Remember? The friendly doggy who "grassed" on ordinary folk who sold things to people in pounds and ounces because they asked for things in pounds and ounces.
If you remember I got put down for biting a bloke that said something in imperial.
Anyway, as I was passing through walls and doors and stuff (you know, the usual things us ghosts get up to) I happened upon a Tesco.
I howled like a banshee! The idiots have put the "lb" pricing back up to the same size as the "kg" pricing on their loose stuff!!!!
I tried to rip the pricing boards down with my teeth but the old "anti-matter can't contact matter" thing kicked it.
So I wet myself.
Right, my ghostly master "Osama bin laden" (what? didn't you know?) is calling me to go walkies.
And getting back to the real world ( like walking down Kentish Town Road) where a certain "Fruit Fair" was spotted with all its prices per lb only ( again a short walk from a stall in kg only) . A quick call was made to Camden Council It was then redirected to my new friends at the centralised Trading Standards Office for the boroughs. "That is totally illegal" said the helpful young lady when I pointed out the con men were trying to put the other guy out of business by duping customers with their "cheaper by the lb fiasco".
So, I guess they'll be calling their prices per kilo next week and using legal scales! Hardly "grassing", just "helping the law along a little bit", Right? ;)
Kind of like the people helping avoid heart disease with the 6 grams of salt ads ( not a bad choice for a nation which doesn't want metric and 95 % don't understand it. What are advertising execs THINKING?? Coping Ok with the new "Hotpoint 7 kg" washing machine? Again, not bad for a nation which doesn't understand or want it. Noticed it was set at 30 degrees C too. How will British housewives cope? HILARIOUS!
Stimpy (no login)
Re: Afterlife trauma
October 20 2005, 10:37 AM
I thought you were dead?
Pssst, keep it to yourself, but do you think anyone believes your grassing activities? "Amersham" was a great example of that!
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Vet! VET!!!! Quick! Get me 10ml more of put-down-a-tene!!!
POUND HOUND (no login)
Re: Afterlife trauma
October 20 2005, 12:22 PM
Hey, why not, Stimpy? You seem to have no problem helping "exorsising" metric signs.
Past Borough Market today, near London Bridge, but it was already 100 % per kg only. I'll keep watching out for any more law-breakers though. Especially the small businesses who think they can play the game unoticed and unfairly trade next to law-abiding competitors.
Hope they get fined and clear bwma out with appeals for help LOL. And best thing is- it's free. Just a quick email or phone call and they're knocked into line. I should send them all a note to thank the activities of bwma/arm for encouraging me to seek "fair's fair" justice ;)
Stimpy (no login)
Re: Afterlife trauma
October 20 2005, 12:30 PM
Ah! I get it! It's a joke.
Your posts are just for reactions!
Nice one.
(Psst: Vet! stick in an extra 20ml! She's still disturbingly twitching!)
lol!
metre (no login)
Re: Afterlife trauma
October 20 2005, 1:33 PM
Re: Afterlife trauma October 20 2005, 12:22 PM
PH
Hey, why not, Stimpy? You seem to have no problem helping "exorsising" metric signs.
Past Borough Market today, near London Bridge, but it was already 100 % per kg only. I'll keep watching out for any more law-breakers though. Especially the small businesses who think they can play the game unoticed and unfairly trade next to law-abiding competitors.
Hope they get fined and clear bwma out with appeals for help LOL. And best thing is- it's free. Just a quick email or phone call and they're knocked into line. I should send them all a note to thank the activities of bwma/arm for encouraging me to seek "fair's fair" justice ;)
metre
The best pound hound I ever came across. Somebody seems to have problems swallowing his own medicine. Wouldn't be surprised if ARM does not suffer the same problem. Keep up the good work.
"metre
The best pound hound I ever came across. Somebody seems to have problems swallowing his own medicine. Wouldn't be surprised if ARM does not suffer the same problem. Keep up the good work. "
I agree! The pro-imperials love to claim the reason for their vandalism is to make sure the law is complied with. But I don't see them making sure the traders are complying with the law. There is a word for people like this. They are called hypocrites.
The only way to fight them is to beat them at their own game. They can change the wording on signs that are planted in the ground at metric distances, but it must irk them more that they have to deal with metric scales in the shops and can't due a damn thing about it.