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Have you ever been pillaged/looted?

  • 22-06-2011 8:14pm
    #1
    AskMyChocolate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭


    I'm sitting in the bath at the moment, trying to scrub away the shame, while trying to convince myself that it wasn't my fault.

    But deep down I know I was asking for it. Sidling up to that checkout, with my designer stubble. What cashier could resist?

    I brought it on myself.

    €10.79 for four razor blades.

    Not in a local shop. This is in Tesco's.

    I reported it to the Guards, but all they would say was, that there is a lot of it about, and we should stay away from shops , and always go in two's.

    I offered to provide a foto-fit, but the guard explained to me that it actually isn't illegal.

    I've changed my wash-hand basin, but I think the memories will always be there.

    I'll always see "Gillette" in that mirror.

    Choco


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  • #2
    qz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    You're either sitting in an empty bath or you're a brave man/woman who isn't scared by frivolous things such as electrocution.


  • #3
    Greentopia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭Greentopia


    What are ya doing buying razor blades in Tesco's? Ebay FTW


  • #4
    Greentopia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭Greentopia


    qz wrote: »
    You're either sitting in an empty bath or you're a brave man/woman who isn't scared by frivolous things such as electrocution.

    Electrocuted with a hand razor??:confused:


  • #5
    qz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    Greentopia wrote: »
    Electrocuted with a hand razor??:confused:

    That's a novel idea. I was thinking more along the lines of laptop / smart phone.


  • #6
    jclally
    Closed Accounts Posts: 112 ✭✭jclally


    Isn't pillage something to do with hay?


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  • #7
    Sinfonia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    Run the blades off your jeans every now and again, and they'll last for months... Saw a video on youtube by some lad about it, and it works!


  • #8
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    someone on the wine ?


  • #9
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    Sinfonia wrote: »
    Run the blades off your jeans every now and again, and they'll last for months... Saw a video on youtube by some lad about it, and it works!

    I just ended up cutting lumps out of my jeans.


  • #10
    Greentopia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,221 ✭✭✭Greentopia


    qz wrote: »
    That's a novel idea. I was thinking more along the lines of laptop / smart phone.

    Ah. But if they were plugged in but who'd be stupid enough to put them anywhere near a bath full of water??
    Of course never underestimate human stupidity I guess :rolleyes:


  • #11
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Good job you didn't go for their new ones. They are €12 for three.

    That's like being Raped, pillaged, having your head cut off and someone crapping down your neck.


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  • #12
    FTGFOP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭FTGFOP


    AskMyChocolate wrote: »
    I'll always see "Gillette" in that mirror.

    Shenanigans.


  • #13
    OutlawPete
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    AskMyChocolate wrote: »
    I'll always see "Gillette" in that mirror.

    Ah Gillette .. or Little Gill as I call her, she sure does leave you raw.


  • #14
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    jclally wrote: »
    Isn't pillage something to do with hay?

    I think it might be more summit you do IN the hay ;)


  • #15
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Bloody Vikings! :mad:


  • #16
    up for anything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,779 ✭✭✭up for anything


    Ruu wrote: »
    Bloody Vikings! :mad:

    He bought them in Tescos not Ikea. :D


  • #17
    ArtSmart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭ArtSmart


    whenever someones says 'marketing -load of bolllix' my response is always Gillette turbo/fusion. body wash for men. face scrubs for men (who already are exfoliating by shaving) after care cream etc etc.

    we live in amazing times.

    Edit. they even have a 'gamer' razor blade . LOL

    http://www.gillette.com/en/us/products/all-products.aspx


  • #18
    AskMyChocolate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭AskMyChocolate


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Good job you didn't go for their new ones. They are €12 for three.

    That's like being Raped, pillaged, having your head cut off and someone crapping down your neck.

    I'll meet you at Leinster house. Don't get me started.

    Oi! Sutherland.


  • #19
    evercloserunion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭evercloserunion


    I went to Paris last year, and paid the idiot tax on my first day there. A Roma kid comes up to me with a clipboard, and points to the words on the clipboard, it says something about some deaf people's charity. I've seen these things before in Ireland that were (to the best of my knowledge) legit, and I was tired, so didn't give it much second thought. I rummaged in my pocket for a few coins, but the smallest I had was a fiver note. Fair enough, I handed it over. He took it, but then pointed to some small handwritten text at the top of the clipboard, "minimum donation €10". That's when it clicked. I looked up and saw tons of them with clipboards harassing people. Well he had my fiver and I wasn't arsed wrestling it back off him, so I just walked off. At least ten times over the next two days I was asked again to donate to this deaf charity. Felt so damn stupid.


  • #20
    General General
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭General General


    Well, I bought what I was told was a Death Star on Adverts.ie... f*cking thing is made out of Lego.

    Fffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..


  • #21
    Karona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭Karona


    I bought the new Gillette spa Venus razor and it was the greatest load of crap. I wrote to Gillette and complained and I got a 15 euro voucher off them. :D


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  • #22
    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    Lidl razors for the win, i do get nasty rash after it but thats the price you pay for a bargain.


  • #23
    ArtSmart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭ArtSmart


    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    Lidl razors for the win, i do get nasty rash after it but thats the price you pay for a bargain.
    well, miser by name...



    :)


  • #24
    mgmt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭mgmt


    Sinfonia wrote: »
    Run the blades off your jeans every now and again, and they'll last for months... Saw a video on youtube by some lad about it, and it works!


    +1

    And to sharpen electric razors, remove the blade guard off the blades and spin the blades against a ceramic cup. Takes a couple of seconds and saves you a fortune.


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