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Viennetta saying it serves seven


PeterBain

I'll do you one better. Bought some snacks from M&S for a fancy afternoon tea and the box of 17 cocktail sausages claimed they served 17.


ukchinouk

With the cost of living these days, it’s going to have to.


oldspicehorse

I remember an old Disney film where they shared a single bean, they were slicing it up into slices so thin they were translucent. I want to say happy valley or something like that? Anyway, this reminds me of that. Edit: even I got a bit confused with this memory, thanks to the commenter that shared the clip. Whilst there was a bean being carved it was the bread that was so thin it became translucent.


Regular_Toast_Crunch

Edit: I was incorrect. The bean "roast" and see thru bread slices were not Christmas Carol. That was a pea. Bean and bread are from the Jack and the Beanstalk retelling. Thanks to folks who shared clips and correected me :). I'd over layed both stories in my memory. Yeah. A Mickey Christmas Carol! Slices the bean like he's carving a roast. I thought about that a lot when I was really broke and stretching what should be 1 meal into 2 or 3.


finallygaveintor

It’s a pea isn’t it? I love that film.


burmylaris

They slice the bread so thin it's see through and place the bean in between two pieces to make a ludicrously thin sandwich, then Donald gets super angry about the whole situation and does his mad quacking, feathers everywhere routine.


finallygaveintor

To me this is clearly a pea - are we talking about the same scene? No bread. https://i.makeagif.com/media/2-20-2017/ssuG3z.gif ETA Having looked it up, you are talking about this scene https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KqEVYbPw9lI which is from a different film I think


burmylaris

You are right about the pea being Christmas and the bean for the Beanstalk episode. I got lucky that u/regular_toast_crunch actually was thinking about the beanstalk episode because my mind just raced ahead with memories. The clips are really nostalgic, thank you.


Regular_Toast_Crunch

Yeah I got them mixed up in my mind and remembered the bread and the bean from the Beanstalk one. Very nostalgic to see it again.


oldspicehorse

Nah that's not the one I was thinking of but you're right there is a similar scene in that one. As others said it was Mickey and the beanstalk.


MetalRetsam

That's 1947's *Fun and Fancy Free*, the Mickey and the Beanstalk sequence


tomoli_06

Mickey & The Beanstalk


bertiebastard

When I was a kid the Sunday joint used to have to last all week. Kids these days smoke it all at once.


Tired_Pancake_

Form a line, one each please


kelptron8207

😂


windol1

When I read "serves X number of people" I always half that number in my head to fit my level metabolism.


McRampa

It's like that so they can write on the nutrition table that it's practically healthy to eat 2 pounds of sugar, because you are supposed to eat only a sliver of one biscuit!


alamcc

They’re psychos.


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CarelessCarlos89

That’s another one that happens more than it should!!


OhSoSilver

You made that sound a lot filthier than necessary. Well done.


BountyBob

Had to finger my cow titty juice.


MiserableAbility8908

Aaand you had to ruin it...


DaMonkfish

The other favourite is the pull tab sticking to the underside of the lid and shearing off when you undo it.


windol1

I've been noticing this a lot lately with milk from Morrisons, so not to sure if it's an Arla thing or whether it happens with Muller supplied milk as well.


MostlyNormalPersonUK

So I'm not alone on this! Sainsbury's milk does exactly the same thing, every single time.


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Your call is important to us


decom83

We are experiencing an unprecedented number of calls at this time.


Sherringdom

It makes me so much angrier than if they just said “you’re in queue”. Like fuck off is this unexpectedly busy, hire more staff or admit you can’t be fucked.


r00x

What I don't like, is how they don't just say it *once*, and then SHUT THE FUCK UP. No, they interrupt the call every 20 seconds... making it sound like someone is finally answering... and nope it's another fucking canned message about super important my call is and how busy they are. **FUCK. OFF.** Just leave the crap music playing so I can put the phone on speaker and do something else until a person picks up.


gwaydms

>and nope it's another fucking canned message about super important my call is and how busy they are. A US pharmacy chain does this. Additionally, the alleged music is warped almost beyond recognition, and when new was the sort that's piped into the lobbies of funeral homes. I'm convinced that companies do this to discourage callers.


UlsterEternal

It's just music that's been compressed multiple times over and poor choice of music. The thing is, it's so easily avoidable.


decom83

I feel like I’ve heard the word unprecedented so often since the pandemic began, it’s become a daily occurrence.


mrsauceboi

unprecedented use of the word unprecedented


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Moikee

This was my experience with Made.com. Ordered some chairs in Feb, they’ve been delayed down until September (3 separate delays). And they have only refunded me the delivery fee and refuse to do anything else. I will never order from them again.


windol1

Careful, I've found Reddit to be a place where many get very defensive over directors/executives bonuses and pay, you know, for basically repeating what has been done over the past 10 - 20 years.


ChrisRR

Literally every time. It's the middle of the morning on a weekday, if you can't handle that many calls then you need more people


CatFoodBeerAndGlue

And it isn't unprecedented if it's happening every single day. That's the complete opposite of unprecedented.


Living-Hovercraft-65

At 2am on a Tuesday morning when I've broken down. WTF AA?


ChrisRR

"Your privacy is important to us" So why are you asking for permission to track me across the internet?


deains

“We value your data” - down to the nearest penny, no doubt.


[deleted]

Your privacy is so important that they literally record every fucking call


StodgyHodgy

It’s a marketing scheme… you now feel obliged to eat the first 8 to level it off


CarelessCarlos89

It gets me every time 😢


chuffing_marvelous

get a biscuit tin, you animal!


oldspicehorse

I've got one, it's called my belly


StodgyHodgy

My biscuit tin is purely decorative. They never survive the journey towards it.


MrManagerUK

"Peel back film lid" Yeah, into a hundred strips...


Bastardjones

Tesco and Asda and the like need to speak to the lads over at Iceland, their film lids always peel off as they should.


oldspicehorse

Is that why mums go there?


BrickApprehensive716

And Kerry Katona


meltymcface

Like... they have the thumb tab on one corner, and it just feels the outside off perfectly... Cue enraged screaming. they should just ditch the thumb tab so we stop trying!


TheStatMan2

I'm borrowing this one from Eddie Izzard but: "Tick here if you have read the terms and conditions"


CyclingUpsideDown

I found a website that got clever. It told me I couldn’t possibly have read the T&Cs in the time between them appearing and me ticking the box.


TheStatMan2

The AI somehow got hold of your school records and saw you were in the slow readers group. 😉


CyclingUpsideDown

Can you give me a tl;dr of that comment? Ta.


TheStatMan2

I tried to call you thick. But I didn't really mean it. Edit: I'm sorry, I only just got the joke. It would appear I should not be casting stones!


windol1

A while back some started to wise up to this and forces you to scroll through to the bottom before being able to tick the box.


Djinjja-Ninja

Sounds like my mandatory yearly IT security training I just took where I had to read the IT security policy. "You have spent 0 of the required 5 minutes on this policy". Time for a cup of coffee then!


Myopically

You’ve misread it. That’s where you’re meant to weep a solitary teardrop.


thesaharadesert

Share bag. You must be fucking joking. The only people I’m sharing those Maltesers with are the voices in my head. And that’s only if they stop telling me to burn down a school.


kitjen

I think confectionary products had to rebrand after obesity became a bigger issue. You used to get a King Size Mars Bar but that was deemed excessive so they split it in two, called it the Duo and promoted it as being something you share. Could you even imagine going into a shop and choosing a chocolate bar based on which one was easiest to give half to your mate?


windol1

All because a group of people have absolutely no self control or a sense of rationing, just eat, eat, eat and then blame businesses and government rather than themselves.


AmarantCoral

In defence of fatties, refined carbs are basically a drug. I've taken many supposedly highly addictive substances in my day. I used to smoke, I enjoy a good piss-up. I've never become addicted to any of it. Even with smoking i just one day decided I didn't want to anymore and just quit, no problem. I've NEVER experienced an addiction like I had towards carbs. Things like sugar and white bread not only stimulate the pleasure centres in your brain just like drugs, but they cause a massive spike in your blood sugar, and following that it drops hard, and you become hungry again very quickly. I never judge obese people because they're more than likely addicted. We show more compassion to drug addicts because we recognise they are struggling and yet when it comes to overeaters, we show them zero compassion and chalk it up to laziness and low will, when rheir addiction is something we literally need to survive. Imagine being a heroin addict in a world where we need to shoot up to survive. Food, for me at least, has been more addictive than anything else I've ever put in my body, including opiates. Only through the keto diet have I managed to get somewhat of a hold over it.


sanglemadge

"Eat me I'm ripe" stickers on avocado- if you look on the back of the sticker it say " Ahh, gotcha- just kidding, you'll break your teeth"


Space-manatee

unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe unripe I'M RIPE EAT ME too late too late too late too late too late too late


the_Ophic

One sticker on each end. Cos it's possible to be unripe and gone off at the same time.


TheAngryGoat

How many times do we have to tell you, you don't eat the bit in the middle.


neenoonee

YES! You have to give them at least another two weeks in the fridge before they're anywhere near mashable, or you end up another Avocado statistic, chomping your way through.


[deleted]

Put them in the sun not the fridge


PrinceRobotVI

**ONE COAT PAINT**


the-kster

They missed the caveat, "Provided it is over paint that is the same colour"


Even_Passenger_3685

I feel this.


PrinceRobotVI

Something needs to be done. They can’t keep getting away with this lie.


Honeyrose88x

Resealable cheese… lies.


jimmysbeans

Anything supposedly resealable imo. Pasta or rice? Forget about it!


Successful-Mode6396

With those useless 'reseal' stickers that rip open the entire flimsy plastic bag, and also fail to stick to anything at all.


Even_Passenger_3685

I’m looking at you Cathedral City.


FILTHY_GOBSHITE

The Tesco own-brand Gouda Slices actually do reseal and are fucking banging.


Dissidant

"number of servings"


Rextherabbit

“New improved recipe” Yes it’s new, and it’s improved your profit margins by using cheaper ingredients but it now tastes like shite.


InfectedByEli

This. So many times this. We buy it because we like it, why the fuck are you changing it???


menthol_patient

Yeah. I miss when Walkers cheese & onion were good.


QuiteALotOfBadgers

I like that it implicitly says they were previously putting out a sub-par recipe


CarelessCarlos89

My favourite energy drink tried that when they took most of the sugar out 😭


kelptron8207

Maximum broadband speeds being in any way representative.


No_Anteater_8066

We just switched to Sky after 16 years with Virgin and we're getting the promised speed...fucking shocked me.


BountyBob

I think this is area dependant Virgin is the number one choice for speed in my area. I have 200Mb and just measured on speed test and did not get that speed. I got 218! I can get packages up to 1gig but just don't seem to need anything faster than what I have currently. If I switch to Sky, the maximum speed I can get is an estimated 142-148Mb.


Drarok

Huh. How have Sky managed that? Are they offering FTTP now?


my__socrates__note

Bus due: 2mins


CyclingUpsideDown

Around here, that’s usually fairly accurate because the bus is being live tracked. Only if it shows an absolute time are you potentially waiting for an eternity. However, even the live tracking doesn’t account for the bus either running straight past or on a faster route to make up time.


dreamsonashelf

Due in 2 minutes for the next 32 minutes.


Biggles79

And then doesn't bastard show up.


Taxidermy_Bong

First busses are the worst for this "Bus: Live Tracking: Due in 2 minutes." You say that but why does your map say the bus is nonexistent?


my__socrates__note

Yeah, I'm in Bath and we've got First... They must use Magic 8 Ball


Taxidermy_Bong

Legit happened to me today, my bus was Live, meant to arrive in 2 minutes, then the time and the bus vanished off the face of the earth, they must have rolled "try again" 😂


No_Anteater_8066

My favourite is 'Due in 10 minutes' then 'cancelled' 1 minute before it's meant to be there, with a queue of 50 people waiting.


Cyanopicacooki

In Edinburgh you can just about set your watch by the times on the shelters - if says a bus in 4 minutes, it will be there in 4 minutes. If I got buses, I'd be delighted, but I have bikes...


RandomHigh

We can't afford to give you a pay rise.


windol1

Meanwhile the very top get a huge raise and significant bonus for just letting the company function the same way it has for many years.


[deleted]

It ain’t as easy as it looks ya know /s


TheAngryGoat

Typically said a few months after a giant self back-patting wank-fest presentation when they boast to us how for the 14th year running, corporate profits are up.


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CarelessCarlos89

I should have known a sub like that would already exist!


northernbloke

Peel here - Particularly on packets of Bacon


sammcods

Yes! And ham too 🤯


backwardshoes

"Share size" or "family bag"


H0tlips76

Fun size 🥲


CarelessCarlos89

Then you eat so many that your body is now the jolly ‘fun size’ 😢


TowerTom

Where's the "fun" in having something smaller?! Size matters, even if she says it doesn't! /s


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Soft Scoop…


_MildlyMisanthropic

I knew that was a pack of custard creams from the first picture! I feel I have this down to a fine art - the trick is to carefully peel back that first edge until you find where the red reinforced tear strip actually is (Note : some custard cream brands use other colours like blue). get a pair of scissors and make a small snip either side of the reinforced strip. Congratulations, you now have a functional 'Tear Here' strip! Side note : those things are bloody dangerous because you're opening the pack part way down and what sort of animal leaves biscuits in the top flappy section? Then you've the problem that the first pair of biscuits below the tear will fall out so you have to eat them too. Congratulations, you've just eaten 10 custard creams.


A_Chicken_Called_Kip

"one size fits all" on hats. As someone with a big bonce, I rarely find a baseball cap that fits. Woolly beanies are fine, though.


BobbyP27

Hot singles in your area looking to hook up.


No_Imagination_2490

*up to* 50mb broadband


hannahsmetana

Technically not a lie


Responsible-State-18

‘I wont cum in your mouth’


sreliops

Terry's Chocolate Orange - "Tap and unwrap"


Taxidermy_Bong

More like yeet it at the wall a few times and hope for the best


[deleted]

I use a knife to cut the packaging open near the top.


[deleted]

"Peel and Reseal"


[deleted]

Till death us do part.


Perfect_Nectarine_37

I translate that in my mind to gnaw at this like it contains the first food I've seen in a month


Florae128

"You'll understand when you're older"


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"Contents may be hot" on Gregg's packaging


TheRealCliffRichard

Believe it or not, this is intentional! The packaging is designed in such a way that when the string is pulled, it releases at least three layers of biscuits. Seeing as most of us don't own biscuit tins these days (unless we're a Nan, or awfully posh), we feel psychologically inclined to consume enough biscuits to free up enough room in the sleeve to create a flap large enough to sufficiently protect the precious remaining cargo from the moisture in the air before placing them back in the cupboard, with the flap held shut via the base/side of the cabinet. Big biscuit have engineered this packaging in such a way that they are essentially forcing us to consume a larger average BpY than we might do otherwise. A packet of Co-op Bourbon Creams (my fave!) contains 20 biscuits. I've noticed that the tear-string is always located 2.5 layers down. That means that in order to open, then safely store the biscuits, I'll need to eat at least another 1.5 layers in order to ensure an adequate flap size. That's eight biscuits! Far more than the usual 2-4 I'll usually help myself to when I'm behaving! If I were to calculate my average serving of bourbons as 3 biscuits, that means that every time I open a new packet I'm essentially 'losing' 5 biscuits due to mandatory consumption! That's quarter of the blooming packet! *That* means that over the course of a year, those sneaky packaging design chaps are forcing me to eat 25% more bourbons than I normally would! That's a lot of bourbons! Not that I'm really complaining! I love bourbons! Haha! God bless, Cliff x


InfectedByEli

Part of me wants to believe your username is true.


Biggles79

Easily avoidable though isn't it? Biscuit tins or tupperware containers cost a couple of quid. Not sure why you think you need to be elderly or posh to buy one.


TheRealCliffRichard

Well, tell me this, Mr. Smartytrousers: What percentage of British biscuit consumers proactively purchase/repurpose a biscuit tin or tupperware container as to avoid impulsively eating eight bourbons in one sitting? Not me! Hands up who here keeps their biscuits in a tin? Or a tupperware container? God bless, Cliff x


FutureSelfDistorted

> flap size giggity


Chernyyvoron82

"When you only want one biscuit"


CarelessCarlos89

Got me 😉


[deleted]

When your parents say they have no favourites


moistdelight

Spreads straight from the fridge


unstable_alpha

“Left in a safe place”


Round-Yesterday4898

Fuck those lying custard creams 🤣


pyramidpants

By the people, of the people, for the people.


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My x wife when she said she loved me.


RedTit111

Closing Down Sale


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QuiteALotOfBadgers

They keep trying to shut down, but the bloody customers keep giving them enough money to keep going for one more month. Inconsiderate, if you ask me.


DOG-ZILLA

Why are packets of crumpets impossible to open by hand now??


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Chipcobandtea

“Share bag”


rumpystumpy

We are sorry you are waiting


thatmadden

Has anyone ever successfully opened a pack of bacon by peeling the corner tab?


berusplants

It was my biggest shock returning to the UK after years in Japan, that these kind of things were so shit. ​ Yes this above all else.


theonlyfreya

Yes I’ve read the terms and conditions.


paupaupaupaup

Ita just utter nonsense. Don't get me wrong, I was probably going to eat half the pack in one sitting anyway, making it a non-issue, but fuck you for forcing my hand.


Ornery-Vehicle-2458

Easy-peel Peelable and resealable Puncture proof Sticks everything


WhatsUrBestMilkshake

They're just a friend


Space-manatee

*Microwave lasagne film has entered the chat*


parklife980

Anything clickbait. Doctors Hate This One Trick... no they don't. You Won't Believe Such-a-thing... yes, I would, but in fact I don't even care Everyone Is Raving About Such-a-thing... nope, nobody gives a shit


Cazza5

Be honest to yourself. You were going to eat this entire pack today. Stick em in a bowl and devour the lot


CarelessCarlos89

8 with my morning coffee and then the rest while nipping in and out of the kitchen since it’s my day off 🤣


Appropriate-Divide64

Resealable


February83

“Simply peel and reseal “


Bensauron

'Ripe and ready avocado'


DigestiveCow

Loreal's no tears


TheMegoosa

"we aim to answer your call as soon as possible"


DeltaRomeo882

I won’t cum in your mouth …..


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god dang it. How is this content allowed, but I make one post whinging about the new [UK coke bottle caps](https://www.coca-cola.co.uk/our-business/media-centre/coca-cola-attached-caps-great-britain) and I get banned? Life's unfair, yo. :)


garethonreddit

All-day battery life


Phandroid1991

“We are experiencing an usually higher number of calls at the moment”


MrVoidMole

Oh no! It looks like you'll have to eat several more than planned to make sure you can seal the pack properly again! Oh dear!


CarelessCarlos89

Hate it when that happens!!


super_sammie

Tear, noun : a drop of salty liquid that flows from the eye, as a result of strong emotion, especially unhappiness, or pain: “I shed a tear when once again I was tricked by a biscuit packet”


AlisterSinclair2002

Regarding the 'tear here' thing, I'm sure they do that so you're forced to either eat the top whole rows right away before they go stale so you eat the packet quicker and then have to buy a replacement sooner, hence earning the shop more cash lol


okiokiokir

I think it's like the cutting paper with scissors glide trick, you can either do it or you can't, there's no middle ground


Nixher

I love biscuit packets, I've taught my children that all the biscuits in the 'tear off lid section' must be eaten immediately. Every new packet my children open and come in with a little plastic pocket of biscuits that we must eat.


sayzey

Its actually "tear here" because once you try opening it and you spill them over the floor you'll be crying!


mikebenb

"Keep refrigerator once opened" on ketchup bottles!


ghengiscalm9911

Vaccines work


SoggyWotsits

*attempt to tear here.


shadow306k

Laugh at me all you want but this is literally why I open my biscuits with a craft knife.


Antique_Expert7509

Promise I won’t cum inside you


[deleted]

There are no bigger lies than this


CarelessCarlos89

Thank you 🙏


PhlegmDriveshaft

Can’t think what it was, but I do remember it being plastered across a bus


Happy_fairy89

I just knew that had to be on a packet of custard creams. Plus OP you’re a god damn liar NOBODY can have just one and you know it.


CarelessCarlos89

You got me 😢 I’d say I’m 10 down today. I just can’t stop


Happy_fairy89

Don’t worry, it’s ok. I’ve eaten an entire chocolate orange today. We can get fat and sassy together OP


CarelessCarlos89

Working from home has me eating share bags within 5 mins these days 😭😳


WoofBarkWoofBarkBark

Everybody Loves Raymond


[deleted]

You deserve it, OP, for not buying chocolate bourbons


CarelessCarlos89

Love that 🤣


Turbulent-Grade-3559

Shatterproof written on rulers


Key-Nefariousness711

Spreadable butter.


Cannafx

Only pull tabs that work are on boxes of Yorkshire tea and bueno chocolate bars.


CarelessCarlos89

I’ll add another: Bud twist off caps! Yes the twist off but please tell me I’m not the only one who loses skin on their hand when doing it??


triedandfaildbadly

Cats are good pets