I'm so sorry my post didn't meet your high standards. As I previously replied, I did it to be helpful, to the OP. If you've taken my simple written statement in response to her post to be 'nasty' then I'm speechless. What 'nasty' words have you read into this?

'Slow response Savanna, as this was discussed here and in The Lounge for the last couple of weeks....'

Then you call me nasty and rude and think that putting a little wink on it makes you look all nice and sweet. Aw, bless. Well ain't you just charming!


I'll remember to plaster smileys on so that the simple amongst you can comprehend next time.
See. Aren't they pretty? All sparkly and funny. Tee hee.

And thank god that we have one person who will miss the emporium of cheap, nasty, plastic stuff and supply for children's party gifts which break after half an hour.
The thread has not been in vain.

OMG Chill out .........Gosh the Mighty Tiddlypom doesnt like anyone telling them how it is ,does she ?
1 You were bloody rude to the OP
2 Someone else picked up on that as well ....not just me
3 Now your insinuating that myself and anybody else that liked Woolworths likes stuff that is cheap , nasty, plastic and breaks every half hour ....Mmmm reminds me of someone(see wot i did there ?)
I know that your one of these amazing women that sit on your hill sipping shiraz and looking down on us lesser mortals ......but i live in the real world ,and shopping at Woolies was part of it , i know its very common of me but i just couldnt afford to by kiddies presents from Fortnam and Mason !!

Merry Christmas (I know you probably know Santa personally ....so could you ask him to send me something nice ( Lol did it again ) All sparkly and lovely ....
Michelle

If anyone has a right to feel hurt . . . then its me. I was called a divvy!

Tell me how I was rude.

It's Fortnum and Mason and I bought plenty of cheap plastic presents at Woolies in my local town, which is why I mentioned it. If you think that I mentioned it to make you look like you were common, then I would suspect that reveals much more about you than it does about me.

Who called you a divvy, Sparty?

Is there no honour any more?

Not so much what you said , its how you said it ......Post 12

Tis the season to be jolly tra la la la la, la la la la

It's all about perception and intention.

If you didn't mean to be rude to the OP Tiddly - then say sorry. That will stop all the crankies being cranky

For what it's worth, my perception was that you weren't being rude, just helpful. But that's because I know your style

Then the OP got upset and the shit fest started

Ahhh well....suppose it relieves the boredom eh

Don't speak to me about it . . . I'm far too upset!

Someone also implied . . . well not so much implied as stated categorically . . . that my posts put others into a coma. I shall name no names, but you know who you are!

I,m not common love ....just cant spell ..............as you pointed out ...I rest my case

God, it's like banging my head against a brick wall isn't it? I should stop but something makes me want to explain it again. So for the third time, yes absolutely by post 12 I'm taking the piss.
I totally agree with you. Yes, I'm throwing in a little caustic humour to it . And why? Because in post number 3, the lovely OP thought she'd have a bitch at me simply because she found my original helpful response to be not to her liking.
Crikey! I thought that was fairly simple. But no-one seems to find that a problem, no, they all jump on my quite obvious piss taking posts and say I'm rude and nasty.
Then I'm apparently making out you're common... because I know what Woolworths sell... which is the big chip on your shoulder talking, rather than me, because I bought many a cheap plastic child's toy at my local Woolies for birthday party gifts and actually, quite a lot of home wares...

But no, then you throw in that I'm somehow 'upper class' because I live half way up the side of a mountain, which obviously makes me a shiraz drinker because this is somehow better and posher in your mind, and you think I shop at Fortnum and Mason. True, I have been there and bought coffee and banana jam back in 1995 I think, but that's because I worked on Picadilly and it was just yummy to go into and have a little nosey at how the other half live. And true that I love to drink Shiraz sometimes.
I'm astonished how big that chip is, how you can make such incredibly huge judgement calls on someone without knowing them and how you can jump on my post and completely ignore the intent of my original reply.
I hope we're done with that now.

No, you misunderstand Walter. After the bitchy reply in post 3, I quite meant to be rude.

Indeed. I'm sure there's all sorts of ways to interpret what I said in post 2.

Maaaaaaaaaaate, there's a whole heap of difference between comatose and being a divvy.

Well neither can I, but I have a spell checker on Firefox.



What case did you rest? Is it heavy? Are you packing to go somewhere? Won't it close? Sit on it. I find that works when they're stubborn.


Well it's been fun boys and girls.

Have a nice day. Brekky calls and some work.
I've had Fortnum and Mason fly in my bacon and eggs and I'm just cracking a bottle of Shiraz to go with it.

Enjoy

I honestly thought by post 12 we'd moved on and were taking the piss out of Tiddly, Spartacus and myself.

"Leave it Darren, it's not worth it", springs to mind.

Peace and goodwill to all (wo)men.


PS: I have two Harrods boxes in front of me. Annual delivery from the MiL. Annually regifted, but the thought is there.

Indeed.



Does your MIL put anything in the boxes? I saw people who just used to go to Harrods to get a green bag with the writing on.

Usually it's a food hamper but I think we've finally got through to her that we don't eat jam, drink English tea, etc. (although all our friends in Singapore used to love them!) as this time we got fragrance sets.

We do appreciate that she's trying to send us a piece of "home" (hers, not ours, I'd prefer some Singapore Noodles...) but honestly it often costs her more to send them than the value of the goods. I'd rather she gave the money to charity, TBH.

How long is it polite to wait before we tell her that, in our continuing attempts to become smelly hippies, we no longer use perfume or aftershave? Do you know any charities in Syd that could sell them at a fete or similar?

I wish I'd thought of it a few weeks ago but I'm going to ask her to send books next year; FiL gets 30% off them at WHS


edit: And she never got it that we had a Harrods stall and a F&M stall in one of the dept stores in Sg.