Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

vivatifosi

Lir, how on earth did Twinkies make it into your store cabinet? I didn't even think they were sold here. They did not strike me as the sort of foodstuff (I use that term in the loosest possible sense) that would be in your house and that fir would prefer some obscure stinky cheese with an unpronounceable name. Is it fir's guilty pleasure?

GDB2222

vivatifosi wrote: »

Lir, how on earth did Twinkies make it into your store cabinet? I didn't even think they were sold here. They did not strike me as the sort of foodstuff (I use that term in the loosest possible sense) that would be in your house and that fir would prefer some obscure stinky cheese with an unpronounceable name. Is it fir's guilty pleasure?

Whilst in the US, I saw a short film about how Twinkies are made, so I thought I must try one. I could only find a 10-pack at the local supermarket, but it was not very expensive. I bought that, tried a single bite out of one of them, and could go no further. I left the remaining nine in my room for the cleaner.

I should add that I have a sweet tooth, and I am not particularly discerning about what I eat. But these were something else!

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

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Needs a GPS chip in a collar ... and a smartphone app to find him.... that probably goes for RP too

GDB2222

You can get Twinkies on Ocado! A pack costs £7.50. I think I spent $2-3 on mine, and I reckon I was robbed.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

You can get Twinkies on Ocado! A pack costs £7.50. I think I spent $2-3 on mine, and I reckon I was robbed.

I just checked mysupermarket ... yes, also Tesco do them. Saw a picture - didn't expect them to look like that!

Tesco have them cheaper, at £5 until mid September.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Lir, how on earth did Twinkies make it into your store cabinet? I didn't even think they were sold here. They did not strike me as the sort of foodstuff (I use that term in the loosest possible sense) that would be in your house and that fir would prefer some obscure stinky cheese with an unpronounceable name. Is it fir's guilty pleasure?

DH grabbed a few at work, but you can buy them in London. Fir is a gourmand. Occasionally needs a junk food hit. Not as part of regular diet. Both he and RP have 'naughty drawers' in the kitchen.

We told kiwi he could have another when he brings me another rat.

vivatifosi

£7.50? I'm gobsmacked. They should be cheap as chips. Horrid things. Like you GDB, I've tried one once, never again.

hjd

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Guilty of the well-known offence of being the local weirdo, I think. Contrary s.12 of the well-known Hysteria in the Media Quick Do Something Act 1992.

My youngest brother is a bit like that. Tends to look and dress like a tramp. Although he is now 50 and lives with our mother, he doesn't have many social skills and won't talk to strangers. Sometimes I could be walking along the road and he would be walking towards me, then he would cross over to avoid having to talk. (It's not just to me, it's to anyone). We do worry what will happen to him in the future; I could well see a situation where he was the local weirdo and was accused of something for just that reason.

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

The irony of marketing a flat pack sofa as 'easy'. Most companies do easy by delivering sofas intact.

For fear of upsetting you, they don't look very comfortable. Are you able to sit on one, somewhere? They look a bit like waiting room type sofas. I don't like the idea that the base of the cushion you sit on is a slab of wood.

I know you don't like eBay that much, but my solution to a limited budget is usually to buy better quality second-hand. I've just bought two lovely sofas for £280. Everybody who has been in thinks that they're new.

No, they're mail order. I'm only small so don't make much of a dent in regular cushions, so probably wouldn't ever get to a point where I realised I was sitting on a bit of wood.

The trouble with ebay is it's hit and miss - and hours/weeks of looking .... and I don't know what "quality" feels like as I've never sat on a quality sofa

I am a simple person, with simple needs

With ebay, too, it's difficult to go and see any sofa before you buy it (distance, it's an auction site) .... then there's the cost of the delivery and arranging that. So it's a bit of a faff.... also, things like that work best in areas where things are in huge supply - you live near the Midlands, where most things are available, easily, in great volumes.... lots of central distribution depots, lots of huge cities.... so stuff's more likely to come up, more often, more conveniently. It doesn't work like that everywhere.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Whilst in the US, I saw a short film about how Twinkies are made, so I thought I must try one. I could only find a 10-pack at the local supermarket, but it was not very expensive. I bought that, tried a single bite out of one of them, and could go no further. I left the remaining nine in my room for the cleaner.

I should add that I have a sweet tooth, and I am not particularly discerning about what I eat. But these were something else!

Horrid, aren't they? They were too sweet for me even as a kid.