Things you often Wonder

[blandy]

3 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

I’d guarantee that if nobody bought mushrooms on a dark plastic tray during May, such an option wouldn’t even exist in June.

Yeah, agreed...but

But the Supermarket would think "why is no one buying trays of 'shrooms any more - it because they don't like the price? or the number in the tray, or there's an anti-shroom fad? - they need customers to tell them "stop selling them all pre wrapped they kills the turtles" - then they get the message along with the loss of sales

[chrisp65]

2 minutes ago, blandy said:

Yeah, agreed...but

But the Supermarket would think "why is no one buying trays of 'shrooms any more - it because they don't like the price? or the number in the tray, or there's an anti-shroom fad? - they need customers to tell them "stop selling them all pre wrapped they kills the turtles" - then they get the message along with the loss of sales

Yep, I didn’t mean for everyone that doesn’t work in supermarkets to all plan it in secret so Tesco don’t know what the **** is suddenly happening in the mushroom market segment.

I presumed a Matt Allwright / Hugh Fernley Whatshisfanny / Jamie Geezer Oliver type would be all over it on the One Show and MySpace.

 

[blandy]

1 minute ago, chrisp65 said:

I presumed a Matt Allwright / Hugh Fernley Whatshisfanny / Jamie Geezer Oliver type would be all over it on the One Show and MySpace.

Possibly - that seems a bit alarmingly new-fangled for some shoppers, mind. Hugh and his fish and his chickens - I'm not sure how successful he's been - it's had an impact, but I think you can still get prisoner chickens in shops, and since the EU was abolished in January I dunno what the score is for the fishes.

[Genie]

46 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

you now have a bag of 20 but carrots

I’ll have you know only 5 of them went in my arse.

[chrisp65]

4 minutes ago, Genie said:

I’ll have you know only 5 of them went in my arse.

[Seat68]

“Chris can we have a word about your search history please”

[fightoffyour]

2 hours ago, tonyh29 said:

Brought to you by Troy McClure , who you might remember from educational films as Lead Paint: Delicious but Deadly and Mommy, What's Wrong with that Man's Face?

The second graph is alarming, especially for someone who wastes absolutely no food, but the first doesn't contribute to an argument for packaging not being an important issue (if that is indeed the intention) - food has to be produced, transported, shopped for, and cooked but it does not have to be wrapped in plastic.

[tonyh29]

1 hour ago, chrisp65 said:

I’d guarantee that if nobody bought mushrooms on a dark plastic tray during May, such an option wouldn’t even exist in June.

rest assured i'm doing my bit when it comes to mushrooms  .. and any other fruit and veg   , by not buying them 

so it must be you lot  

[mottaloo]

1 hour ago, blandy said:

I work in another sector where TLAs are ubiquitous. It's because of writing it down. GSW being much shorter, obviously...then it gets spoken as written and takes over.

Sorry if you're NFI

Nothing beats DHUTWU in that respect 

[Mic09]

1 hour ago, It's Your Round said:

It goes beyond individual choice and the decisions of supermarkets. Plastic use is controlled and driven by the petrochemical industry, it’s way too profitable to simply stop making plastic. And organisations the size of Exxon Mobil etc have vested interests in keeping fossil fuel burning, and governments in their pockets. 

While we should all do what we can to reduce plastic waste, it’s not really on us. The change needs to happen at government level. 

That's true, but suppliers of fruit and veg have to pay for packaging? So why does Tesco pay extra if they can, I don't know, not pack avocados or leeks or apples? 

[Xela]

1 hour ago, Genie said:

I’ll have you know only 5 of them went in my arse.

Amateur. 

[Davkaus]

1 hour ago, Genie said:

I’ll have you know only 5 of them went in my arse.

At once or one at a time?

[Genie]

43 minutes ago, Davkaus said:

At once or one at a time?

Don’t start pretending you didn’t pay for the video.

[sidcow]

Regarding packaging I'm mostly suprised how often I come across plastic trays for food that aren't even recyclable at all.  That should definitely be outlawed. 

Regarding American Ice Cream Parlours I suspect a lot of them originally came about during prohibition. A bit like Cadbury’s and Rowntrees were founded by Quakers who developed hot chocolate I suspect a lot of milk bars developed in America instead of actual alcohol bars, eventually merging and forming national chains. 

I guess the weather helps too! You can imagine an ice cream parlour in California, Nevada, Deep South etc being more popular all year round than one in Hull. 

As @mjmooney just alluded to, there are actually lots of ice cream / dessert shops springing up in the UK right now usually run by Muslims, again as a result of not drinking, the desert shops are alternative meeting/socialising venue.  There has been an explosion of them all along the Stratford Road from Sparkbrook to Shirley. 

Edited May 4, 2021 by sidcow

[It's Your Round]

There’s loads of desert shops around my way, usually colourfully lit and called things like “Shakes and Cakes”. They’re going after the Gen Z market, and succeeding from what I can see. My son’s more than happy to spend £7 on a milkshake and £6 for a slice of cheesecake. They always seem full of teenagers whenever I drive past. 
 

I’m a bit more of a miserly word removed, I’d rather drive to the supermarket and buy a full cheesecake for a fiver and eat it at home. 
 

There’s one nearby that winds me up, it’s called Pekish Desserts. Feel like correcting the spelling error with spray paint at 3am. 

Edited May 4, 2021 by It's Your Round

[Tommo_b]

Is there an edge of space?

[theboyangel]

1 minute ago, It's Your Round said:

There’s loads of desert shops around my way,

I bet they do a great line in sandwiches

(apologies for the pedantry!) 

[mjmooney]

When did dessert lose an 's'? 

[It's Your Round]

 

Of course, it was a test 

[sidcow]

12 minutes ago, Tommo_b said:

Is there an edge of space?

Not here