If you could teach the world one thing...

Time Magazine · 08-10-2008 10:01PM #1

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 · 08-10-2008 10:17PM

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

AnonoBoy · 08-10-2008 10:21PM

Hagar wrote: »

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

Damn. Beat me to it Hagar.

Ponster · 08-10-2008 10:53PM

What the hell was/is the Groceries Order ?

SpookyDoll · 08-10-2008 11:07PM

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

ronnie3585 · 08-10-2008 11:08PM

Ponster wrote: »

What the hell was/is the Groceries Order ?

Like the Orange Order but started by St Bernard.

Galvasean · 08-10-2008 11:22PM

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

SV · 08-10-2008 11:22PM

How to use roundabouts.

Acacia · 08-10-2008 11:23PM

That chicks with glasses can be hot. :cool:

Time Magazine · 08-10-2008 11:39PM

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 Thankfully the law was repealed in 2006, but some people still want it brought back!!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 · 08-10-2008 11:44PM

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 · 08-10-2008 11:53PM

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

Grimlock · 08-10-2008 11:56PM

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

Run_to_da_hills · 08-10-2008 11:58PM

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

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 09-10-2008 12:02AM

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 · 09-10-2008 12:04AM

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

That's just you being optimistic...

I still have my out dated iodine tablets

Insect Overlord · 09-10-2008 12:12AM

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

Zangetsu · 09-10-2008 11:38AM

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

Snap...

Burial · 09-10-2008 11:44AM

I would teach people to vote no on proposition 24

Smart Bug · 09-10-2008 11:50AM

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 · 09-10-2008 11:51AM

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

whiskeyman · 09-10-2008 11:54AM

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

Smart Bug · 09-10-2008 11:56AM

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

Slow Motion · 09-10-2008 12:03PM

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 · 09-10-2008 12:06PM

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 · 09-10-2008 12:17PM

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 · 09-10-2008 12:21PM

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 · 09-10-2008 12:22PM

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 · 09-10-2008 12:27PM

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 · 09-10-2008 12:42PM

ClioV6 wrote: »

How to use roundabouts.

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

Burial · 09-10-2008 01:07PM

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.

If you could teach the world one thing...

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