tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post4662302203060612377..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Traffic jam of the vanitiesMacheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-4283568249486933322012-01-01T22:45:32.356+00:002012-01-01T22:45:32.356+00:00Uncannily appropriate, JH, given the post followin...Uncannily appropriate, JH, given the post following this one.<br /><br />Meanwhile, perhaps this will help:<br /><br />There was a young lady from Bicester<br />Who borrowed some shoes from her sicester;<br />That they were too small<br />Didn't matter at all;<br />Looking good is worth every blicester.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-77388392616738267192012-01-01T18:52:57.627+00:002012-01-01T18:52:57.627+00:00Does one say By-chester or Bitch-ester?Does one say By-chester or Bitch-ester?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-37522851086393125982012-01-01T13:57:43.697+00:002012-01-01T13:57:43.697+00:00Good point! 'No Logo' highlights this from...Good point! 'No Logo' highlights this from the US PoV - batches of different designer labels ready to sew into identical garments in Far East sweatshops.<br /><br />One of the supreme ironies of newly affluent Chinese visitors spending a fortune on European designer merchandise is that it probably originates far closer to their homes than they think.<br /><br />There's an interesting bit in 'Jaws' - the novel - where the young Brody begs his parents for what they call 'a ten-dollar lizard on a two-dollar shirt'. This purchase - which they can ill-afford - doesn't bring him the instant acceptance and happiness he expects, and he later ends up using it to clean his car.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-14684021341732718272012-01-01T06:27:28.060+00:002012-01-01T06:27:28.060+00:00"It's a measure of how the name on the la...<i>"It's a measure of how the name on the label has eclipsed the product that, in these supposedly cash-strapped times, so many ordinary people considered this a worthwhile enterprise..."</i><br /><br />Spot on! The same goods under label no 1 are probably made in the factory right next to the goods under label no 2, 3, 4...<br /><br />It's all a big con, and millions have fallen for it.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-51358809943639151192011-12-31T17:43:26.191+00:002011-12-31T17:43:26.191+00:00Demetrius, it is, I suppose, a triumph of marketin...Demetrius, it is, I suppose, a triumph of marketing; designed as a pilgrimage - complete with arduous journey to get there - it offers what must be for some the nearest approach to a religious experience they are likely to have.<br /><br />Bucko, 'spoilt children' just about sums it up; it's the ultimate in 'because I'm worth it'; conspicuous consumption for the chronically immature. Sadly, I know of several young women who have clocked up significant debts as a result of frequent trips there.<br /><br />Ironically, the traffic jams for this out-of-town outlet village - stretching for miles in all directions - prevent anyone but pedestrians geting into the town centre where they have normal shops selling things people actually need; local residents and businesses are suffering badly as a result.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-42282560993002538262011-12-31T16:02:07.131+00:002011-12-31T16:02:07.131+00:00Irrational feeding frenzy eh? When irrational acts...Irrational feeding frenzy eh? When irrational acts become the norm as the population is slowly turned into a bunch of spoilt children, does that word loose it's meaning?<br /><br />I wouldn't have been a part of that, but if I had I would have jusy gone home on finding the 1800 spaces filled, having come to the conclusion that the town would be too busy for shopping anywayBuckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-52602444662379023092011-12-31T15:03:33.256+00:002011-12-31T15:03:33.256+00:00On occasional travels using the Chiltern Line from...On occasional travels using the Chiltern Line from Marylebone I have been perplexed by numbers of people travelling out from London and down from Birmingham to do a bit of shopping. I have to be dragged kicking and screaming the half mile to our town centre. Its mad, totally mad.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.com