Pound City?

Saruman

OK this is a complete waste of a thread and bandwith but im bored... anyway... i heard an ad on radio the other day for Pound City... i thought oh yeah i have seen them.. one in Blanch i know of and more dotted around no doubt... anyway i was thinking about the name.. why are they still call pound city.. There is no such thing as a Pound... Now it could be down to cost.. the cost involved in changing a name can be very high.. also Euro City sounds like either a 2nd hand car dealer or a sleezy X rated video store...

Anyone else notice or care?

Gaz

Your right this is a complete waste of a thread !

pfff the stuff some people spend their day thinking about !

Doc

I think its pretty sad that you could only associate the word Euro with porn or second hand goods!

po0k

Euro reminds me of yo-yos.
Or "YORE. OH."

And yes, i would associate it with porn and 2nd hand goods.

Saruman

Originally posted by Doc
I think its pretty sad that you could only associate the word Euro with porn or second hand goods!

one word Doc... "Eurotrash!"


Hmm better still combine both second hand goods and Porn and what do you get?

Euro City - The second hand porn shop!!

po0k

Yeah, the 2nd hand bog roll would be highly suspect though

EvilGeorge

WTF ???

You could't really call it a euro store - what can you sell for just one euro ?

zAbbo

Theres one in Monaghan that changes its name to Euro Central. i thought it was the same nationwide.

Kolodny

Well not eveything in a pound shop cost just a pound anyway... many items, in fact, cost 2 pounds or maybe 3 items for 2 pounds. One I saw some items being sold for 1.50 ....:eek:

Saruman

There was one called pound saver, they could change to Euro Saver without silly 2nd hand porn comments lol

Jim

why do u plp shop in these **** holes????

Mills

Originally posted by bazH
Theres one in Monaghan that changes its name to Euro Central. i thought it was the same nationwide.

There's one in Monaghan? That's news to me.

I think I've stopped looking around though in Monaghan, there's nothing interesting to see in the towns, I just put my head down and drive and hope that I'll be out soon.

zAbbo

Theres one in the Shopping Centre,

Ah Monaghan ain`t that bad,well maybe it is. But theres not as many skangers/knackers than other places

Mills

True, very few knackers, and a pretty safe place. Just incredibly dull .

zAbbo

Do you frequent the glorious computer ignorant region that is home.(Monaghan)

Saruman

Originally posted by Jimeatsmenu
why do u plp shop in these **** holes????

I dont think anyne said they did.. read first post of thread... its a waste of a thread posted out of boredom.. namely mine!! We are not discussing shopping... anyway you dont shop in these places you pop in if you want a pack of 20 batteries or something...

zAbbo

or cheap easter eggs/birthday cards/candles/chocalate/novelty hats etc.

Mills

I live in Monaghan, but not for much longer .

yellum

I used to work in a Pound City. My first job, I got 2.50 an hour. I had great fun anyway.

Some clever competitor in Cork changed their name to EuroCity as the euro came in, so they can't call themselves eurocity down here.

zAbbo

you`d have thought they`d have registered the possible names or decided ages ago. Surely they are a franchise of some sort, so how can they have differnt names in diff counties.

yellum

They're not a franchise, they're owned by some very astute and rich businessmen.

Make the crap for 1p, sell it for a punt. Nice markup.

zAbbo

but surely they could have sorted a name out for the euro changover.

n.catenthusiast

i dunno about poundcity, but what seriously worries me is the demise of penny sweets. These were an institution, and one of the corner stones of our society, and now they're gone,in the blink of a eye, just another victim of our rampant consumerism and such forth.

leeroybrown

Well penny sweets ceased to be when you could no longer buy one for a penny