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Winterval Stories

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:29 pm
by soulboy
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

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:32 pm
by Abernathy
You’re clearly paying a premium for the stick, there.

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 7:35 pm
by Yug
How much are they charging for a potato inna bun?

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:12 pm
by Andy McDandy
At a LARP event earlier this year they were charging 7 pounds for a bacon roll. Not that surprising.

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:18 pm
by Oboogie
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

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:21 pm
by Bones McCoy
Have you seen the effects of Putin's war on the price of sticks.

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:28 pm
by Oboogie
Not to mention spuds.

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 10:18 pm
by mattomac
Prices have always been silly.

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:50 am
by RedSparrows
STICK

Re: Winterval Stories

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

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:13 pm
by Abernathy
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.

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:34 pm
by soulboy
BUST

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:36 pm
by Oboogie
Malcolm Armsteen wrote: Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:52 am
RedSparrows wrote: Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:50 amSTICK
TWIST
TWISTER

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:13 pm
by Bones McCoy
Now I've seen a picture, I'm inclined to think that's seven quid well spent.

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:25 pm
by Abernathy
Beautiful stick, mind.

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 5:28 pm
by Oboogie
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

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:51 pm
by MisterMuncher

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 9:22 pm
by kreuzberger
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

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 1:22 am
by Bones McCoy
If you ever wanted evidence that "The drugs do work".
MisterMuncher wrote: Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:51 pm

Re: Winterval Stories

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 5:51 pm
by Malcolm Armsteen