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  • dollparts
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    :rotfl:Best make sure they are value ones. Might bring a M&S special pack for the OR.

    great minds and all that!
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  • script
    script Posts: 718 Forumite
    edited 21 August 2009 at 11:06PM
    Unfortunately, I have to inform you that under the Insolvency Act (1078 para G)

    And I quote

    "If a Bankrupt has or requests an interview with the Official Receiver or an Examiner or any support staff. If a beverage is offered to the Bankrupt and if the Bankrupt partakes in and or offers a biscuit to the aforementioned staff. The said biscuit must not be branded "Tesco Finest" or "Marks and Spencer Value Packs". The said biscuit must have been purchased by the Bankrupt with evidence of receipts from either "Aldi" stores or "Poundstretcher."
  • sieve
    sieve Posts: 1,095 Forumite
    script wrote: »
    Unfortunately, I have to inform you that under the Insolvency Act (1078 para G)

    And I quote

    "If a Bankrupt has or requests an interview with the Official Receiver or an Examiner or any support staff. If a beverage is offered to the Bankrupt and if the Bankrupt partakes in and or offers a biscuit to the aforementioned staff. The said biscuit must not be branded "Tesco Finest" or "Marks and Spencer Value Packs". The said biscuit must have been purchased by the Bankrupt with evidence of receipts from either "Aldi" stores or "Poundstretcher."

    Furthermore (Insolvency Act 1078 para H)

    "If a bankrupt fails to partake in an IBA (Incoming Biscuits Arrangement) then, at a face to face interview with their Examiner, they may opt to take the slightly more thorough CSS (Cake Sharing Scheme). If the bankrupt takes items acquired through said scheme from the Official Receiver, and disposes of them in such a way as is deemed inappropriate by the Examiner, the Examiner will deem that the bankrupt has had their cake and eaten it, and as such, penalties are likely to be much harsher."
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  • dalip
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    Like a Biscuit Restraining Order:rolleyes:
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  • dollparts
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    Remember:
    Your home is at risk if you do not keep up repayments on cakes, buns or any other biscuits secured on it
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  • script wrote: »
    Unfortunately, I have to inform you that under the Insolvency Act (1078 para G)

    And I quote

    "If a Bankrupt has or requests an interview with the Official Receiver or an Examiner or any support staff. If a beverage is offered to the Bankrupt and if the Bankrupt partakes in and or offers a biscuit to the aforementioned staff. The said biscuit must not be branded "Tesco Finest" or "Marks and Spencer Value Packs". The said biscuit must have been purchased by the Bankrupt with evidence of receipts from either "Aldi" stores or "Poundstretcher."

    Brill:rotfl:
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  • script
    script Posts: 718 Forumite
    edited 22 August 2009 at 9:50AM
    A little bit of good news on The Insolvency Act (1078 para I)


    “Further to the participating of biscuits during an interview with the Bankrupt and the Official Receiver, Examiner or Support Staff, should the Bankrupt submerge his/her biscuit in the beverage, a term known as “dunking” and should the said biscuit disintegrate in the beverage. This will no longer be deemed an offence, due to the often poor construction quality of the biscuit. Instead the Official Receivers’ staff must offer a receptacle normally a teaspoon issued by the DTI for the Bankrupt to retrieve the biscuit. It is however expected that the Bankrupt will show adequate concern if the same misfortune applies to the Official Receiver or any of the Official Receivers' staff.”
  • dollparts
    dollparts Posts: 1,256 Forumite
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    script wrote: »
    A little bit of good news on The Insolvency Act (1078 para I)


    “Further to the participating of biscuits during an interview with the Bankrupt and the Official Receiver, Examiner or Support Staff, should the Bankrupt submerge his/her biscuit in the beverage, a term known as “dunking” and should the said biscuit disintegrate in the beverage. This will no longer be deemed an offence, due to the often poor construction quality of the biscuit. Instead the Official Receivers’ staff must offer a receptacle normally a teaspoon issued by the DTI for the Bankrupt to retrieve the biscuit. It is however expected that the Bankrupt will show adequate concern if the same misfortune applies to the Official Receiver or any of the Official Receivers' staff.”

    It should also be noted that if the poorly constructed biscuit in question causes the bankrupt to utter words of any form of profanity having also likely spilt hazardous hot liquid on the desks of Officaial Receivers' workspace, they are likely be subjected to a ride up the corridors of the courthouse, wheeled out to the cleaning supply cupboard and explain to the cleaning operative why they have splashed said hot beverage on desk which will now need to be washed, dried and sanitised. It should also be duly noted that the bankrupt may also be subjected to a public beating at the scene of offence once cleansing process has been completed. This may be carried out by the Official Receiver or any of the Official Receivers' staff who may be available for participation.
    There used to be a street named after Chuck Norris, but it was changed because nobody crosses Chuck Norris and lives.
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