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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited July 2018
    Supermarkets sell tobacco, alcohol, sanitary products, pet food, children's clothes, dyed flowers etc etc and I manage to leave without my trolley being stuffed with them.
    Only gullible folk buy stuff just because it's there or they've seen it advertised. 
    If I don't need stuff, I don't buy it.
    Devon.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Do you think that those who celebrate 07/04/18 realise they are marking a British defeat? Personally I think the Americans have it sorted, peaceful revolution, they take over the world using TV, Hollywood and youtube, my grandsons already talk about trash and trucks and a whole lot else. Can't we fight back? I just don't think 'Victoria' is going to be enough!
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Hostafan1 said:
    Supermarkets sell tobacco, alcohol, sanitary products, pet food, children's clothes, dyed flowers etc etc and I manage to leave without my trolley being stuffed with them.
    Only gullible folk buy stuff just because it's there or they've seen it advertised. 
    If I don't need stuff, I don't buy it.
    very true, but there are a lot of people out there who can be persuaded that the word 'gullible' isn't in the dictionary
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    What happened on the 7th of April?
    Devon.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Hostafan1 said:
    What happened on the 7th of April?
    :lol:
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Think I'm going to fall for that @Hostafan1 ;)
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    raisingirl said:
    Hostafan1 said:
    What happened on the 7th of April?
    :lol:
    @raisingirl,I thought you'd like that one.  ;)
    Devon.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    I fight against the force of advertising (although I am a sucker for pretty packaging sometimes) but if I can't see chocolate cake I can't eat it. Maybe the same works for customers seeing plastic tatt. If it wasn't there they couldn't buy it. That's what did for the fur trade in this country and 'they're' hoping it will work for cigarettes. No see, no smoke.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited July 2018
    Is that why  SOME, not all, women seem to fall for " active lipasones" and " pentapetyde" nad " fights the seven signs of ageing "  " removes the signs of up to 3 months of damage " and " serum" and  " 95% of women agreed " other such fake science nonsense in cosmetic ads?
    Devon.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    "amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing" (Jamie Oliver, ALL the Springwatch team) "

    Woah there Silver, Chris Packham never says "amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing". Two 'a's tops.

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