Lightbulbs!

[ghanimah]

quite clearly i have, yes. i read the cover in the newsagents this morning.

what scandalous headline did they lead with?

and what's the relevance of your old guardian link?

Of course

The same relevance as mentioning the Daily Mail on a thread about light bulbs

[flammableBen]

There's always time to rip on the daily mail. It's a cancer on our country, worse than peados, asylum seekers and knife crime put together.

[janaage]

Of course

The same relevance as mentioning the Daily Mail on a thread about light bulbs

To be fair to OF he only asked who's been reading the Mail, as it was on their front page today.  I read it as my colleague buys it every day, I also read the Mirror every day as my other colleague buys that every day.

Everyone's getting pretty confrontational on here thesedays.

[JPC82]

To be fair to OF he only asked who's been reading the Mail, as it was on their front page today.  I read it as my colleague buys it every day, I also read the Mirror every day as my other colleague buys that every day.

Everyone's getting pretty confrontational on here thesedays.

buy your own paper that u want to read u tight cunt

[oxford_fan]

Everyone's getting pretty confrontational on here thesedays.

i blame the sudden influx of black people and asylum seekers.

[ghanimah]

To be fair to OF he only asked who's been reading the Mail, as it was on their front page today.  I read it as my colleague buys it every day, I also read the Mirror every day as my other colleague buys that every day.

Everyone's getting pretty confrontational on here thesedays.

I agree I should be fair to him, but my DNA sees the word Oxford and forces any rationality out the window.

[Simon Pieman]

Have there been any EU banning curvy banana stories recently? They were always good fun, if totally bollocks.

[flammableBen]

The EU lifted most of their food size regulations recently (or are about to) I think.

[oxford_fan]

Of course

The same relevance as mentioning the Daily Mail on a thread about light bulbs

of course what?

i think i just found the daily mail headline:

"REVOLT! ROBBED OF THEIR RIGHT TO BUY TRAITIONAL LIGHT BULBS, MILLIONS ARE CLEARING SHELVES OF LAST SUPPLIES"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1107290/Revolt-Robbed-right-buy-traditional-light-bulbs-millions-clearing-shelves-supplies.html

this piece pretty much echoes my opinion on the breaking news:

http://justatheory.co.uk/2009/01/07/daily-mail-in-electrifying-light-bulb-shocker/

"Yes, losing the good old bulb feels like an old friend has passed on. Often, I would stare up into my lighting fixture until my retinas burnt, such was my devotion. Soon, this happy past-time will be no longer."



so, the relevance of my daily mail reference is pretty clear now i hope. why did you post an unrelated guardian article from october?

[Sussex]

I thought I'd done my fair share of posting crap on here recently, but a thread about lightbulbs?! Good lord, that takes it to another level.

Were they a boy band?

[Simon Pieman]

The EU lifted most of their food size regulations recently (or are about to) I think.

I thought most of them were myth to start with.

[flammableBen]

yeah most of them were. But they lifted the ones that weren't.

Unless I missed it, there seemed to be a lack of the annual "PC Brigade trying to ban christmas" headlines, with a story of some santa clause being banned from a shopping centre this year.

None of them were ever true either.

[The Grim Reaper]

Soon you will not be able to buy normal light bulbs. They are to be phased out in favor of eco bulbs which are shit they take a long time to light up and aren't as bright as normal ones plus they give me  a fucking headache!

Went to Tesco's last night and stocked up on lightbulbs the cashier thought I was nuts untill I told her why!

The new energy efficent bulbs are about £1.50 and last 20 times longer than the old bulb. Can't say I agree with you that they take ages to light up, I flick my switch and hey there's light! Also they give out the same amount of light as the old bulbs. I think its something like: New 7w= Old 60w bulb, New 11w = old 100w bulb. Not wanting to bore people with stats but i'm sure i read somewhere that if you changed all the bulbs in the average house you would save around £60-£70 a year alone on electric. Thats a night out on the slash!

[Arriba]

i have loads of spares,energy comapanys just seem to send me them.i have the dimmer switch problem in my lounge though, so i use 100w normal bulbs.

[Gazza's Fat Mate]

I blame all these fucking poles stealing my lightbulbs! I read the upmarket version of the mail the daily express!