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Main reason to hate the Brits

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  • 08-08-2009 9:52pm
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    My name is URL
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    A full four-and-a-half months before presents are exchanged, London department store Selfridges has put its annual Christmas range on sale.

    Customers can rush to buy baubles and stock up on decorations from the Yuletide shop this year earlier than ever before.

    The flagship first run of Christmas goods is traditionally sold from the end of August.

    The store defended its decision to bring the launch forward, insisting: "We wouldn't (do) it now unless we thought there was a market for it."

    With baubles adorned with Union flags as well as "We Love England" and "We Love London" slogans, Selfridges is openly coveting the buoyant tourist trade.

    A spokeswoman said the state of the British pound meant more and more visitors were spending their cash in the store.

    It is too early to know how much demand there will be for Christmas decorations when the temperature in the capital is 23C.

    Customers escaping the heat will not yet be forced to shop to a background of festive songs on loop.

    But artificial trees on sale in bright pink and bright purple left few in doubt that Christmas has come early to the capital.

    Selfridges is set to widen its release of goods over the coming months.

    A broader array of festive stock will arrive in late September, when all the Christmas ranges start to appear around the store.

    Christmas shops at Selfridges' Manchester and Birmingham branches will then follow at the beginning of October.

    Real trees will be available for the first time this year, in December of all months.

    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090808/tuk-yule-what-selfridges-launches-xmas-r-45dbed5.html

    I think I'm gonna vomit :(


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    Gordon
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    Why is that a good reason to hate a whole country?


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    abouttobebanned
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    Most ridiculous thread title ever.


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    #4
    My name is URL
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    Gordon wrote: »
    Why is that a good reason to hate a whole country?

    Because hating just 1 store is discriminatory


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    K-Ren
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    Class! Christmas is only 4 and a half months away!


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    #6
    fryup
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    stupid thread > lock it


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    #7
    donmeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭donmeister


    Its threads like these that make me want to drink excessively :(


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    #8
    bigeasyeah
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    I dont care as long as I can have a go at the Germans


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    Diabhal Beag
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    I don't see what makes me hate Britain after reading that, except Horne and Corden :mad:


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    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    Because hating just 1 store is discriminatory

    Stupid thread title, brilliant reply.


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    AckwelFoley
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    Gordon wrote: »
    Why is that a good reason to hate a whole country?

    sarcastic wit reception fail/

    reboot :pac:


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    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    Brummytom will see this thread soon and he'll have your ass for insulting the Brits.


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    #13
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,067 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Maybe I failed on the title, but it was only supposed to be satirical

    I'm not anti-British =p


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    thomond2006
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    AckwelFoley
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    fryup wrote: »
    stupid thread > lock it

    Because AH is full of threads that tickle the brain receptors. This thread fails to deliver.

    BURN HIM


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    TPD
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    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    Brummytom will see this thread soon and he'll have your ass for insulting the Brits.

    Sexually


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    #17
    AckwelFoley
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    I love the Brits.

    Particularly their women.

    Essex to be more precise


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    OPENROAD
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    Harrods normally start at the end of July, huge tourist numbers and the place is packed with people buying, from a business point of view you can't knock it, Selfridges obviously going down the Harrods route, as they have tended to start later in the past.


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    #19
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,067 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    OPENROAD wrote: »
    Harrods normally start at the end of July, ..... you can't knock it

    Now this is trolling !~


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    OPENROAD
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    Now this is trolling !~



    How?? Harrods is a HUGE tourist attraction, year after year the Christmas dept is packed at this time of the year with tourists and all spending, so from a business point of view you can't knock it, I personally avoid it, can't stand Christmas.


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    #21
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,067 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Made especially for this trainwreck

    http://i25.tinypic.com/2lctobl.png

    you can lock it now =)


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    kumate_champ07
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    The Chief Executive of Selfridges retail is Paul Kelly, an Irish man.


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    #23
    mink_man
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    sure we all know the greeks invented gayness!


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    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    mink_man wrote: »
    sure we all know the greeks invented gayness!

    the year of the great olive harvest. so much olive oil, what to do with it?


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    brummytom
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    thomond2006 wrote: »
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    You really need to stop doing that.

    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    Brummytom will see this thread soon and he'll have your ass for insulting the Brits.
    Ah **** it, cockney pricks

    The Perfect Drug wrote: »
    Sexually
    If you're lucky


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    #26
    Lollipops23
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    the shop i work in opens the xmas shop in late september; they wouldn't go to the hassle unless it did the business. we've even had customers give out to us about the dept while holding a bunch of baubles in their hand which they proceed to buy:rolleyes:

    my mam bought an xmas dec in paris,even though it was like may.


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    #27
    Ponster
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    I'm posting this from Mansfield, West Midlands !

    Am I a fail ?


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    #28
    brummytom
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    Ponster wrote: »
    I'm posting this from Mansfield, West Midlands !

    Am I a fail ?

    Yes, Mansfield's in Nottinghamshire, not the West Mids :P


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    #29
    procure11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 421 ✭✭procure11


    Main reason to hate the Brits?

    Tbh would simply mean you do not have a life!!


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    #30
    dvpower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,183 ✭✭✭dvpower


    Why would they sell more fridges at Christmas time anyway?


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    #31
    brummytom
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    dvpower wrote: »
    Why would they sell more fridges at Christmas time anyway?

    People having family/friends round for Christmas - more food to store. Might think "Well let's get a bigger fridge" ?


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