If you could teach the world one thing...

Time Magazine

Woohoo, 5000th post! And so with it I shall start this thread and begin with one thing that pisses me off.

It really bugs me that people think that the Groceries Order was a good thing, or that repealing it caused the recent rise in food prices. Fact: in the twelve months after abolition, items on the Groceries Order fell in price while other food items rose significantly. Fact: since the abolition, yes food prices here have risen but at significantly lower levels than elsewhere, e.g. in the UK. UK food prices rose way faster than ours, their prices are up about €500 per household per year more than us.

The recent rise in food prices is global and has nothing to do with removing the Groceries Order. Conclusion: the removal of the Groceries Order has kept food prices lower than they would be had it stayed. About time we scrapped that law.

So, what commonly-held opinion drives you mad? Here's your one chance to teach the world a fact that we really should know. Get yourself IBTL :pac:

Hagar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mOEU87SBTU

AnonoBoy

Hagar wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mOEU87SBTU

Damn. Beat me to it Hagar.

Ponster

What the hell was/is the Groceries Order ?

SpookyDoll

Id like to teach the world to stop watchin the news and wafflin about stuff I cant want to understand....

ronnie3585

Ponster wrote: »

What the hell was/is the Groceries Order ?

Like the Orange Order but started by St Bernard.

Galvasean

I would teach them the world that I am God and should be worshiped as such.

SV

How to use roundabouts.

Acacia

That chicks with glasses can be hot. :cool:

Time Magazine

Ponster wrote: »

What the hell was/is the Groceries Order ?

A law enacted in 1987 that banned shops from selling food below the invoice price. So we had the wonderful situation where our government were bringing Tesco and Dunnes to court for selling nappies too cheaply. Yep, you read that right. Thankfully the law was repealed in 2006, but some people still want it brought back!!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

SpookyDoll wrote: »

Id like to teach the world to stop watchin the news and wafflin about stuff I cant want to understand....

Hey! It's Miss Teen South Carolina!

* just youtube it if ya don't know...

GhostInTheRuins

I'd like to teach the world to sing da da da dada da

Grimlock

That short hair on women is attractive......imho that is.

Run_to_da_hills

That this Economic crash will make 1929 out to be like a "garden party" :eek:

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

That this Economic crash will make 1929 out to be like a "garden party" :eek:

That's just you being optimistic...

Run_to_da_hills

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

That's just you being optimistic...

I still have my out dated iodine tablets

Insect Overlord

That the daily Mail is not a real newspaper :rolleyes:

Zangetsu

Galvasean
I would teach them the world that I am God and should be worshiped as such.




Snap...

Burial

I would teach people to vote no on proposition 24

Smart Bug

Acacia wrote: »

That chicks with glasses can be hot. :cool:

Oooohhhh yeah, love that school mistress look.

Hurt me mistress, I've been a very bad boy

The Master

I would teach people that munting is a victimless crime.....

whiskeyman

I'd like to teach the world that education is a bad thing...

Smart Bug

I'd like to teach Grandma's how to suck eggs.

Slow Motion

Yes! I do own the road, and yes I do know everything and that I am always right, no I don't need to ask for directions!

kraggy

Grimlock wrote: »

That short hair on women is attractive......imho that is.

Yup. Sure is. Though depends on the rest of the package of course. But generally, yeah.

ScumLord

I'd teach the world that chimpanzees smile by exposing their bottom row of teeth whereas humans expose their top row of teeth. I think it's important the world knows this so people don't look like dicks when they go to a fancy dinner party thrown by some small jungle ferret where the majority of the attendees are chimps.

Économiste Monétaire

The Economist wrote: »

So, what commonly-held opinion drives you mad?

People who believe that the Federal Reserve System is a private corporation. The logic just doesn't hold, it's like calling Ireland a private corporation.

AARRRGH

The Economist wrote: »

Here's your one chance to teach the world a fact that we really should know.

Unfortunately most people don't seem to know this -

Beating your kids/degrading your kids/being cruel to your kids/ignoring your kids... damages them. Don't do it.

ScumLord

UCD_Econ wrote: »

People who believe that the Federal Reserve System is a private corporation. The logic just doesn't hold, it's like calling Ireland a private corporation.

The Irish economy (along with the rest of them) always did seem like a private corporation to me. They're run more or less the same way.

RobertFoster

ClioV6 wrote: »

How to use roundabouts.

That's what I thought when I read the thread title...:eek:

Burial

Yea, people need to learn their roundabouts! AND YELLOW BOX RULE!!!! Learning to drive that stuff was drilled into me, yet people still tell me I'm breaking the law, when I'm not.

Acacia

Smart Bug wrote: »

Oooohhhh yeah, love that school mistress look.

Hurt me mistress, I've been a very bad boy

*Acacia takes off glasses seductively and takes down her hair*

See, we can be hot!

Burial

Burial wrote: »

Yea, people need to learn their roundabouts!.

was just going to say the same thing!

Skellington

How to properly drive on a motorway.
Taken from here

Lane 1

The normal 'keep left' rule applies. Stay in this lane unless you are overtaking.

Lane 2

On a two-lane motorway, use this for overtaking only and move back into lane 1 when you have finished. You may also use this lane to accommodate traffic merging from the left.

On a three-lane motorway, you may stay in this centre lane while there is slower moving traffic in lane 1.

Lane 3

If you are travelling on a three-lane motorway, you must use this lane only if traffic in lanes 1 and 2 is moving in queues and you need to overtake or accommodate merging traffic. Once you've finished overtaking, move back to your left and allow faster traffic coming from behind to pass by.

CursedSkeptic

That life is meaningless and people aren't important

Skellington

Skellington wrote: »

How to properly drive on a motorway.
Taken from here

have you noticed on the new 3 lane m50 people seem to have completely abandoned the left lane and are using the centre lane and right hand lane as if they were the only ones available :mad: :mad: :mad:

CursedSkeptic

CursedSkeptic wrote: »

That life is meaningless and people aren't important

raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...........

Burial

Deleted User wrote: »

have you noticed on the new 3 lane m50 people seem to have completely abandoned the left lane and are using the centre lane and right hand lane as if they were the only ones available :mad: :mad: :mad:

Just use the left lane then....

Another thing I'd teach, is NOT to sing along to songs. It drives me nuts!

Zangetsu

:eek: ^ what you talkin bout mo... If it wasn't for a sing along, a couple of pints and a lady sitting on a stain on the sheets you wouldn't be here!

Shame on you...

Burial

No, drunkin sing-alongs are fine, but singing to a song because you know the words, and so I can't listen to the song, only to your voice. THATS ANNOYING!

not yet

I'd like to teach everyone to say when people annoy them to say.........

Yeah......ask you're sister.

Zangetsu

@Burial: Your not getting away from that comment... Where would the world be without song... Back in your hole!

Burial

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OT: Manners.

Thanks for reading.

Burial

Teaching NTL/Eircom to stop ringing me when I'm already a customer/don't want to be a customer. Half our calls are just from them!

Frada you are welcome.

astrofool

Fog lights (those lights integrated into the front bottom bumper) are for fog, and dazzle other motorists, increasing the chances of an accident occurring.

And that you look really stupid when you decide to turn them on only and not your headlights.

Burial

Lol! I did that once, and a taxi driver kept flashing me to turn them on, and I flashed him many times, until I realised that I had no lights on.

Also, a guy behind me had no lights on, so I turned on my hazards. He kept flashing me back until I turned off and on my lights. His and his wifes expressions were priceless!

Ross_Mahon

Teach the world to be Atheist which will free up more time to teach them more stuff.

Silenceisbliss

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

Teach the world to be Atheist which will free up more time to teach them more important stuff.

there ya go

Biggins

...to stop idiots thinking that America is always right and that their goverment is corrupt to the core by lobbists and their huge money buying ways.

Dardania

The Economist wrote: »

A law enacted in 1987 that banned shops from selling food below the invoice price. So we had the wonderful situation where our government were bringing Tesco and Dunnes to court for selling nappies too cheaply. Yep, you read that right. Thankfully the law was repealed in 2006, but some people still want it brought back!!

Sorry - but it's ultimately bad for the market - these shops entice you in with cheap prices on certain goods (but everything else is expensive but people are lazy so sure, they'll buy all while they're in one shop anyway) that smaller shops can't compete with which causes them to lose custom, close down - and then who are we left with? The big shops that can ratchet all the prices up again.