Pretentious? Moi?

[fred]

Including purchase tax :-?

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Tinkerer" saying something like:

Redneck City, dude.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

But 'bear with me' makes more sense than 'hold the line'.

[Roger Mills]

But they're getting into the data!

[Roger Mills]

Possibly - but they'd still do for an item which didn't attract VAT.

[Huge]

That's in-band signalling for you.

[fred]

Don't worry, I wasn't being serious.

I was trying to give it a historical basis (hence ancient purchase tax), "that's fivepence ha'penny for your widget plus a ha'peny purchase tax so that's sixpence to you sir altogether", now handed down through the generations without thought.

[Tinkerer]

Don't listen to him. He might say there's no Santa next ;o)

[Tinkerer]

Purchase tax!!! You just dated yourself (and me).

[Scott M]

You might want to rethink that comment in the context of the thread....

[John Rumm]

"Pack of 3 condoms please...."

"That will be £4.50 including tax"

"Sod that for a game of soldiers, I will tie them on if I have to!"

[Wesley]

What gets me is when I go to Macdonalds or Burger King and ask for a meal and I'm asked 'Do you want to Supersize that'? Or if I ask for a burger and chips they always say 'a regular burger and *fries*! This happens everywhere in the UK - what are they, robots?

[John Williamson]

And in Leftpondia, would those be Freedom Fries or French Fries?

[Owain]

I think we established that a previous Chancellor decided to tax condoms.

Can't even have a shag without paying into the govment coffers.

I usually find they stay on with friction.

Owain

[Owain]

I think they are taught th Corporate Vocabulary.

But so were telephone operators in the 20s and 30s.

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Owain

[Adrian Simpson]

In article , Roger Mills writes

Or "Yes, no ..." (or worse "Yeah, no ...")

Adrian

[Wesley]

I think they are taught th Corporate Vocabulary.

But so were telephone operators in the 20s and 30s.

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Owain

That was funny! I didn't realise that corporate vocabulary went back that far!

I do realise the staff in MacDonald's etc. are all trained to say what they do but this does not make it any less annoying. I think they should let the personalities of the individuals shine through.

[Owain]

[The Medway Handyman]

McD's don't employ people with personalities...