Oldbear Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Given that travel has been off the agenda for pretty much everyone I got to thinking about when we were able to travel and the things you may have seen for sale that are just strange. My contribution to this is that for some reason, and I don’t know why, milk in Ontario is sold in large bags. Yes I did say bags. I can’t think why this is the case, it’s definitely not sold that way in BC. So what have you seen for sale that has just struck you as being odd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I did once get a spam email from someone who wanted to sell me a tuna-fishing boat. I was quite impressed by the random nature of it. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 There used to be a shop about a mile up the road that has sadly gone, but they only sold two things, travel luggage and custom-made neon signs. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaBull Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Walking into Lowes over here and just about falling on the floor going past a display of kitchen counter appliances. The brand was Smeg. Still can't see any of them without getting Kryten stuck in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 The first time I went into a branch of Lidl, they had the following items on special offer: frozen lobsters, trumpets, loudspeaker cable and edible underwear. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayakman Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Oldbear said: Given that travel has been off the agenda for pretty much everyone I got to thinking about when we were able to travel and the things you may have seen for sale that are just strange. My contribution to this is that for some reason, and I don’t know why, milk in Ontario is sold in large bags. Yes I did say bags. I can’t think why this is the case, it’s definitely not sold that way in BC. So what have you seen for sale that has just struck you as being odd? We like our milk in bags here...way better than those cartons...bags is the way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbear Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Futtocks said: The first time I went into a branch of Lidl, they had the following items on special offer: frozen lobsters, trumpets, loudspeaker cable and edible underwear. Memories! Yes Lidl and Aldi always used to sell some strange combinations of goods for a discount grocery store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voteronniegibbs Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Johnoco said: Not so much strange as a bloody nerve this but I saw a guy on Facebook selling a big pile of wood labelled ‘firewood for sale £30’. It was a load of floorboards, many of them still covered in paint and ###### like that. It was the sort of thing you’d struggle to give away, let alone sell. Muppet. he was probably trying to raise a few quid for the skip that the doors and plasterboard walling were going to go in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Townie Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 and bacon scented soap Jam Eater 1.(noun. jam eeter) A Resident of Whitehaven or Workington. Offensive. It is now a term of abuse that both towns of West Cumbria use for each other especially at Workington/Whitehaven rugby league derby matches. St Albans Centurions Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDINTHEHIZZOUSE Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 taco holder butt plug, cos you never know when you might get hungry! t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 16/02/2021 at 23:44, Kayakman said: We like our milk in bags here...way better than those cartons...bags is the way to go! Milk in bags? That will never catch on... I mean can you imagine a cow walking around a field with a bag slung under its ######? Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 In Barrowlands Market Glasgow someone was trying to sell a 1950's Formica kitchen chair with a broken leg and a piece of lino about a yard square with a rip from the edge to the centre. Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copa Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 On 17/02/2021 at 09:22, Oldbear said: Given that travel has been off the agenda for pretty much everyone I got to thinking about when we were able to travel and the things you may have seen for sale that are just strange. My contribution to this is that for some reason, and I don’t know why, milk in Ontario is sold in large bags. Yes I did say bags. I can’t think why this is the case, it’s definitely not sold that way in BC. So what have you seen for sale that has just struck you as being odd? When i was a child milk was sold in plastic bags in my part of Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayakman Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 16 hours ago, Bearman said: Milk in bags? That will never catch on... I mean can you imagine a cow walking around a field with a bag slung under its ######? MY God!!!!.....you folks in the Old World have lost your way!!!!! You have been so modernized you have lost your senses: "Its called an udder!" I was thinking about you Bearman when I was shoveling off my roof at the camp the other day...I snowshoed in...lots of snow here...lots...going X Country skiing in a couple of hours...lots of snow in the deep bush. Hang in there Bearman...The Wolfpack ain't dead yet methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 42 minutes ago, Kayakman said: MY God!!!!.....you folks in the Old World have lost your way!!!!! You have been so modernized you have lost your senses: "Its called an udder!". Whooooosh! Run with the pack K'man. We will meet up again! Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 On 16/02/2021 at 22:53, CanaBull said: Walking into Lowes over here and just about falling on the floor going past a display of kitchen counter appliances. The brand was Smeg. Still can't see any of them without getting Kryten stuck in my head. The first time I saw that brand was in New Zealand, and knowing what the word means bio-anatomically, I thought they were having a prank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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