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i'm moving house in ten days
cardboard boxes are surprisingly expensive
(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:14, archived)
Tried Sainsbury's? they've usually got stacks of them for free,

(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:15, archived)
how common
i might try fortnum & masons tomorrow.
(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:16, archived)
They may sell you the skin of a seasoned waitor as some sort of napsack if you're lucky.

(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:18, archived)
i'm thinking of hiring a tribe of pigmies to pass my possessions hand-to-hand from here to brighton.

(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:20, archived)
As will the skip of any warehouse that recycles cardboard packaging.

(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:18, archived)
This,
Argos, the cheeky bastards, charge about £13 for 5 cardboard boxes.
(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:16, archived)
what's wrong with taking them from skips?

(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:21, archived)
or ask em if they can save you some from their deliveries

(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:22, archived)
I've got a loftful, you could have nicked some.

(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:19, archived)
i would take you up on that
but i'm not in Cov for ages now
(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:21, archived)
Apparently Wilkinsons does them cheap, according to MoT.

(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:20, archived)
Wilkinsons smells of despair
my belongings smell of wee.
it's a bad combination.
(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:22, archived)
Just go into shops and ask if they have any spare boxes.
This may make you look like a bit of a tramp, mind, so it's up to you.
(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:44, archived)
oh right, i thought it was the stinking clothes, dog on a string and can of Tennants Super that was giving me away.

(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:47, archived)
No, all of those things mark you out as an individual.

(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:50, archived)
i call it "hobo chic"
prepare to see it rocking the runways for spring/summer 2010
(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:53, archived)
I fully expect to see this in OK! magazine next week.
It shall be the birth of a fashion phenomenon.
(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:55, archived)
seriously dude, i'm so fashion-forward
i swear that bit of kipper that got stuck in my beard triggered the whole nautical revival last season.
(, Wed 3 Jun 2009, 0:58, archived)