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  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    Ben & Jerry's
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    coopster_the_1st said:

    Ben & Jerry's

    The purveyors of over priced junk food?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    I mean, it's not like ministers have some more pressing things to do than get publicly annoyed at an ice cream company

    Largest recession in the G7, highest excess death rate in Europe, A-level f*ck up, Brexit imminent.

    Nah, let's shout at the ice cream firm.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,485
    rick_chasey said:


    Nah, let's shout at the ice cream firm.

    She has played right into their hands. Well played B&J.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:


    Nah, let's shout at the ice cream firm.

    She has played right into their hands. Well played B&J.
    I'll side step the obvious "snowflake ice cream company" joke.
    _
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    ballysmate said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Ben & Jerry's

    The purveyors of over priced junk food?
    Having seen their products being on an almost constant discount in the last few months it seems like consumers already know this.

    "Go woke to go broke" sums it up perfectly
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    coopster_the_1st said:

    ballysmate said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Ben & Jerry's

    The purveyors of over priced junk food?
    Having seen their products being on an almost constant discount in the last few months it seems like consumers already know this.

    "Go woke to go broke" sums it up perfectly
    Two sentences, both showing you don't know how marketing works.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    kingstongraham said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    ballysmate said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Ben & Jerry's

    The purveyors of over priced junk food?
    Having seen their products being on an almost constant discount in the last few months it seems like consumers already know this.

    "Go woke to go broke" sums it up perfectly
    Two sentences, both showing you don't know how marketing works.
    It seems B&J's promotion of illegal migrants is in keeping with the slave labour they use in other countries. Maybe they are running short of slave labour in the UK?

    I'm not surprised by their hypocrisy
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Coop, have a day off. Take the wife somewhere nice for lunch.

    You'll feel better for it.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    coopster_the_1st said:

    kingstongraham said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    ballysmate said:

    coopster_the_1st said:

    Ben & Jerry's

    The purveyors of over priced junk food?
    Having seen their products being on an almost constant discount in the last few months it seems like consumers already know this.

    "Go woke to go broke" sums it up perfectly
    Two sentences, both showing you don't know how marketing works.
    It seems B&J's promotion of illegal migrants is in keeping with the slave labour they use in other countries. Maybe they are running short of slave labour in the UK?

    I'm not surprised by their hypocrisy
    Just a reminder that seeming to show hypocrisy doesn't mean you're wrong.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    Y'all do know that Ben & Jerry's is a Unilever brand, yeah?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Carlton Kirby
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Must be popular, he's got his own thread.

    https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/12963434/carlton-kirby/p1
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    orraloon said:

    Y'all do know that Ben & Jerry's is a Unilever brand, yeah?

    I'm waiting to hear what Daz thinks about social care funding.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    edited August 2020
    kingstongraham said:

    orraloon said:

    Y'all do know that Ben & Jerry's is a Unilever brand, yeah?

    I'm waiting to hear what Daz thinks about social care funding.
    But but whaddabout Toni&Guy using Vaseline on Impulse to make Sure that the Lynx doesn't get the Dove? Simple innit.

    Mic drop...
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    rick_chasey said:

    Carlton Kirby

    Wot Bally said and yes, he's a plonker. Though a tool? He's quite banal and ultimately, benign.

    He did some of the Le Mans 24h last year. All the other commentators talked about the technical stuff and team tactics in a calm, considered and deeply informative manner. Kirby waffled bollox incessantly and couldn't help laughing at his own jokes.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    pinno said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Carlton Kirby

    Wot Bally said and yes, he's a plonker. Though a tool? He's quite banal and ultimately, benign.

    He did some of the Le Mans 24h last year. All the other commentators talked about the technical stuff and team tactics in a calm, considered and deeply informative manner. Kirby waffled bollox incessantly and couldn't help laughing at his own jokes.
    If I play devils advocate...
    You probably actually need somebody who can just waffle on incessantly and fill dead air time as there’s quite a lot of it in both cycle racing and 24hr motor racing.

    The more thoughtful analysts are far more informative but quite incapable of talking endlessly due to the need to compose coherent thoughts. I believe I can give thoughtful analysis on lots of subjects but would struggle to fill air time endlessly.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    edited August 2020
    I get your point Morstar but at least be funny, don't palpably annoy co-commentators and don't throw unnecessary veiled or direct digs in.
    In all fairness, he's slightly better than David Duffield.
    And actually, the pictures and all the on screen info suits me given a long pause in commentary.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    I don’t mind him most of the time although at times he is cringeworthy. But then again I some times listen to the commentary in French, Dutch or Italian without being able to understand a word of what’s going on.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,485
    pinno said:

    I get your point Morstar but at least be funny, don't palpably annoy co-commentators and don't throw unnecessary veiled or direct digs in.
    In all fairness, he's slightly better than David Duffield.
    And actually, the pictures and all the on screen info suits me given a long pause in commentary.

    Is there not usually an "ambient" stream with no commentary?
    I'm sure I clicked on it once by mistake.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    pblakeney said:

    pinno said:

    I get your point Morstar but at least be funny, don't palpably annoy co-commentators and don't throw unnecessary veiled or direct digs in.
    In all fairness, he's slightly better than David Duffield.
    And actually, the pictures and all the on screen info suits me given a long pause in commentary.

    Is there not usually an "ambient" stream with no commentary?
    I'm sure I clicked on it once by mistake.
    There is but the co-commentators were excellent and insightful given the mayhem Le Man often appears to be. 1 sentence by them every 10 minutes was disproportionately better than 2 hours of continuous waffle from Kirby.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    pinno said:

    I get your point Morstar but at least be funny, don't palpably annoy co-commentators and don't throw unnecessary veiled or direct digs in.
    In all fairness, he's slightly better than David Duffield.
    And actually, the pictures and all the on screen info suits me given a long pause in commentary.

    Now you're dissing the 'duff'. What next? Phil and Paul (RIP)?

    Bloody fascist! :smile:
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    morstar said:

    pinno said:

    I get your point Morstar but at least be funny, don't palpably annoy co-commentators and don't throw unnecessary veiled or direct digs in.
    In all fairness, he's slightly better than David Duffield.
    And actually, the pictures and all the on screen info suits me given a long pause in commentary.

    Now you're dissing the 'duff'. What next? Phil and Paul (RIP)?

    Bloody fascist! :smile:
    Well, Phil is/was rather loved up with Lance "l ride clean" Hamilton even when the open secret was out.

    Also, stop pretending that all is well now. Jiffybags anyone?
    Not a Giro Hero!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    :)

    Paul Sherwin and his dodgy pronunciation:

    Guy seppy gerini

    1hr 24 mins in... He has a few attempts to be fair to him.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVzSBqMYTSc
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    I always think of Paul as being the cycling equivalent of Hunt to Murray in F1.
    Not a Giro Hero!
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    And my neighhour who is playing Radiohead at v max. Currently on Creep. Thank you you fvcking tool.
    Not a Giro Hero!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,497
    Do you want me to give him a slap?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
    No, but thank you. I WhatsApped him and the volume has significantly reduced. Good neighbours on the whole enjoying a last warm summer evening before the teardrops mightily and the wet stuff hits.
    Not a Giro Hero!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,485
    FreddieVonRost said:

    No, but thank you. I WhatsApped him and the volume has significantly reduced. Good neighbours on the whole enjoying a last warm summer evening before the teardrops mightily and the wet stuff hits.

    Teardrop by Massive Attack is a great tune to annoy your neighbours with, should that be your tactic of choice. Needs decent bass speaker mind. 😉
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.

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