Shortage of Gas, Shortage of Petrol, Shortage of Turkeys...

GingerTim

tim_p said:

The_Green_Hornet said:

Looks like I've wandering onto The Guardian website by mistake.

Anything is preferable to the DM surely. 

Root canal surgery without anaesthetic is preferable to the DM.

matelodave

I reckon I could clear out the sugar shelves in our local co-op without too much effort - just buy 3 or 4 bags and mention to the person behind you that you've heard there'll be a shortage.

 It just needs everyone to buy one bag more than normal and it will be cleared out in an hour or so. and then some idiot whatsapping a photo of the emty shelves to the DM and the BBC - then whoosh a nationwide shortage of sugar.

Thrugelmir

matelodave said:

I reckon I could clear out the sugar shelves in our local co-op without too much effort - just buy 3 or 4 bags and mention to the person behind you that you've heard there'll be a shortage.

 It just needs everyone to buy one bag more than normal and it will be cleared out in an hour or so. and then some idiot whatsapping a photo of the emty shelves to the DM and the BBC - then whoosh a nationwide shortage of sugar.

Elsewhere in the world some people still struggle to get a decent meal everyday and lack clean drinking water. Western culture has become all about me first. 

Aylesbury_Duck

The_Green_Hornet said:

Looks like I've wandering onto The Guardian website by mistake.

Welcome.  It's a lot better over here, although you may initially miss the endless coverage of house prices, semi-naked celebrities, migrants, Conservative cheerleading and an obsession with the EU.  You'll get through it.

victor2

matelodave said:

I reckon I could clear out the sugar shelves in our local co-op without too much effort - just buy 3 or 4 bags and mention to the person behind you that you've heard there'll be a shortage.

 It just needs everyone to buy one bag more than normal and it will be cleared out in an hour or so. and then some idiot whatsapping a photo of the emty shelves to the DM and the BBC - then whoosh a nationwide shortage of sugar.

It is so tempting to do something like that.

I suppose the ultimate goal would be to engineer a shortage of Marmite, preferably without having to buy any of the damn stuff! Who's up for that?

pearl123

Panic is being generated by some of the British press. 

Mister_G

Why let the truth get in the way of a good story!

Aylesbury_Duck

pearl123 said:

Panic is being generated by some of the British press. 

Heaven forbid that people make their own decisions rather than doing what they're told to by newspapers!

Honestly, where's the sense of personal responsibility here?  If thousands of people rush out and buy toilet rolls and petrol because they've read a few sensational headlines in the rags and haven't actually bothered to understand the detail, doesn't that say more about their level of common sense than it does about the press?

I suspect the people panic-buying are the same people blaming the press.  It's always someone else's fault.

Uxb1

victor2 said:

It is so tempting to do something like that.

I suppose the ultimate goal would be to engineer a shortage of Marmite, preferably without having to buy any of the damn stuff! Who's up for that?

There was earlier
Its made with brewer yeast as a byproduct from the brewing industry
So when pubs were closed, nowt was being brewed and there was indeed a shortage of marmite.

mumofstig

Aylesbury_Duck said:

pearl123 said:

Panic is being generated by some of the British press. 

Heaven forbid that people make their own decisions rather than doing what they're told to by newspapers!
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Yes, but every single paper has it's own particular political bias - though many people think their own choice is perfect,and always tells the truth - obviously lol!