Are tights not normally £20?

( Kroney, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 11:52, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

No, because they ladder, and you've wasted £20 instead of a fiver.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 11:53, Reply)

sorry
couldn't resist after djtp told me to stop it - only thing is, he's not here to annoy!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 11:54, Reply)

I have noticed it!
I can't imagine saying "I got on the £1.80 bus wearing my £85 boots, when I got home I sat on my £900 sofa, got up, switched on the £3.99 lamp and ironed my £13 dress, before eating a £2.50 moussaka."
It's rarely relevant. WHY RACHEL WHY??
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Buses are £3.70 return around my way for a two mile trip.
Fact.
( Kroney, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:02, Reply)

*writes this down*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:03, Reply)

Oh? Well if you're interested:
My shoes cost £100, my trousers £50 and I don't have any tights, but if I did, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be costing £20. Not even with the Swarovski crystals in the heel.
( Kroney, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

*isn't interested*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:10, Reply)

I collected Swarovski ornaments as a kid
The amount of crystal in my mother's loft would keep someone in £20 tights for years!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:13, Reply)

*shakes head sadly*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:18, Reply)

What? I just loved crystals.
I did my English Speaking Board piece on natural crystals, then talked about how Swarovski and the like make their impostor crystal, then showed some of my little ornaments.
Then when I got older I went all New Age and collected things like amethyst and quartz, all jagged.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:21, Reply)

Did you wear them on your socks?

( Kroney, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:28, Reply)

As a kid I was not allowed any socks with frills/embellishments.
TRUFACT
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:35, Reply)

i really really don't know, i certainly don't do it in real life.
i think it's the tiny little troll in me, because it pokes people like al (bless him) and makes them come out with stuff that amuses me...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:05, Reply)

Oh fair enough, if it's to provoke.
Because I have a mate who mentions the price and brand name of everything. In her case it's because she was poor as a child and is now in awe of the kind of things she's able to buy. And she also admits a tiny part of her thinks she's making the rest of us jealous. And from what I gather you've always had a comfortable existence, so you wouldn't see it as appropriate or necessary.
I'm the opposite. I really annoy my mother by telling her how cheap or second-hand my clothes are. You can see her kicking herself for complimenting a dress when she finds out it cost me £2.50 in SCOPE.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:09, Reply)

That isn't fair.
With the disabilities that spastics have, how can you expect them to price things appropriately?

I think you're taking advantage of them.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:12, Reply)

I also take advantage of people with heart disease, people with cancer, abused children and the overseas poor.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:14, Reply)

heh heh heh
Is there no end to how evil you are?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:15, Reply)

Nope.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:21, Reply)

So Barnardos kids can go fuck themselves, tut tut
edit: dur you've got that one covered
edit edit: why can't Scope go old skool and go back to being the Spastics Society
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:19, Reply)

it offends muslims

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:32, Reply)

yeah it really is
i don't actually buy many designer clothes at all, and certainly nothing with an obvious label, i hate that shit. it really is just to stir up some outrage on here.

although weirdly the one that really upset people was the innocent vitamin water - it just tastes nice, is all!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:22, Reply)

You can do what you like with your money.
if I was minted I'd buy too much gingham and china.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:34, Reply)

I'm afraid I do the opposite
well, sort of. My mother is the kind of woman who cheerfully dresses herself in mismatching, clashing polyester crap that she bought for 37p off Preston market. She thinks high street prices are too high - and sometimes she has a point - but since I buy a lot of my nicer clothes second hand I don't spend nearly as much as I would if I bought them in shops, and I like to tell her how much they're worth (as opposed to what they cost me) just to see her get annoyed.
(berk, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:22, Reply)

I've got some cracking things from second hand shops
but anything with a label was undoubtedly bought for me by my mum because she can't believe I'm letting the side down.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:25, Reply)

Does your mum have a store card for Sports Direct?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:27, Reply)

Nah, she's not scum like me
She's a John Lewis and M&S storecard person whereas I'd like a Primark one.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:32, Reply)

Haha, really?
for some reason I thought you were a vintage kid...
To be honest though, a Primark storecard would be utterly pointless, if you spend £50 in there you get enough clothes to last you for years!
(berk, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:34, Reply)

I am all gingham and spots and vintage and that,
but a girl needs her staples, and for that £13 emergency pretend-flapper dress, there's always the 'Mark,
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:38, Reply)

I once spent £120 in Primark
I'm still not sure how I managed that.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:41, Reply)

What?!
Did you buy one of everything they had?!
(berk, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:42, Reply)

It is easily done.
They also have a Home section.
Don't forget that. Also, some suits are as purse-bustingly expensive as £35.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:45, Reply)

£35? Surely not!
To be honest, I've never found more than three things I liked on one trip. Plus the one in Brum is a total zoo, I wouldn't even contemplate going in at the weekend.
(berk, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:48, Reply)

That it is
Complete bedlam on a Saturday.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:49, Reply)

I had 4 of those MASSIVE bags they have
It was pretty awesome.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:48, Reply)

I'm too short for those bags
They drag along the floor :(
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:49, Reply)

Yeah, I made my friend carry them
I'm tiny :/
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:52, Reply)

*pats on head*

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:54, Reply)

*knees in crotch*
don't fucking patronise me
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:58, Reply)

Ow.
*collapses*
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 13:00, Reply)

I used to buy 60 denier tights to race in
they were much cheaper than leggings and tear equally easily. Yes, I am gay.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 11:55, Reply)

Yes, you really are.
You're a disgusting tranny that even our resident ladyboy AA wouldn't hang around with.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:02, Reply)

If only I actually fancied men, eh?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:12, Reply)

If only they fancied you back, you mean.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Oh, MAN, you always cut right to heart of my pain.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I don't really understand this girl stuff
I try to avoid it if at all possible.
( Kroney, Tue 11 Jan 2011, 11:57, Reply)