Sunday, 13 December 2009

A crisp deal


As the tide of bansturbation spreads across our once pleasant land, it opens up surprising opportunities for keen-sighted entrepreneurs. Create a shortage, create a demand. 12-year-old Joel Bradley was caught allegedly selling a packet of Discos in a Liverpool secondary school at a marked-up price of 50p. No doubt he has a bright future ahead of him in business.

It is a sad commentary on the state of our nation that the humble crisp should be banned in the first place.

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5 comments:

  1. Mark Wadsworth13 December 2009 at 19:41

    Good poll, by the way.

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  2. Martin, Cambridge13 December 2009 at 20:27

    I've no problem with schools teaching good diet. I would observe though that the obesity epidemic is as overstated as the late-night no-go town centres are.

    Professor Paul Gateley was on the radio this week claiming that a third of children and two thirds of adults were putting their health at risk through being overweight or obese. Apparently you should be able to see the ribs of a healthy person !

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  3. Neville Grundy14 December 2009 at 18:10

    "Create a shortage, create a demand." Which with escalating beer duty will probably mean that booze cruises will become popular again.

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  4. Paul Bailey14 December 2009 at 20:27

    When my son was at secondary school he had a nice line in selling swets, cans of soft drinks etc. The teachers didn't like it, and he was in trouble over it on more than the odd occasion, but as I pointed out to him he was simply fullfilling a demand that the health fascists had removed by banning the sale of such items on school premises.
    Things were much different in my day; our school had its own thriving "Tuck-Shop" that did a roaring trade breaktime and at lunch. I don't remember the place being swamped with obese kids though!

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  5. Leigh16 December 2009 at 11:08

    I didnt even know Discos still existed!! the salt and vinegar ones were sharp as hell!

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