TightwadsThere'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.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 13:58)
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tight as a nuns chuffI went to a mates house and as it was lunchtime he said he would make sandwiches. cool.
Out came the bread, butter, ham, cheese, salad cream etc....all looking very promising.He proceeded to butter the bread in a microscopically thin layer, a single quare of ham (the supermarket stuff thats loads of squares all scrunched up in a box), a slice of cheese that was practically transparent, and a single drop of salad cream.
WTF?
I went to put more ingredients on and he had a moan about this stuff not being cheap, so I left it, just to avoid an argument. The sandwich was like eating dry bread that smelt slightly of ham.
Moaning about this may seem petty, but I had invited him round to mine countless times peviously, where I would often cook him meals, snacks etc, plus he earned significantly more than I did at the time.
(, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 20:28, Reply)
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