tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post6065528095921654320..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: Every Little Helps My ArseStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-49118724545832455492012-01-01T14:20:56.811+01:002012-01-01T14:20:56.811+01:00Livi: and the chicken from Asda was a cracking bir...Livi: and the chicken from Asda was a cracking bird!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-78735822635959742242012-01-01T13:55:44.371+01:002012-01-01T13:55:44.371+01:00ROFL! Brilliant post!ROFL! Brilliant post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078202146118940939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-51286432367473419912011-12-31T10:41:27.301+01:002011-12-31T10:41:27.301+01:00Being Me: damned right. Nobody messes around with ...Being Me: damned right. Nobody messes around with my cock!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-3941200573529217342011-12-30T22:13:03.282+01:002011-12-30T22:13:03.282+01:00You showed them.
Sucks to be you, Tesco.You showed them.<br /><br />Sucks to be you, Tesco.Being Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600427311498297800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-10539995655921829432011-12-27T08:33:51.178+01:002011-12-27T08:33:51.178+01:00Trish: alas, we tried ordering one of those but th...Trish: alas, we tried ordering one of those but there was no substitute available.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-86804435123204144492011-12-26T18:02:08.677+01:002011-12-26T18:02:08.677+01:00So that's why the slogan on their vans is '...So that's why the slogan on their vans is 'You shop, we drop...a bollock'.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119443727504215312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-6570724956584267042011-12-26T08:23:20.934+01:002011-12-26T08:23:20.934+01:00Mark: well, the chicken was a good start when we f...Mark: well, the chicken was a good start when we finally got one! Merry Christmas to you too!<br /><br />About Last Weekend: that is the one drawback of the entire system - the skills of the "personal shopper" are often very questionable!<br /><br />Owen: many thanks for your good wishes, Owen, hope 2012 brings you many photographic and blogging opportunities - I look forward to reading about them!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-90654245106412676702011-12-26T03:27:01.611+01:002011-12-26T03:27:01.611+01:00Despite the cock up, or the non-cock, and cock a d...Despite the cock up, or the non-cock, and cock a doodle do to Tescos, yes in spite of all that, here's wishing you and the family the finest of holidays...<br /><br />And may 2012 be rich in writing and blogging and generally being creative, always a pleasure to stop by here and see what's eating you, or see what you are eating...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-62248525501135437612011-12-25T23:01:35.547+01:002011-12-25T23:01:35.547+01:00Well done you with the 40 mins! I"m so useles...Well done you with the 40 mins! I"m so useless on the computer that it would take me half a day. We used to do this delivery palaver in London and they would substitute so much stuff that I would end up down the store anyway.About Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-29933427926277380662011-12-25T22:06:25.287+01:002011-12-25T22:06:25.287+01:00Just dropping by to say Merry Christmas. I've ...Just dropping by to say Merry Christmas. I've been away this month (needed a blogging break) but normal service to resume in New Year.<br /><br />Hope your holiday break brings you all you wished - even a chicken!<br /><br />MarkThe bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-50425040980791035512011-12-25T08:08:37.241+01:002011-12-25T08:08:37.241+01:00John: thank you - you too (you and your chooks)!
...John: thank you - you too (you and your chooks)!<br /><br />Marginalia: I doubt it would stop the bulldozers. They'd just build the store around us and cement us into the aisles. And as for an upgrade: does a turkey really equal chicken 2.0?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-31459596022320721632011-12-25T02:07:03.829+01:002011-12-25T02:07:03.829+01:00"Every little helps", must rank as one o..."Every little helps", must rank as one of the most irritating and untruthful strap lines ever.<br /><br />Next time Tesco submits a planning application that will denude your High Street of shops and character, chain yourself and the missus to a shopping trolley.<br /><br />It'll be more useful than running round like a headless chicken trying to find one.<br /><br />Would it have helped if you'd have upgraded to a turkey?Marginaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175372147298306908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-7218884476087705922011-12-24T23:11:22.102+01:002011-12-24T23:11:22.102+01:00ho bleeding ho!
have a good one my friend xho bleeding ho!<br /><br />have a good one my friend xJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-63177215620112820972011-12-24T21:47:58.568+01:002011-12-24T21:47:58.568+01:00Jon: this experience has proven that getting off y...Jon: this experience has proven that getting off your arse and going to the shop yourself is definitely the best way to go.<br /><br />English Rider: boo hiss to the big consumer corporations! Let's hear it for home made presents!<br /><br />Löst Jimmy: when you want cock sometimes you just have to go out and get it. :-) A very merry Christmas to you too!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-67824356591968177372011-12-24T20:52:45.181+01:002011-12-24T20:52:45.181+01:00Tesco chickened out as it were, I'm glad that ...Tesco chickened out as it were, I'm glad that you managed to secure a last minute substitute. A bird in the (delivery) van is worth 2 on the (family) table...obviously.<br />Merry Christmas to you and the family SteveLöst Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907139441842698894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-7015786102573517172011-12-24T20:38:03.330+01:002011-12-24T20:38:03.330+01:00That's really bad of them. We've just had ...That's really bad of them. We've just had a similar news story going on here regarding electronics ordered from the huge chain Best Buy. Last few days people have been receiving notices that their orders were quite simply cancelled. No explanation and no offer of alternatives. Many people counting on those as gifts have had to join the "joyful throngs" packing guns and pepper spray, to get what they deserve for Christmas.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-72677236855237153312011-12-24T20:07:45.986+01:002011-12-24T20:07:45.986+01:00Just goes to prove - want a job doing, do it yours...Just goes to prove - want a job doing, do it yourself, including shopping.<br /><br />Mind you, here in the Arse End we have little choice in the matter: internet supermarket shopping is something that happens to other people.Jonhttp://www.vendeeblog.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-53300173844500550932011-12-24T17:12:47.764+01:002011-12-24T17:12:47.764+01:00Emma: shopping Ninja style... just the thing to ex...Emma: shopping Ninja style... just the thing to expunge the Christmas grumps!<br /><br />Joe: ha ha! Sainsbury's paid for the ad and Asda is just up the road. Tesco fouled up for real. This is just real life happening. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas too!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-62387181389672460102011-12-24T16:52:45.768+01:002011-12-24T16:52:45.768+01:00Steve, couldn't help noticing that a good TESC...Steve, couldn't help noticing that a good TESCO bashing was supported by an ADVERT FOR SAISBURYS!!!!!! and a massive plug for ASDA.... is this the commercialising of Christmas creeping in or just a blatant attempt for a bit of free shopping? <br /> May the festivities abound in the Blake household and you all get what you wish for.joebloggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223043749558658665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-3243379850605159082011-12-24T16:41:49.716+01:002011-12-24T16:41:49.716+01:00Wow! That is shit! I've never done online food...Wow! That is shit! I've never done online food shopping as I think it would make my head spin. I prefer to brave the masses in the supermarket on christmas eve, sharp elbows and umbrella at the ready to poke anyone who tries to grab the last chicken!EmmaKhttp://www.cocktailsatnaptime.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-13573085602085360132011-12-24T14:29:42.805+01:002011-12-24T14:29:42.805+01:00The fly in the web: oh I do indeed. Juices swapped...The fly in the web: oh I do indeed. Juices swapped for different flavours rather than a different brand, chicken breasts swapped for some awful pseudo chicken that was more water than meat... if Tesco were a football team they'd have the most laughable subs bench in history.<br /><br />Gorilla Bananas: if I'd asked Tesco for "a bird for Christmas" Lord knows what they would have supplied me with.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-49031481596257757682011-12-24T14:09:39.095+01:002011-12-24T14:09:39.095+01:00A cock-up of that magnitude must be human error. I...A cock-up of that magnitude must be human error. I don't believe they'd deliberately leave you without a bird at Christmas. Maybe they'll give you free vouchers if you complain.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-41303741152985938382011-12-24T13:48:08.328+01:002011-12-24T13:48:08.328+01:00I order for mother from Tesco...and refuse substit...I order for mother from Tesco...and refuse substitutions after a couple of incidents which had mother foaming at the mouth and blowing the poor delivery man backwards bow legged.<br />So this Christmas she didn't get the lamb chops she'd ordered, though the order went in two weeks ago and she didn't get the jars of Stilton that only start maturing when you break the seal...but I can assure you that the substitutes would have been a worse option...though you know that already!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-74704144427350391862011-12-24T11:43:42.284+01:002011-12-24T11:43:42.284+01:00Rol: just found the vouchers in my in-box. Cheers!...Rol: just found the vouchers in my in-box. Cheers! Have a great Christmas!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-38030628005830615242011-12-24T11:42:07.447+01:002011-12-24T11:42:07.447+01:00Rol: thank you for the hearty recommendation. Will...Rol: thank you for the hearty recommendation. Will look into it... £6.99 a month is a darn sight better than £5 per week.<br /><br />Kelloggsville: thank you for your Christmas good wishes - and I'd like to return them with my own thrown in for good measure!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com