Homobase

[The Medway Handyman]

SWMBO got a Morrisons loyalty card in the post. Similar to the one where you get points on petrol, but now applies in store.

Apparently when you swipe the card at the till it automatically compares the prices of the goods with the other big three supermarkets AND Aldi & Lidl. It mentions them by name.

You get points for any difference in price; including non branded goods.

"Morrisons has announced a new loyalty card scheme in an effort to seize back the initiative in the supermarket wars.

The retailer says its Match & More card will award points equivalent to the difference in price on items that are cheaper in other supermarkets.

Morrisons said its scheme provided a price match guarantee against discount chains Aldi and Lidl, as well as Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda."

[The Medway Handyman]

Clarkson plays the press like a violin.

[Huge]

[Makes mental note to stock up on painkillers whilst in the US next month.]

[Richard]

So, are you sick of tinned pineapple yet?

[Richard]

Gives him the opportunity to keep writing Homo?

Yep. And I bet there are cheaper variants of TMHomoman in the locality.

[The Medway Handyman]

All humour needs a 'victim'.

I never could.

[meow2222]

Most pharmacists are conservative to the point of paranoid. There are exceptions out there, but they're hard to find. I more often buy online when I want chemicals now.

NT

[Dave Plowman (News)]

ITYM he lies when it suits him.

[Huge]

Just like the press, then.

[Adrian]

No, they were probably all too busy trying to hide who they were out of sheer fear of persecution by both the law and bigots.

Thank gawd we've got past those dark days, eh?

[stuart noble]

I don't rule out smiling! NBC's Parks and Rec is a good example of "victimless" humour IMO. The writers need to be a whole lot cleverer than Clarkson though.

[Johny B Good]

Definitely not bigotry, stereotyping. As a 'throw away line' it was funny.

[dennis]

Pharmacies can have larger packs too.

The statistics show that suicides have dropped since the limits on the number sold even though one small pack is enough.

[meow2222]

which would seem to suggest the cause is something else

NT

[Ian Jackson]

I have to admit that I have only once bought more than 32 paracetamol in a pharmacy/chemist. It wasn't very long ago, and IIRC, I had taken two boxes of 16 to the counter. However, I was told that they had boxes of

32, and as all their self-medication stuff was 'buy one, get one half price', would I like two boxes of 32? I did query whether I was supposed to be allowed to have 62 tablets, but was told 'no problem'.

[tim.....]

at 16p per tine, I'm not surprised!

Woman in front of me at T last week had a trolley full of about 30 tins of "special offer" Celebrations.

IIRC they were only a pound off at 5 pounds a tin (normally in the weeks before at Xmas they are BOGOF), so I don't know what she thought she was saving.

tim

[tim.....]

Oh come on

it's only one tin a month for the next 4 years

tim

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[Dave Plowman (News)]

Well, he is basically a journalist. Long before he was a TV personality.

You can say something is a coincidence once in a while. But every time is beyond belief.

[JimK]

/stuart noble

- show quoted text - All British humour needs a victim, and the stand-ups generally have a thinly disguised contempt for anyone but themselves. Actually, I think I can do without humour (and maybe laughter) altogether/q

We hadn't noticed....:-)

Jim K

[JimK]

[Makes mental note to stock up on painkillers whilst in the US next month.] /q

Er... that'll be nice for you dear.... remember the bourbon too.

Jim K