Winterval Stories

Winterval Stories#35772

By soulboy - Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:29 pm

- Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:29 pm #35772

Once again the PC Brigade has abjectly failed to ban Christmas so we are treated to the first sighting of a festive tradition - the rip off Winter Wonderland story.

A poor start to the season. I look forward to the first sighting of one in a pub car park, replete with Santa smoking a roll up and a dog with deely boppers replacing the reindeer.

Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park is slammed for its 'rip-off' prices - including £8 for candyfloss and £7 for a potato on a STICK

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/arti ... STICK.html

What do you expect for seven quid? The moon on a stick... sorry STICK?

Re: Winterval Stories#35774

By Abernathy - Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:32 pm

- Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:32 pm #35774

You’re clearly paying a premium for the stick, there.

"The opportunity to serve our country: that is all we ask.” John Smith, May 11, 1994.

Re: Winterval Stories#35778

By Yug - Sat Nov 26, 2022 7:35 pm

- Sat Nov 26, 2022 7:35 pm #35778

How much are they charging for a potato inna bun?

It might only be the Imperial Service Medal, but I've got a gong. What's Paul Dacre got?

Re: Winterval Stories#35781

By Andy McDandy - Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:12 pm

- Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:12 pm #35781

At a LARP event earlier this year they were charging 7 pounds for a bacon roll. Not that surprising.

As the actress said to the bishop, rabbi, imam and priest
"My eyes have seen the glory, I'm a born again Atheist!"

Re: Winterval Stories#35783

By Oboogie - Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:18 pm

- Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:18 pm #35783

I imagine Hyde Park Winterval Festival pitch prices are amongst the highest in the land, you don't need to be an especially savvy shopper to predict that it's not going to be a bargain hunter's paradise.

Re: Winterval Stories#35784

By Bones McCoy - Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:21 pm

- Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:21 pm #35784

Have you seen the effects of Putin's war on the price of sticks.

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Re: Winterval Stories#35785

By Oboogie - Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:28 pm

- Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:28 pm #35785

Not to mention spuds.

Re: Winterval Stories#35786

By mattomac - Sat Nov 26, 2022 10:18 pm

- Sat Nov 26, 2022 10:18 pm #35786

Prices have always been silly.

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Re: Winterval Stories#35816

By RedSparrows - Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:50 am

- Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:50 am #35816

STICK

The idiot formerly known as cycloon. Still an idiot, mind.

Re: Winterval Stories#35817

By Malcolm Armsteen - Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:52 am

- Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:52 am #35817

RedSparrows wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:50 amSTICK

TWIST

The moneychangers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply values more noble than mere monetary profit.

Re: Winterval Stories#35822

By Abernathy - Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:13 pm

- Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:13 pm #35822

Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:52 am
RedSparrows wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:50 amSTICK
TWIST

I'll have two from the top and one from the bottom, Carol.

"The opportunity to serve our country: that is all we ask.” John Smith, May 11, 1994.

Re: Winterval Stories#35824

By soulboy - Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:34 pm

- Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:34 pm #35824

BUST

Re: Winterval Stories#35825

By Oboogie - Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:36 pm

- Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:36 pm #35825

Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:52 am
RedSparrows wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:50 amSTICK
TWIST

TWISTER

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Re: Winterval Stories#35830

By Bones McCoy - Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:13 pm

- Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:13 pm #35830

Now I've seen a picture, I'm inclined to think that's seven quid well spent.

Re: Winterval Stories#35834

By Abernathy - Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:25 pm

- Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:25 pm #35834

Beautiful stick, mind.

"The opportunity to serve our country: that is all we ask.” John Smith, May 11, 1994.

Re: Winterval Stories#35839

By Oboogie - Mon Nov 28, 2022 5:28 pm

- Mon Nov 28, 2022 5:28 pm #35839

I must admit it does look nice, but not £7 nice.
I'd rather have a bag of chips (£2 at my local kebab shop).

Re: Winterval Stories#35843

By MisterMuncher - Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:51 pm

- Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:51 pm #35843

We regard capitalist journalism as an effective weapon in the hands of a well-informed, but utterly unscrupulous, enemy, rather than merely as an unbiased recorder of passing events.

Re: Winterval Stories#35845

By kreuzberger - Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:22 pm

- Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:22 pm #35845

Oboogie wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 5:28 pm I must admit it does look nice, but not £7 nice.
I'd rather have a bag of chips (£2 at my local kebab shop).

I think that these things cost about 3€ a pop, even in Bavaria, the land of unbridled wealth.

Yes, they are more than acceptable when rolled in heart-stopping amounts of salt but it is not physically possible to munch one down while nursing a beer.

That a "no" from me. Having developed a weird aversion to pork (I stink of it for hours afterwards), a game or lamb-based sausage will hit the spot.

Re: Winterval Stories#35847

By Bones McCoy - Tue Nov 29, 2022 1:22 am

- Tue Nov 29, 2022 1:22 am #35847

If you ever wanted evidence that "The drugs do work".

MisterMuncher wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:51 pm

Re: Winterval Stories#36030

By Malcolm Armsteen - Sun Dec 04, 2022 5:51 pm

- Sun Dec 04, 2022 5:51 pm #36030

The moneychangers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply values more noble than mere monetary profit.