BECAUSE finally, FINALLY, I can put an end to all this nonsense.


/pedant


(That's been winding me up for years. Grr.)

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( alienheat, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:08, archived)

hehe, quite
woo!
( Geoff the Clownfish MADAMA butterfly and the NAGASAKI MUSHROOM!, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:10, archived)

O RLY?

( Sir T. Skellington LIMES ARE FOR CUNTS!, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:10, archived)

next time I go to Tesco...
"10 items or less" is going to be changed to "10 items or fewer" even if I have to scream and shout and stamp my feet and be sicks and cry.

P.
(P.s. I like your pick-a-chewer)
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE wearing a sparkly bikini, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:11, archived)

and it should be 10 units or fewer

( Griffy Savalas Become her drillosaur, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:14, archived)

Yes, indeed.
No bags of peas for you, squire.
( William Hill is fuckin' skill is back from the dead, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:16, archived)

a bag of peas is a unit
however 10 bags of peas is 10 units, but still only 1 item
( Griffy Savalas Become her drillosaur, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:17, archived)

Doh!
You're bloody right!
( William Hill is fuckin' skill is back from the dead, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:32, archived)

You know what winds me up?
A big silver key.
( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:14, archived)

pfft

( Sir T. Skellington LIMES ARE FOR CUNTS!, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:15, archived)

*slaps forehead*

( Griffy Savalas Become her drillosaur, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:16, archived)

*slaps clam*
(ack wrong conversation)
( Chorizowagon Came wandering back on, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:28, archived)

Hmm... that sounds wrong to me.
I am outpedanted -- clearly by a master.

In the spirit of fraternal peace and brotherhood, could we agree on, "No more than 10 items"?

(P.s. glad ewe lik da pic.)
( alienheat, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:15, archived)

how about
'Maximum of 10 items'
( mugatu what the deuce?, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:17, archived)

What if I have a bag with 10 potatoes in it
And also a six-pack of cider? Is that 2 items or 16?
( Mr Gear - the only black guy on B3ta, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:18, archived)

2 items

( Griffy Savalas Become her drillosaur, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:20, archived)

Ah yes, indeed.
10 purchases?
( alienheat, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:20, archived)

How about
People who don't realise that it takes longer to process the 8 people in front of you because of 8 distinct transactions that have to take place than it will to process the woman in the next checkout who only has half a trolley's worth.
( Griffy Savalas Become her drillosaur, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:19, archived)

YEAH
They should be burned at the steak.
( alienheat, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:21, archived)

stake
even

:)
( Griffy Savalas Become her drillosaur, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:22, archived)

Aisle
have you know that was precisely what I intended.

*flounces*
( alienheat, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:24, archived)

*fluid ounces*

( Griffy Savalas Become her drillosaur, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:26, archived)

you noticed this did you
whilst buying your microwave meals for one??

;P pffffffft!
( Ironman tetsuo Back once again with the renegade mastah!, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:22, archived)

microwave meals for one - no
short attention span whilst waiting doing nothing - yes


also - I'm a process analyst (amongst other things)
( Griffy Savalas Become her drillosaur, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:24, archived)

and no I don't want your 'help' to pack my bags
if I wanted to put the eggs at the bottom and a bottle of wine on top I'd do it myself!
the ommelette & wine were lovely btw
( Geoff the Clownfish MADAMA butterfly and the NAGASAKI MUSHROOM!, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:20, archived)

I'm in favour of allowing the staff more power
And make it "Don't take the piss, this lane is for people with not much shopping so they can go through quickly."
Then just let the till boy/girl tell people to piss off if they have too much shopping.
And have a button that sweeps their load of shopping out the way and into a nearby trolley to minimise incorrect-shopping-quantity-unloading lag.

perhaps.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE wearing a sparkly bikini, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:26, archived)

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Yes!

I'm gonna get bitch-slapped one of these days as I've taken to counting the number of items in other people's baskets
and if there's 11 I tutt or clear my throat and I live in Hackney.
( Geoff the Clownfish MADAMA butterfly and the NAGASAKI MUSHROOM!, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:30, archived)

Perhaps you could
have different aisles for different trolley volumes. A high energy laser, or a sharp axe, could trim any overstuffing and/or children remaining in the child seat by the time one gets to the till.

It's what a German would do, if they hadn't gone all namby-pamby and "Oh, Klaus! Look at my extensive body hair!"

Need tea.
( alienheat, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:36, archived)

that's odd
I used the exact sentence "Oh, Klaus! Look at my extensive body hair!" just yesterday.

I thought I'd made it up.

Coincidence or suppressed meme?

P.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE wearing a sparkly bikini, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 13:14, archived)

I find
that there are less supermarkets making that mistake these days.

*runs away*
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:20, archived)

Very this
hurray for pedantic amendments
( Droog is too orangey for crows, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:14, archived)

*Agree's*
( William Hill is fuckin' skill is back from the dead, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:18, archived)

clix0r
I always hated that too.
(malvino warning profile may cause death an brain damage, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:15, archived)

it could be worse
it could say No Thru Road
( Griffy Savalas Become her drillosaur, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:16, archived)

Wow...
I thought THAT involuntary twitch had gone!

Damn sciatica. Kept me out of the war, you know.
( alienheat, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:17, archived)

it'll be gone by to nite

( Griffy Savalas Become her drillosaur, Mon 19 Jun 2006, 12:21, archived)