Mike Pass
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Let it be known that ’Filius of Pergamentum’ (or ’Son of Rubbish’ for those who have still not worked it out!) has been consigned to the nearest landfill.
FOP is dead............long live SONG!
I will not bore you with the ’rules’ of this thread again. (they can be found in post one of FOP anyway and, they are still current. I will reiterate two things comma however.
Firstly: Do not start an argument on this thread or
I will have it removed. No discussion on
that.
Secondly: Serious topics, particularly religion
and politics have no place on this
thread, excepting where a serious
statement needs to be made to
establish a humorous point.
Thirdly.......................................
Er! Three things....I will reiterate three things comma however.
Firstly: Do not start an argument on this thread or
I will have it removed. No discussion on
that.
Secondly: Serious topics have no place on this
thread, excepting where a serious
statement needs to be made to
establish a humorous point.
Thirdly: The use of the word ’however’ (in all
instances except this one, must be
preceded by the word ’comma’ and,
followed by same where the word in
question falls within the text of a sentence.
Where the word in question falls at the
commencement of a sentence it must be
followed by the word ’comma’
Where it falls at the end of a sentence it
must be preceded by the word ’comma’.
This latter rule is bound in antiquity and was formulated at the behest of Centurion Terrentius Carey on his promotion from Legionnaire. in AD 144 when construction of Hadrian’s Wall was completed.
Known as Terrace among the cohorts of the VI Legion, Carey was then given the onerous responsibility of overseeing the laying of the cobbled section of the M. VI in Lancashire. This section is, of course, still in it’s original state as I speak.
Should there be any confusion as to the lineage of said Centurion, please avoid confusion. The poster formally known as Terry Carey is indeed, the original Centurion as featured in the above precis and not a descendant.
(Good, that’s got the boring history bit out of the way!)
Now; as we are wont to discuss an abundance of secular matters on this series of threads, you may wish to join me in the following..........................
Yesterday, I was most fortunate in the receiving of an item of New Zealand manufactured confectionery......Namely a chocolate Haka Bar!
As I typed the intro to this thread I consumed said treat. I have to thank the Rev. Roger Perry (aka the Chocolate Vicar) for transporting this tasty sweet to my door (used to be the other way around at one time did it not!!!??) from NZ.
I have made it clear on another thread that I do not subscribe to religion as it is known by Christian believers, comma however comma if I were to declare a devotion to any god, it would most definitely be one made of chocolate!
What has concerned me greatly over the last 20 years comma however comma is the lack of integrity shown by the major confectionery manufacturers when it comes to consistency of production.
Yes! I am well aware that, as the cost of living rises then the prices of retail chocolate is obliged to join it.
But (oohh mammy, look what he did then!!!) should it have been accepted by the consuming public in the way that it was foisted upon us????
I refer to the statement made by Cadbury’s in 1982/83 where they promised the public that they had no intention of raising their prices concurrent with the market fluctuations (fluc to you europeans as well, says my Chinese cousin!!! Yes I really do have a Chinese cousin) .
What did they do instead????? After very ’quiet’ meetings with Mars and Rowntrees, as they were at the time, they virtually halved the size of various count lines (a count line is a single unit of confectionery as opposed to a multipack...the type you find mostly in supermarkets).
Following this ’Night of the Long Knives’ (which did more damage than the first one!) a Mars bar was the size that a Milky Way had been, earlier. A Turkish Delight was not only less in square area, it was also two thirds the thickness of what it had been prior to the action.
I found the shock impossible to bear and spent several weeks in Wolverhampton New Cross hospital on a liquid cocoa drip!
By the time I was discharged, the gullible British public had accepted the situation as a fait accompli and I failed abysmally to raise an army of insurrection to overthrow the chocolate magnates of the UK.
To this day I cannot but shed a tear when looking upon the excuse that is now a Cadbury’s Flake........at one time it could be used for pole vaulting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is the earliest chocolate bar you can recall????
I am sure that many of you can get further back than my ’Five Boys’ (later to become the variants: Fry’s Chocolate Cream and Five Fruits..............................
In closing this opening (!) thread, can I also remind potential contributors that diversion is encouraged on this thread to avoid stagnation (and waffle!).
Also it would be a nice progression if posters were to make more use of attachments with their posts.
They do not need to have any relevance to your post.
(’Snagging’ shot, taken prior to the commissioning of the Lancs. section of the M.VI .................)
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