The OMG! Shocking News!! Thread

[Milky Tears]

The thread where you can post all your OMG!! SHOCKING NEWS!! stories. First up...



Popped into the local corner shop last night (Craigie Stores) and noticed that Space Raiders are now 15p a bag!!





WTF!! FFS!! When did that happen? I thought they'd been 10p since I was at Primary School!?

Next you'll be telling me it's 20p for a Milky Way...

[Pip Madeley]

Inflation's a bitch.

[Si Hunt]

Are Chewits still 10p?

Si.

[Lissa]

This is as good a place as any to mention Donald Gee's introduction to "The Space Pirates" recon.

He told us he was in the Space Pirates and that this was the last but one story for "Patrick Tror-ton". Which - he said - was ironic as five years later he appeared in the Monster of Peladon which was the next to last story of "Jon P'twEE". Even in the age of digital editing mispronouncing two names isn't grounds for a retake.

Well I was shocked.

[Dirk Gently]

KitKats & Toffee Crisp are 20p each in my local CO-OP. Well they are with the £1 for a pack of 5 special offer.

[Pip Madeley]

KitKats & Toffee Crisp are 20p each in my local CO-OP. Well they are with the £1 for a pack of 5 special offer.

An early candidate for Post Of The Year?

[Dirk Gently]

Well it's only taken me 5 1/2 years to get a nomination!

[enzo1701]

How much are Curly Wurlys now? Are they still 10p?

[Antony Cox]

I remember Curly-Wurlys! One of the boggest marketing ploys ever - let's sell the public fresh air in between stringy bits of chocolate!

[Si Hunt]

This is as good a place as any to mention Donald Gee's introduction to "The Space Pirates" recon.

He told us he was in the Space Pirates and that this was the last but one story for "Patrick Tror-ton". Which - he said - was ironic as five years later he appeared in the Monster of Peladon which was the next to last story of "Jon P'twEE". Even in the age of digital editing mispronouncing two names isn't grounds for a retake.

Well I was shocked.

We should be grateful he didn't play the Keeper of Traken alongside Tom Bakewell.

Si.

[Antony Cox]

Tom Bakewell.

Wasn't he the one before Peter Dawson took over the role?

[Pip Madeley]

He would've been great as Fenric.

[Milky Tears]

I discovered some shocking stuff when I opened my Smarties Easter Egg yesterday...


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4276553.stm



It only happened about three ******* years ago! How did I manage to miss this?

[Pip Madeley]

Bloody hell James, get with the times

[Captain Tancredi]

Although they may come out with all sorts of reasons why it keeps the brand fresh and so on, another equally compelling reason is that you can probably fit more hexagonal boxes than circular tubes into a standard size cardboard box for distribution.

[Dirk Gently]

Although they may come out with all sorts...

No, it's Bassetts that do 'All Sorts'.

another equally compelling reason is that you can probably fit more hexagonal boxes than circular tubes into a standard size cardboard box for distribution

It probably also has something to do with the fact that a complete cardboard tube is cheaper than a plastic topped tube.

[Lissa]

Have you any idea how many small children died each year swallowing those plastic tops?

Yes, well, be that as it may, it might've happened any year now so obviously they had to go.

I've been giving Banana Smarties every week for the past year and I hadn't noticed they'd changed. She obviously twigged there was something going on as she started sucking them and putting them back in the tube so they all stick together and won't come out. She'll be chaining herself to railings by the time she's five.