Here are a few more.
Supermarkets want to make money out of us - and they succeed - but to level the playing field a bit, it should be illegal for them to use different units for the same frigging foodstuff so that it's virtually impossible to tell which is the best value. Example: tomatoes, one is priced £2.68/kg, another is 314p per kg another, is 65.8p per gram another is £1.75 for four, another is $8.75 per dozen, another is £4.99 for two packs, another 71p per unit. W....T....F....????

We need a campaign to smash the indicators of cars that refuse to use them when turning, moving lanes on the motorway or pulling out. Funny how these same drivers know how to use their hazard lights when there's no hazard in sight apart from the hazard of picking up a ticket from their illegal double-parking. Grrr.

Also, when politicians are being interviewed, and they use the interviewer's first name every fucking answer they give, the interviewer should be allowed to say: "Look fuckwit, don't use my first name because we're not friends and never will be, you complete and utter tosser."

But mainly, let's really fix the world by giving up on the 'Growth is good' mantra. Let's aim for a sustainable economy. After all, life's pretty good for most of us, why do we want 3% more next year? Why do we need to upgrade things every year, let's aim for zero percent inflation, zero percent growth and just being happy with what we've got. Governments have to balance their fucking budgets every year, i.e. spend what they can collect in taxes and not borrow billions to pay interest on loans taken out to make tax cuts to win elections. Like Legless said: if you want a war, hold a referendum, and if the answer is "yes", then they'll have to ask for donations to fund it.

And Microsoft can stop tinkering with stuff. When has one of their so-called upgrades every delivered an increase in productivity for anyone but them? I have to use Powerpoint - what's the deal with all the friggin' copies of the 'Master slides'?? You used to be able to, say, insert slide number on the master, and presto! it would appear on ALL THE SLIDES. Now? There are more master slides than actual slides. If anyone knows how to kill this, do let me know.

And relax....
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 12:06, 9 replies)

Just a couple of points:
- If pricing of one item in £/kg and another in p/g is confusing you, then you need to brush up on your mental arithmetic.
- If you smash the indicators on cars, then the drivers will never use them.
- Politicians use interviewers first names, because they are more than likely on first name terms with them.

Your last two items are fine, although you'll never clear the deficit.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 12:20, closed)

Your whole premise is flawed.
Show a real example of that, not one you made up.

We can immediately dismiss your first two prices, if you can't work out that £1 is 100p, you shouldn't be allowed in a shop by yourself anyway.

In the unlikely even something is expressed in pence/gram, it is certainly not going to be a tomato.

You have identified a simple fact, that we can all usually understand. Different items come in different measures.

Go to Sainsbury's, find us a comparable product that you can't compare (you won't find one). There's no need to compare a jar of freeze dried coffee with a box of washing powder - that's what you're trying to claim you should be able to do.
(username failed moderation, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 12:21, closed)

(sigh)
Sainsbury's Borough High street.
Sep. 23 2011, 15:45ish

Helmans mayonnaise.
Jar £(price) for 400g
Squeezy bottle £(price) for 430ml.

I don't know the density of mayo...
( DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 16:02, closed)

See, all you have to do
in your head, is to divide the first price by 400 and the second price by 430 to find the price per ml. I know it's only pennies, but...
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 16:35, closed)

So mayo has the exact same density as water now?
How useful, I'd always thought it would be different somehow, what with it not all being water.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 17:39, closed)

I'll be back
But an easy one is something like, say, olive oil. Take a look next time some are £/litre, some p/litre, some £/100ml, some p/100ml. I'm no thickie but I can't do sums in my head - don't ask why, I just can't picture numbers stacked up if I haven't written them down.

So, if Spanish Extra Virgin, 750ml is £6.15/l and Greek Extra Virgin, 750ml size is 58.7p/100ml then I know which is cheaper, but when Berrio Italian 750ml is on a special offer at £9.00 for two...you start to get the idea.

I've just realised I sound very sad indeed, but I was exaggerating to make a valid point. It would be easier if they stuck to one measure.

Oh, and politicians repeatedly use first names because they've been told that it makes them sound more friendly. I don't care if they DO know them quite well, when John Humphries calls someone 'Minister' he (or she) should not reply with 'Well, John...'. Makes it sound like teacher/pupil relationship.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 13:11, closed)

Even if you can't convert between l/ml and p/£,
the phone in your pocket probably can. Not to mention that the shelf label often has a standard price per unit printed on it for comparison purposes.

Simple maths, basic reading, and the use of common tools are beyond you, yet you're "no thickie"?

EDIT: urgh, that was incredibly condescending of me. If you need me, I shall be on the balcony, sobbing with self loathing, and eating a croissant.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 15:09, closed)

My point exactly
If there WAS a standard price per unit on the shelf, I'd be a happy (if sad) man. I could try using my phone but TBH, I'm getting long-sighted in my old age and have real trouble with small print/text without my reading glasses.

And finally...while I manage to stick it to the man on most occasions by picking the cheapest deal, not everyone's as astute as me...it's them I'm thinking about.

And why should supermarkets get away with it. I'll be back with examples on Monday.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 16:33, closed)

I have to agree about the politicians.
If I ever meet one I shall address them in the same manner they choose to address me. So if that's first names I'll use theirs. Though, correctly, I suppose we should refer to them by their surnames only -- I believe that's the traditional way to refer to one's servants.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 23 Sep 2011, 17:43, closed)