The new phonebook and golden pages...

artvandulet

...just arrived at the door. They now reside in my green bin.

Is there a way to opt out of receiving this? Does anyone use either anymore?
Also, they are about half the size. No longer the great big tomes they used to be.

DirtyBollox

They're great as door stops, something for a little kid to sit on at the table and for starting a fire.

and if you have enough of them its great to put your feet up after a hard day!

im invisible

It used to be twice the size, but they thought it was too big, so they split it in two, and now you've got two books half the size...

mike65

When I first remember seeing Golden Pages the whole country was covered by one volume, written on parchment it was, with wooden covers and the hide of a bison for the spine.

smash

Do these fall under the category of 'Junk Mail'?

FatherLen

we dont need them anymore. the internet has replaced them.

TheZohanS

Golden Pages get's dumped straight in the bin, never use it.

artvandulet

smash wrote: »

Do these fall under the category of 'Junk Mail'?

clearly not as i have a no junk mail sign!

Ruu_Old

I chuck 'em at cars.

Dravokivich

Mythbusters used'em as armour plating...

Blazer

ye gobshítes throwing away fine books like the golden pages.
Free books are always cheaper than firelighters and briquettes
Ask many a student who survived through harsh winters with pages from the golden book.

artvandulet

Sc@recrow wrote: »

ye gobshítes throwing away fine books like the golden pages.
Free books are always cheaper than firelighters and briquettes
Ask many a student who survived through harsh winters with pages from the golden book.

ye wouldnt get much heat off the new one. Its much smaller than it used to be.

smash

Actually, it'll make a good target base for my pellet gun.

Or just keep them. It's not like they take up much space.

Ebbs

shaaane wrote: »

Or just keep them. It's not like they take up much space.

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/10/images/large/A_1_1ABags_208500_0310.jpg

"much space" is rather relative.

TheZohanS

Sc@recrow wrote: »

ye gobshítes throwing away fine books like the golden pages.
Free books are always cheaper than firelighters and briquettes
Ask many a student who survived through harsh winters with pages from the golden book.

I'll sell you mine so, you'd have to be a bigger gobshìte to stick one on a gas fire.

mike65

If you keep enough of them and then wrap them in a curtain off cut you can make a footstool for free. (thanks to Valerie Singleton for that one)

MugMugs

Handy for beating people with and they keep the bruises down.

IrishZeus

Ebbs wrote: »

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/10/images/large/A_1_1ABags_208500_0310.jpg

"much space" is rather relative.

Stay away from my house you pervert! :P

dilallio

They were very handy for the bait & switch conmen.

They would put an ad in donedeal - 'Laptop for sale'. When they would meet you, they would get you to sit into a car with a buddy in the back, and show you a decent laptop in a laptop bag. They would then put the laptop back into the bag, and pass it back to their buddy in the back.
If you were silly or naive enough to pay up, they would then pass you an identical bag with the golden pages inside, instead of the laptop, let you out of the car, and drive off.
Bast**ds.

mike65

Donedeal ad
Laptop
Burly fellow
?
Money

conundrum is solved!

Lollipops23

My electricity conked oyt the other day so I used the Golden Pages to call the ESB. First time I've used it in years, but it was mighty useful at the time.