Pret a fucking manger.
Yeah. Because all other fast food outlets sell food that isn't ready to fucking eat. You fucking pricks.

Sorry. Having a Pret moment. I'm sure their food is entirely ... harmless.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:07, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Close enough.
It's very, very bad for you though. Oft quoted that their sandwiches generally have more fat and calories than a Big Mac.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:20, Reply)

Big Mac is a guilty pleasure though

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:22, Reply)

I prefer a 1/4 pounder these days
or Burger King
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:27, Reply)

I used to prefer the quarter pounder, but I've gone back to le Big Mac, not sure why.
Burger King is when I show quite how gluttonous I can be, supersized XL bacon double cheeseburger meal. Only get it once in a blue moon, but still feel rather horrific after it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:30, Reply)

They are the business.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:34, Reply)

Apart from the "pleasure" part.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:37, Reply)

Big Mac sauce
is horrible :(
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:38, Reply)

Used to always quite amuse me when people would come into McDonalds and order a Big Mac, but insist we weren't to put pickle on there, as they were 'allergic'
We'd then have to ask if they still wanted Mac sauce on there, as one of the ingredients is pickle, but somehow, they'd always be fine with eating that. They didn't seem to realise that they didn't have to make excuses to not eat pickle. Weird fuckers.

I fucking love pickles.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:41, Reply)

what, the sauce in a big mac has "ingredients" ?
what, like, real stuff?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:47, Reply)

Aye

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:54, Reply)

they do a nice mushroom risotto soup which is low fat and low cal
i like that
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:27, Reply)

Yeah, some of their things are worth
a go, especially their soups! Nom.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:37, Reply)

but you don't have chips, and a sugary drink with them.
but they're not that bad www.pret.com/menu/baguettes_wraps/italian_prosciutto_artisan_baguette_PUK3546.shtm
less than 30g in a baguette, not exactly low fat but not a big problem.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:39, Reply)

yes, of course
pret doesn't sell crisps and coke and cakes. and nobody buys them to supplement their sandwich.

also 30g of fat is nearly 50% of a woman's daily recommended allowance.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:42, Reply)

if you pay the slighest attention to the plucked-out-of-thin-air horseshit that is RDAs, of course.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:45, Reply)

Utterly so.
But it was a choice between that or Greggs and, you know, Greggs is just...Greggs.
( Kroney, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:20, Reply)

A Gregg's steak bake is quite literally
the dog's bollocks.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:23, Reply)

Fucks sake Kroney you live in Slough, I don't think you get to turn your nose up at Greggs

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:23, Reply)

=(
I won't be there for long.
( Kroney, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:28, Reply)

Luton won't know what's hit it

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:30, Reply)

he works in uxbridge
greggs is as close as uxbridge will ever get to a michelin star.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:28, Reply)

I've been there a few times recently, is Uxbridge that bad? I've got big and srs bizness in Northwood, which is where the poshos of Watford end up
I've been to Hayes a few times, now that's a right shithole
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:34, Reply)

uxbridge: land of peacocks and poundland
but it is surrounded by nicer places
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:39, Reply)

There's two Michelin 3* restaurants in Slough
in as far as Bray counts as Slough. Well, Maidenhead.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:37, Reply)

Sludge reminds me of the US
In as much as it's just a gigantic road lined with huge department stores and businesses. It's not actually an unpleasant place, unless you go into Chalvey and places. It's just...soulless.
( Kroney, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:40, Reply)

There are four international airports in London
if you include Sussex and Essex as London.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:40, Reply)

According to BAA, they do.
Mind you, you can say exactly the same about New York airports and all.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:41, Reply)

They count Stanstead as London, don't they.
Despite it being fucking miles away from even the M25.
( Kroney, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:43, Reply)

Prequitely.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:43, Reply)

yeah
you go to bray. and you tell them they are in slough.

then see how long it takes them to set upon you and your pink socks.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:41, Reply)

I used to go to Bray all the time
it's full of utterly pretentious marketing wankers who think that owning a Porsche Cayenne and trying to eat at the Fat Duck somehow compensates for the crushing pointlessness of their vacuous existance.

Not a single one of them could fight their way out of a damp paper bag either, so I could tell them what the fuck I like.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:44, Reply)

wow
ok, you feel quite strongly about bray, then??

i find it ironic that bray is exactly how they all speak.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:46, Reply)

Oh, come on, the place is just fucking awful.
Everyone there confuses a house being expensive with that somehow making them aristocracy. It's like Wilmslow but with pretentions. There's no actual old money anywhere round there, they just pretend there is.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:49, Reply)

Also, my ex-wife's boss used to live there.
and this a man who, after having a fight with his partner about having children, was told by her to "go and get a bloody dog if you want something to look after" .. so he went and bought a Ferrari to spite her. Except for it to work, he had to actually be able to come home with the Ferrari immediately, so he had to buy the only one they would let him leave the showroom with. Spending £130K on a car you don't want as a display of todder petulance basically sums up Bray.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:54, Reply)

Haha that's Battered to a T

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:47, Reply)

... a bakery?
Other than having a fucking silly name, I can't really see much to choose between Greggs and Pret. They sell mediocre carbohydrate to people who've conned themselves that modern life means they're too busy to have some real food.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:39, Reply)

hang on, that's not fair
some of us are too LAZY, not too BUSY.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:40, Reply)

You have a point.
Some people are desperate to grease the inexorable slide towards the grave so that the time passes as blandly as possible.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:42, Reply)

i am not capable of bringing home-made sandwiches to work though
it gets to lunchtime and i fancy something completely different. inevitably the sandwiches get wasted and i end up with soup or lebanese or something.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:49, Reply)

are you allergic to slicing bread?
I can't think of any other reason you'd be incapable, sweetie.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:50, Reply)

Greggs at least has the decency to not pretend
to be some form of gastronomic elevation when they're both just fucking sandwich shops.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:41, Reply)

They are cunts though.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 24 Jan 2012, 10:37, Reply)