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Cheap beer causes stampede!

  • 02-06-2011 12:08PM
    #1
    h57xiucj2z946q
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13621315
    An error which slashed the price of beer and cider led to a stampede of customers at a number of Tesco supermarkets in Scotland.

    A deal offering three boxes of various alcoholic drinks for £20 was going through the tills at three for £11.

    Police were called to Tesco in Greenock after heavy congestion was reported in the car park as customers rushed to get the deal.

    It probably would have ended in fatalities over here.


Comments

  • #2
    Fukuyama
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Fukuyama


    Tesco larger.

    ...the fcuk they stampeding about?


  • #3
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Causes flatulence too.


  • #4
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
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    Dean0088 wrote: »
    Tesco larger.

    ...the fcuk they stampeding about?

    Agreed. I'm a man who enjoys his cheap drink, but that stuff is putrid. And ridiculously over-priced for an 'own brand' beer.


  • #5
    jimthemental
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    Woulda been a good start to the long weeked


  • #6
    Auvers
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    Dean0088 wrote: »
    Tesco larger.

    ...the fcuk they stampeding about?

    I see your man with two boxes of wife beater in the pic


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  • #7
    df1985
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    scottish mates go 150 cans of stella for 55 quid according to facebook.....theyre quite pleased!


  • #8
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    So was it a case of - "To hell with the food, lets get cheap beer"? fúcking muppets!


  • #9
    u140acro3xs7dm
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    df1985 wrote: »
    scottish mates go 150 cans of stella for 55 quid according to facebook.....theyre quite pleased!
    Their missus's wont be too happy about it.


  • #10
    Korvanica
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    Dean0088 wrote: »
    Tesco larger.

    ...the fcuk they stampeding about?

    Its not Tesco lager, those deals usually include stella, Heineken, bud, miller and some other beers too...

    Sainsburys one, but tesco basically do the same...


  • #11
    [-0-]
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    Dean0088 wrote: »
    Tesco larger.

    ...the fcuk they stampeding about?

    They're Scottish!


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  • #12
    YFlyer
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    Juniper Poor Semiconductor wrote: »
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13621315

    There will be a spike in domestic violences in Scotland.


  • #13
    YFlyer
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    The article mentioned that some went home to change their clothes to comeback to buy more.

    Must have spilled drink all over them in the excitement :D


  • #14
    Saila
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    Corvus Maximus wrote: »
    So was it a case of - "To hell with the food, lets get cheap beer"? fúcking muppets!

    but beer=food :confused:


  • #15
    brosy
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    Corvus Maximus wrote: »
    So was it a case of - "To hell with the food, lets get cheap beer"? fúcking muppets!


    What exactly are you trying to say?


  • #16
    old hippy
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    World's Most Famous Alcoholics Sneer at World's Second Most Famous Alcholics Shocker!


  • #17
    phasers
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    The Irish Tesco sucks, over in the UK sometimes stuff gets reduced to a penny and sold off. Prices only ever get higher over here.

    And whenever there's a glitch, the staff buy up all the goods.


  • #18
    Fratton Fred
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    Probably the worst country in the world for this to happen in.


  • #19
    Hank_Jones
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    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Probably the worst country in the world for this to happen in.

    Didn't happen here, happened in Scotland. :D


  • #20
    mike65
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    The emergency services are no doubt thrilled,
    now if only they could get cheap burgers as well!
    :p


  • #21
    RachaelVO
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    YFlyer wrote: »
    The article mentioned that some went home to change their clothes to comeback to buy more.

    Must have spill drink all over them in the excitement :D

    I'd say looking at your man he spilt more than beer all over his trousers!


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  • #22
    bnt
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    Dean0088 wrote: »
    Tesco larger.

    ...the fcuk they stampeding about?
    a) it's called Lager, not "larger"
    b) it wasn't limited to Tesco brand drinks e.g. the article has a picture of a bloke holding cases of Stella Artois.
    Hank_Jones wrote: »
    Didn't happen here, happened in Scotland.
    Scotland has a higher incidence of alcoholism and related deaths than Ireland - and much more drinking at home instead of at the pub.
    • Scotland: 18.7 deaths per 100,000 people in 2008 (source)
    • Ireland: 7.1 deaths per 100,000 people in 2008 (source)
    I'm originally from Scotland, but left at a young age, so I guess I dodged a bullet there. I have been out in Glasgow on a Friday night, and it was a war zone compared to Temple Bar, but I was old enough to know to be careful.

    In its pure form, fascism is the sum total of all irrational reactions of the average human character.

    ― Wilhelm Reich



  • #23
    ArtyM
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    They will all be returned when the locals get them home and realise that they are not deep fried.


  • #24
    YFlyer
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    RachaelVO wrote: »
    I'd say looking at your man he spilt more than beer all over his trousers!

    Getting a creamy head


  • #25
    Pyr0
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    Tesco are doing 24 cans of anything for 24 euro at the moment. Guy I know picked up 24 cans of Kopparberg the other day.


  • #26
    RachaelVO
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    YFlyer wrote: »
    Getting a creamy head

    Pretty much my thoughts alright :D


  • #27
    suicide_circus
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    Dean0088 wrote: »
    Tesco larger
    Larger than what?


  • #28
    Coriolanus
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    bnt wrote: »
    a) it's called Lager, not "larger"
    b) it wasn't limited to Tesco brand drinks e.g. the article has a picture of a bloke holding cases of Stella Artois.


    Scotland has a higher incidence of alcoholism and related deaths than Ireland - and much more drinking at home instead of at the pub.
    • Scotland: 18.7 deaths per 100,000 people in 2008 (source)
    • Ireland: 7.1 deaths per 100,000 people in 2008 (source)
    I'm originally from Scotland, but left at a young age, so I guess I dodged a bullet there. I have been out in Glasgow on a Friday night, and it was a war zone compared to Temple Bar, but I was old enough to know to be careful.

    It's under reported here.


  • #29
    syklops
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    Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »
    Agreed. I'm a man who enjoys his cheap drink, but that stuff is putrid. And ridiculously over-priced for an 'own brand' beer.

    Are you sure its the same tesco own brand, as they sell over here?


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