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There's saving money, and there's being tight: saving money at the expense of other people, or simply for the miserly hell of it.

Tell us about measures that go beyond simple belt tightening into the realms of Mr Scrooge.

(, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 13:58)
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I had a job where I had to go round replacing all the bogrolls when they got to about halfway.
They were hygienically encased in big lockable perspex holders.

We were supposed to discard the half-used rolls, which were still as big as new normal posh ones. Single ply, but good quality.

I soon started smuggling them home, often up to five a shift, and the house filled up with the bastards. I stored them in the bathroom, under stairs, under the bed...

That was a couple of jobs and a year ago and we still haven't bought a bogroll yet.

The time is coming, though - we could be on our last suitcase full.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 13:49, 7 replies)
Single ply though
Think of the luxury of double or even triple ply...your starfish will think it's died and gone to some kind of anal heaven.

EDIT: just like to point out this has NOTHING to do with abuse on sea creatures...honest.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 17:01, closed)
Pfft
my starfish is 'ard as nails, no need for yer namby-pamby southern pouf double or triple ply.
(, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 13:48, closed)
Google brings up some weird stuff...
For whatever reason, I decided to Google 'sea creature abuse' (I know, I know...). Results: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sea+creature+abuse&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

Pass the mind bleach...
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 17:21, closed)
So near
yet it took too long to load.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 20:08, closed)
*Twitches*
I. never. learn.
(, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 20:39, closed)
That's not being tight
Throwing them away would have been very wasteful.
(, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 20:09, closed)
Yup
just doin' my bit to save the planet.
(, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 13:46, closed)

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