The FALSE ECONOMIES chat boutique

[The Unholy Ghost]

Shinier than I'd have PREFERRED, as I recall (of course it was all a very long time ago now).

Did you slide off?

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

No comments from someone who would only use the cheapest pillows in the land please.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

Does anyone have any decent NONE feather/down pillows? If I think about it for TOO LONG, it’s actually quite GROSS.

My memory foam pillows from Emma are the best I've ever had. And the mattress is great too.

 

[lolly]

We've got latex dunlopillo ones. They weren't cheap, but we've had them over 10 years and they are still just as good as when we got them.

 

[COB]

The Emma pillows weren't for me I have a mix of pillows now, a dreaded Ikea one underneath an M&S one from one of their mid-priced ranges.

 

[COB]

Did you slide off?

Worse, I would spin and spin on the spot due to the complete lack of friction

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

My memory foam pillows from Emma are the best I've ever had. And the mattress is great too.

I don’t trust people called Emma which is why I chose Nectar

I would say that a good memory foam mattress is the best investment ever although it makes it hard to ever want to get out of bed. There are a few things which I want but don’t have to do today and am I up yet? NO!

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

Worse, I would spin and spin on the spot due to the complete lack of friction

Oh NO

I’m so amused by this image and have a definite visual in mind but can’t find an appropriate gif

 

[GinAg (39)]

I love my memory foam pillow. It came with a quilted protector. Quite, the luxury really.

Our Egyptian cotton bedsheets were LOVELY, but they tore on a WHIM. Waste of MUCH EXPENSE.

 

[Lucille]

Oh NO

I’m so amused by this image and have a definite visual in mind but can’t find an appropriate gif

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

Oh God I’ve just remembered my worst false economy ever: a second hand sofa from the British Heart Foundation. (I could quite easily have bought a new one but clearly thought I deserved something horrible.) Not only did I realise what a terrible error I’d made when it arrived - it stank and there were hair grips and fag ends down the back - but somebody had clearly died of an overdose on it before the house clearance brigade was summoned and it was HAUNTED

 

[lolly]

This is why WINCEYETTE is such a BOON.

Warm, stylish, and you get velcroed by any pubic outcropping or body hair

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

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With a hint of THIS

 

[Lucille]

With a hint of THIS

She’s blowing QUITE A BREEZE under that SKIRT

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

I love my memory foam pillow. It came with a quilted protector. Quite, the luxury really.

Our Egyptian cotton bedsheets were LOVELY, but they tore on a WHIM. Waste of MUCH EXPENSE.

Oh I do love a quilted pillow protector. I think mine are from IKEA and they’re surprisingly acceptable. Probably because they don’t directly touch skin and therefore don’t sandpaper it off

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

NO JAM ON MY MASH PLEASE!

No meatballs without a bit of jam!

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

No meatballs without a bit of jam!

But would you like MASH or FRIES with that?

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

Mash of course, you can’t have fries with meatballs and jam.

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

Mash of course, you can’t have fries with meatballs and jam.

Well you CAN. I’ve taken to having BOTH

 

[COB]

Chips for me please mum

(I swear I have never called the IKEA dinnerladies mum)

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

I personally don’t mind someone thinking GREEDY FAT CUNT when I’m ordering food at IKEA as it is after all an alternative universe and everyone forgets what happened the minute they leave (including the halfway point nervous breakdown)

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

Chips for me please mum

(I swear I have never called the IKEA dinnerladies mum)

“The IKEA dinnerladies”

I bet you HAVE! Actually the IKEA restaurants I’ve visited most recently have been staffed solely by men. “NICE BIG PORTION FOR ME PLEASE DAD.”

 

[Lucille]

I can’t explain it but lingonberry just sounds like another word for clinker.

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

I can’t explain it but lingonberry just sounds like another word for clinker.

Well it’s basically CLINGONBERRY, isn’t it?

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

I can’t explain it but lingonberry just sounds like another word for clinker.

I’m changing my name to LingonberrySwirl but they’re not my favourite berries.

 

[lolly]

I’m changing my name to LingonberrySwirl but they’re not my favourite berries.

Tendency to be QUITE BITTER though

HMMMM

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

Well…

 

[lolly]

In SWEDISH MEATBALL NEWS, I can reveal that Tesco's 'Swedish Style' meatballs are rather lovely. Although I expect there are many others here better placed than me to comment on their authenticity

 

[ZenGiraffe]

I’m changing my name to LingonberrySwirl but they’re not my favourite berries.

It suits you though!

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

In SWEDISH MEATBALL NEWS, I can reveal that Tesco's 'Swedish Style' meatballs are rather lovely. Although I expect there are many others here better placed than me to comment on their authenticity

The frozen IKEA ones are awful. My lovely oven tray was a fatty mess. It’s the sort of nasty “treat” which only works in context

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

The frozen IKEA ones are awful. My lovely oven tray was a fatty mess. It’s the sort of nasty “treat” which only works in context

It’s like having McDonalds at home. Not quite right. Not that I HAVEN’T

 

[Lucille]

QUITE. A McDonalds Deliveroo does NOT WORK as it doesn’t TRAVEL and becomes inedible about 4 mins after it’s ‘cooked’.

 

[Saltwater]

a dreaded Ikea one

Give it to the cat

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

QUITE. A McDonalds Deliveroo does NOT WORK as it doesn’t TRAVEL and becomes inedible about 4 mins after it’s ‘cooked’.

It also feels like the sort of thing which shouldn’t be eaten at home. Which might suggest that it really shouldn’t be eaten AT ALL but I’ll have a triple cheeseburger please

God their fries are AWFUL. Where else sells LIMP FRIES?

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

QUITE. A McDonalds Deliveroo does NOT WORK as it doesn’t TRAVEL and becomes inedible about 4 mins after it’s ‘cooked’.

Based on my observations in their “restaurants” it’s probably been sat round gathering dust at their end for about 15 MINUTES before it’s even collected

 

[Suomi]

One of my favourite @VoR memories is when he got me work writing freelance articles for random companies. It all went south with my attempt at writing for a mattress company, and I received the following feedback:

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

One of my favourite @VoR memories is when he got me work writing freelance articles for random companies. It all went south with my attempt at writing for a mattress company, and I received the following feedback:

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I’m very much assuming this to be true () so can we also see the article, please?

 

[Lucille]

vor: *does a nice thing*

Suomi: How can I make him regret this forever?

 

[VoR]

vor: *does a nice thing*

Suomi: How can I make him regret this forever?

Our friendship in a nutshell.


Also I can confirm that story is entirely true.

 

[Penelope]

an evening of screaming on the pan