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Michael Cargill
Regular updates of sarcastic and irreverent nonsense.
Odds and Sodds
Posted by on 29/11/2012
I don’t care what the advertising blurb says; a Starbucks gift voucher would make a really crap Christmas present.
John G, Manchester
Shoppers: fed up with tax-dodging supermarkets getting free advertising at your expense? Simply turn your ‘complimentary’ plastic carrier bags inside out next time you pack your groceries up. That’ll teach the robbing bastards.
Sarah F, Bolton
I don’t know about anyone else, but I find the misspelling of the word ‘Sods’ highly distracting. Not only that, it sets a bad example to young, impressionable children and future generations will look back on this as time of decadence and illiteracy.
Dave, English teacher at Highbury secondary school
To the driver of the number 60 bus who decided to drive off, just as I got to the bus stop after sprinting 50 yards to get there on time: you’re a wanker.
Adam R, Rochester
A well peeled baby carrot serves as an ideal prop to fool people into thinking you are eating a human finger from a distance.
Satan, Hell
To the English teacher complaining about the misspelling of the title, I think you’ll find it was used as a way of keeping the alliteration consistent.
Michael C, England
If you’re bursting for a shit mid-way through a long shift, simply rush back to the depot as quickly as you can.
Driver, number 60 bus
I love the turn the plastic bags inside out comment, now if I draw a Waitrose scribble on the other side no one will know I shopped at Aldi..
Not a bad idea, that.
Maybe I’ll do the same with my Tesco jeans – make them look like Diesel or something else fashionable.
I agree with Mister Satan – many’s the time people have looked on in horror as I pulled that carrot trick.
Do Starbucks really sell gift vouchers?
Caffe Nero do, I was quite surprised.
Starbucks is more suitable for an international audience, though. Go me.
I was thinking that at least Starbucks sell CDs, so there’d be a reason to specifically go in for that.
Are vouchers for food and drink places normal? Do Greggs do them? McDonalds? Wetherspoons?
The world is weirder than satire sometimes.
I would love a Starbucks gift voucher.
*Runs away in shame*
Jenny, Jenny, Jenny.
What am I going to do with you, eh?
Neat faux Twitter conversation you’ve got going there Michael – love it
PS Does Costa Vouchers say the same thing about you too ….?
Faux? FAUX?!?
This is proper legit, luv.
Really … gosh I’d never have realised I thought it was your witty wit coming out to play again Michael
As someone for whom caffeine is lifeblood, I would adore anyone who gave me a Starbucks giftcard for Christmas. Not having to pay for all the delicious and overpriced stuff would be a gateway to more espresso. It’d be the most useful thing of all (which, I would imagine, is why I never get one).
What’s this? A comment from dearest Maggie…? Yeees!
I consider you to be a high brow blogger, so seeing you here has me shrieking, squealing, and flailing in delight.
I’m too giddy to even respond properly. Lifeblood of caffeine? Sounds like a vampire story.
Well, congratulations- I’m not sure how to respond properly to that either
I mean, how should one respond to the news that you made someone flail and shriek? Although I am kind of worried that my blog is considered highbrow. I mean, I wrote an entire piece eumulating a Monty Python sketch for that thing.
It does sound like a vampire story, except to sustain the lifestyle you have to be able to afford the various mediums of caffeine. Much harder than sneaking out at night and bloodsucking people.
Where do bus drivers go for a shit mid-way through driving round?