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Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

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  • PasturesNew
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    edited 27 December 2016 at 4:46PM
    ivyleaf wrote: »
    I just thought it was quite funny that I didn't even go to the event they are supposedly thanking me for going to :D We shan't go to the Spring one either.

    I've never been, never known anybody to go - but I know I won't go. It's too far from me, adding up to a very very expensive day out to just buy overpriced stuff from people :)

    Everybody in there's trying to flog something, or promote something, so why are "the crowd" being asked to pay to enter (£13/adult, weekday). With the money saved by not going one could actually BUY something useful instead :)
  • Pyxis
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    ivyleaf wrote: »
    I just thought it was quite funny that I didn't even go to the event they are supposedly thanking me for going to :D We shan't go to the Spring one either.
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I've never been, never known anybody to go - but I know I won't go. It's too far from me, adding up to a very very expensive day out to just buy overpriced stuff from people :)

    Everybody in there's trying to flog something, or promote something, so why are "the crowd" being asked to pay to enter (£13/adult, weekday). With the money saved by not going one could actually BUY something useful instead :)

    I've been twice:
    Once was in the 70s when I lived not very far away from it. Got a reduced ticket for the last day. It was reduced because there wasn't as much to see as on other days.

    The second time was in the late 90s when I was about to refurbish my house, not in London, completely, so was looking for ideas.
    It was dreadful.
    As you say, very overpriced stuff.
    Worst of all, the food they had on sale was disgusting. Worse than the worst McDonald's-type of thing.
    It was one of the rare times that I begrudged the cost of the ticket and the tube fare, because it was all so ghastly.

    I remembered they sent me a feedback form, so I let rip! :rotfl:
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  • chris_m
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    I thought the Ideal Homes Exhibition was a display of quotes from Dr Watson.
    ;)
  • Pyxis
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    chris_m wrote: »
    I thought the Ideal Homes Exhibition was a display of quotes from Dr Watson.
    ;)

    Nice one, Moriarty! :D
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  • michaels
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    Busy time for the obituary writers :(
    I think....
  • PasturesNew
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    michaels wrote: »
    Busy time for the obituary writers :(

    It'll be the Queen soon; my conspiracy theory is she's on her last legs and they're secretly hiding her with a full-time team just keeping her going until they've got all their ducks lined up - and it's into next year as they don't want her dying at Xmas or in her 90th year.

    Why weren't the great-grandkids at Sandringham?

    To be honest, I doubt the Queen's there.... but, what they'd not want, is kids being caught up in a death at Xmas time as that could be "messy"; best keep them out of the way. Couldn't have had them playing with their toys on the grass Xmas morning if 10,000 papparazzi were climbing over the wall as great-nan's died.
  • michaels
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    It'll be the Queen soon; my conspiracy theory is she's on her last legs and they're secretly hiding her with a full-time team just keeping her going until they've got all their ducks lined up - and it's into next year as they don't want her dying at Xmas or in her 90th year.

    Why weren't the great-grandkids at Sandringham?

    To be honest, I doubt the Queen's there.... but, what they'd not want, is kids being caught up in a death at Xmas time as that could be "messy"; best keep them out of the way. Couldn't have had them playing with their toys on the grass Xmas morning if 10,000 papparazzi were climbing over the wall as great-nan's died.
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    You don't think she will want to carry on to see Brexit?
    <NP>
    I think....
  • chris_m
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    michaels wrote: »
    Busy time for the obituary writers :(


    Indeed, December's been a busy month - although most obits for famous people are prepared well in advance of the event.
    I should think everybody who's anybody can't wait for Sunday to come.
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    It'll be the Queen soon; my conspiracy theory is she's on her last legs and they're secretly hiding her with a full-time team just keeping her going until they've got all their ducks lined up - and it's into next year as they don't want her dying at Xmas or in her 90th year.

    Na, she just couldn't be bothered going to church this year and had to come up with an excuse.
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