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Leaving a window open isnt enough.

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  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    scotsman4th wrote: »
    You wouldnt treat a dog like it, why should we treat pensioners in this way.

    Because dogs can't operate car windows, but pensioners can?
  • james2012_2
    james2012_2 Posts: 145 Forumite
    Because dogs can't operate car windows, but pensioners can

    My sisters dog likes to sit in the car while on her driveway and manages to open and shut the electric window.
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,683 Forumite
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    Come on, it's obviously because dogs are more useful than pensioners! jk
  • themull1
    themull1 Posts: 4,299 Forumite
    A pensioner is for life, not just for Christmas.....
  • FATBALLZ
    FATBALLZ Posts: 5,146 Forumite
    It would have made more sense to chain the old guy to a lampost outside the shop where he could get some air.
  • KimYeovil
    KimYeovil Posts: 6,156 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Pensioners should receive warm weather payments to help with air-conditioning costs.
  • paulmx3
    paulmx3 Posts: 135 Forumite
    are you sure it was a real pensioner,perhaps it was a large novelty mint fragranced air freshener or some form of clever blow up anti theft device.
  • Apples2
    Apples2 Posts: 6,442 Forumite
    paulmx3 wrote: »
    are you sure it was a real pensioner,perhaps it was a large novelty mint fragranced air freshener or some form of clever blow up anti theft device.

    I think I saw a woman blowing one up in her car round the back of Tesco's last Saturday night.
  • Azari
    Azari Posts: 4,317 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Apples2 wrote: »
    I think I saw a woman blowing one up in her car round the back of Tesco's last Saturday night.

    Using the emergency inflater nozzle?
    There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.
  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    antrobus wrote: »
    Because dogs can't operate car windows, but pensioners can?
    james2012 wrote: »
    My sisters dog likes to sit in the car while on her driveway and manages to open and shut the electric window.

    I stand corrected.
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