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Mar 31st 2016, 11:52 am

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Guardian readers

Don't you just love 'em?

Best newspaper, best news site, best footie coverage etc etc (but by no means faultless)

I've been a reader since the 70s but I can have a laugh at the guardian reader stereotype as much as anyone.

The comments below this report are really good for a laugh.

Sourdough taste test: can supermarkets do artisan bread? | Life and style | The Guardian

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Mar 31st 2016, 11:59 am

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Re: Guardian readers

I subscribed to the Guardian Weekly before there was the internet. It circulated all around the office because then, as now, the world beyond America was a mystery to the Canadian newspapers.

Since that time there has, to my knowledge, been one significant change in Canadian life; the coming of Ace Bakery products to Loblaws. I'm not saying that Ace is artisan bread but it is reasonable quality bread that is widely available, something sensational when it arrived. Now, if they could only get cheese.

Mar 31st 2016, 12:31 pm

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Re: Guardian readers

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Originally Posted by dbd33

I subscribed to the Guardian Weekly before there was the internet.

I still get offers for that. Well, I got one last year.

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i am therefore starting the Campaign for Real Baked Beans. only beans which are handbaked by a blind albanian badger shepherd over a period of 43 years....

The commenters can't seem to agree whether holes are a sign of quality or the reverse.

But...

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Oh yes, you need to really spend out if you want holes in your bread. Who wants to spread anything on it anyway? Would ruin the flavour of those holes.

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Mar 31st 2016, 12:47 pm

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Re: Guardian readers

I didn't think I had any laughter left in me but...

Antonia Dobrzyńska Jennings

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"Sourdough taste test: can supermarkets do artisan bread?"
Is this the most Guardian headline ever?

Pluto100

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Sourdough taste test: can supermarkets do artisan bread? If not, is Israel to blame?

SallyForth75

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I think it would actually be:
Sourdough taste test: can supermarkets do artisan bread? If not, how women are disproportionally affected.

Mar 31st 2016, 3:13 pm

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Re: Guardian readers

I got the odd laugh out of this Guardian article comments section

Cats and robbers: police force considers using felines to fight crime | UK news | The Guardian

Mar 31st 2016, 4:26 pm

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Re: Guardian readers

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Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian

I got the odd laugh out of this Guardian article comments section

Cats and robbers: police force considers using felines to fight crime | UK news | The Guardian

Nice bit of light hearted humour.

Although have to say im not a fan of the Guardian....its a bit....how can i put this politely.... overly PC?

But each to their own of course.