Conspicuous ConsumptionHave you ever been photographed sat on a balcony eating a croissant; or wallowed in luxury just for the sake of it? What's the most ostentatious thing you ever seen or done?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 13:18)
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GrittingA rather well to do lady came into my mother in law's deli during the cold snap at the start of the year.
She bought every packet of Halen Môn and Maldon sea salt. When asked why she was buying enough high end salt to give a small African nation heart problems she replied "To melt the ice on my front steps".
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monkeyboyalpha jumping on the bandwagon since, Sat 30 Jul 2011, 21:26,
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Why wasn't her manservant buying the salt? Why was she doing it herself? She can't have been that well-to-do.(
flake has nothing against your right leg, Sun 31 Jul 2011, 21:37,
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you can buy high end salt?really? branded salt?
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bloody peasants(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 17:04,
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I cringe when people at work talk about "real sea salt, non of the crap stuff".Sodium Fucking Chloride.
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