If food prices rose the same as house prices since 1971 a chicken would be £51.18

(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:11, 6 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Which is why it is only stupid people who rent rather than buy a house.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:13, Reply)

Probably more to do with a deposit and general set up costs

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:13, Reply)

There are lots of reasons
I want to live in London for a while, but I can't afford to buy there so I'm going to rent with a friend for a bit. Once I've got that out of my system, I'll buy somewhere else.
( Kroney, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:19, Reply)

I couldn't afford a deposit for a house and I don't want to borrow of my family.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:14, Reply)

You could always pay your family interest, which could be lower than what you would pay the bank

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:15, Reply)

That is true, but as my dad runs his own buisness it's just taking money that he can invest in that.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:17, Reply)

fair enough, depends on your personal circumstances

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:19, Reply)

Or get a job earning more money and save the difference.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:17, Reply)

He'd still have to rent in the meantime
That wouldn't make him stupid.
( Kroney, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:20, Reply)

It's all very well renting something cheap in the short term to save a deposit.
Rather different to say 'I'll rent up to the level I can afford for years, because I can't afford to save up a deposit'.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:22, Reply)

OK, yes, that's stupid.
You didn't actually say that, though.
( Kroney, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:23, Reply)

I thought it was implied, as Chompy has told us that's what he's doing.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:24, Reply)

Chompy mentioned a chicken.

( Kroney, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:25, Reply)

Fowl.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:25, Reply)

I can't afford that.
My house is too expensive. How much would a chicken be in line with car prices?
( Peej, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:13, Reply)

in the 70's food account for almost a 1/4 of household spend, that has been reduced to around 10% thanks to the big supermarket revolution
also filling everything with horse helps
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:13, Reply)

Is that Tesco's new strapline?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:15, Reply)

They filled your mum with horse 'meat' last night

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:16, Reply)

Poor bastards.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:16, Reply)

Swipey spends more than that on a chicken

( Peej, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:13, Reply)

A chap i know from Barcelona, was dipached to the market to get a nice chicken for lunch
he's a real "foody" and he bought a £32 chicken...wtf
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:15, Reply)

They are twice that at my local Tesco Metro.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:21, Reply)

Fucking hugh Fearnly wittingstall making me eat well treated chickens, costs me a fortune

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:22, Reply)

My mum only eats free range chickens but I got her with a fantastic argument the other day
I said "Fuck em, they're only chickens"
( Peej, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:24, Reply)

it's that kind of radical thinking that got you promoted from the help desk!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:26, Reply)

Oh Man, you totally ZINGED her there!

(Bazongaloid, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:27, Reply)

I KNO RITE!

( Peej, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:27, Reply)

I once proclaimed my love for hot dogs
and someone said 'But they have MRM in them!'. I wittily replied 'So fucking what?'
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:29, Reply)

Oh man, I wish I was as quick witted as this.
I always come up with this sort of comeback hours later.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:32, Reply)

Me too
but it turns out that MRM actually helps to repair brain connections, and in turn makes you smarter. Explain THAT with your science!
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:43, Reply)

Hippy.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:31, Reply)

pfft, tastes better anyway as they are stuffed full of water

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:32, Reply)

Yeah', but minimum wage would be like £25/hour, meaning a chicken would be worth 2 hours work.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:30, Reply)

i'd be pissed off if I had to work for 2 hours to afford a bloody chicken

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:33, Reply)

When people ask me how much I earn rather than tel them my yearly salary
I'm going to work it out in chickens per hour.
( Peej, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:37, Reply)

This sounds entirely logical.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:43, Reply)

A chicken would be pissed off that you only had to work 2 hours for it.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:42, Reply)