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I'm getting really annoyed at the medias attempt to make a story out of a Politician not knowing the price of something basic like a pint of Milk. So what. Here is the latest[^]
Apparently it's scandalous when Politicians don't know the answer, and it shows how out of touch they are with the real-word. The thing is I don't even know the answer and I probably would have guessed around the 70p mark like her so perhaps I'm out of touch too. I don't know how much a loaf of Bread is either as I don't normally buy bread on it's own.
In all honesty (without cheating) can you answer these questions
1. How much is a pint of Milk?
2. How much is a loaf of bread?
3. How much is 1KG of potatoes?
4 How much is Butter?
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Not the exact prices because they rise so rapidly unlike my check. I know I'm losing ground every time I go to the store and it pisses me off to no end.
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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I'm with you on that! Every time you go shopping something (and normally more than one thing) has gone up in price, or gotten smaller...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I can't see how to raising your check higher will solve that problem...In my pocket or on top of my head it has the same value 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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Local prizes are good for you?
But honestly and without cheating...
In a case of some people who have important job it is acceptable to not to buy food by himself (herself), that's the reason we pay them so well...
The problem is when one grabs the good money and after that one spends time to keep the job and not to do it...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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1. Rs. 75
2. I don't buy bread
3. May be Rs. 30 (not sure)
4. I don't buy butter.
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1) Depends - generally 49p at Tesco / ASDA and 51p at Co-op, but I buy the 4 pint bottles for £1 and throw away the last 1/2 pint or so when it starts to go off.
2) Depends - £1 Thick Cut (Braces Wholemeal) or £1.25 Medium cut. A Salt&Pepper French loaf from Tesco is 79p
3) 2lb and 3.27392 oz. Price? It depends on which type you buy: King Edwards about £1 per kilo, but Jersey Royals and Pembrokeshire Earlies are more expensive.
4) Too bl@@dy much! Varies enormously depending on which you buy, but the Welsh Butter I like is £6.40 per kilo.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Lose 200 man points. Do no pass Go.
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Hey - I do the shopping, as I can make a list (well, four lists) in advance and stick to it.
If it ain't on the list, or seriously reduced and freezable it don't go in the basket. Unlike Herself, who can shop for hours and still not get what we actually needed. If I shop without her, I can do the whole damn thing in minutes instead of several boring hours and the risk of arrest because I got too bored and started playing... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: I got too bored and started playing...
Like sneaking a cucumber, jumbo condoms and personal lube into some unsuspecting nun's trolley?
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...taking trolleys when people leave them alone for too long and returning all goods to shelves...
There are loads of things you can do in a supermarket, only some of which will get you arrested! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Hey - I do the shopping, as I can make a list (well, four lists) in advance and stick to it.
If it ain't on the list, or seriously reduced and freezable it don't go in the basket. Unlike Herself, who can shop for hours and still not get what we actually needed.
Since the car accident I can't shop anymore without a list, I never used to use one but always knew more or less what we needed and then looked for anything on offer.
Saturday morning I dropped my daughter off at swimming at 9 then went to the supermarket because I knew we needed stuff and was going to grab a few essentials. When I got in there the only thing I could remember we needed was cheese (to give the dog his tablets in). I wondered round and round the shop hoping inspiration would strike but nothing at all did.
So I bought bacon, sausage, black pudding, eggs, bread and fruit juice and went home to have a decent breakfast instead.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I used to be a Professional Drinker and Dope Head - I learned that a list is a Good Thing as otherwise you come back with a lot of stuff that "seemed like a good idea at the time" 
And nothing that you actually needed...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I never realised you were a nerd. 
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P0mpey3 wrote: I probably would have guessed around the 70p mark like her so perhaps I'm out of
touch too.
I don't care whether you know the prices, as you have little influence on those. A politician that's shouting about money better hath done his homework.
P0mpey3 wrote: 1. How much is a pint of Milk?
How much is a pint? Have you lot still not learned the SI system? A bottle of milk costs me 89ct, I'll be getting one in about an hour or two.
P0mpey3 wrote: 2. How much is a loaf of bread?
2 euro 45, a brown loaf with seeds.
P0mpey3 wrote: 3. How much is 1KG of potatoes?
It's a kilo. Costs you 2 euro, but I don't know many people who buy a kilo. Most of them buy the cheaper 5kg bag.
P0mpey3 wrote: 4 How much is Butter?
'bout 40 cts for the cheap version, a bit more than a euro for real butter.
It's not about knowing the price of every item in the store, it's about having a feeling of the average cost of life for the average joe. Is that really too much to ask? Yes?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Unless they are selling the milk in glass returnable bottles these shops should not be able to sell a pint of milk at all (it's the law[^], don't ya know) - perhaps they politician was giving a price per litre?
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They don't sell it by the pint.
They sell it in multiples of 568ml - which by a total coincidence just happen to be the same as pints!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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But I gets me milk from the milk man in glass returnable bottles and a bloody good pint of milk it is too.
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I would do that, but it would arrive after I'd left for work and by the evening either be rancid or on someone else's breakfast.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Our milkman is normally here before 5:30.
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1. No idea, I buy the second smallest sized bottle from the supermarket once every week or two.
2. £1 for Hovis Best of Both, £2.99 for wheat free, somewhere in-between for something edible.
3. No idea at all, I rarely use potatoes unless I've grown them myself.
4. Clove is £3.00 for a 1kg tub, £2 for 500g. I only buy it when on offer so don't pay that. Not that Clover is butter.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: I buy the second smallest sized bottle from the supermarket once every week or two.
No kids at home I take it? I buy 9 litres of milk about every 4th day (3x3L bottles)...
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_Damian S_ wrote: No kids at home I take it? I buy 9 litres of milk about every 4th day (3x3L bottles)...
Just the one, but she doesn't like milk.
The wife and I both drink black coffee, tea with just a drop of milk in it, neither of us eat cereal although my daughter does now and again but only with enough milk to make it go a bit soggy.
When I was growing up it was the same, none of us drank milk, my dad only black coffee, my mum neither tea nor coffee and people rarely ate cereal (my mum eats cereal with orange juice on it instead of milk). The didn't buy milk at all, have that powdered crap in case anyone turns up and wants some in tea - they usually only do this the once.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Although having read the story, as she is minister responsible for Milk and the low price of milk in the supermarkets leading to very small prices paid to dairy farmers is one of the key things she will be looking at, she probably should have known.
Or at least someone should have told her the question was coming and what the answer was.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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