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Silent Runner Nov 2023 5:33pm, 27 Nov 2023 1,003 posts	0 Silent Runner 300g packs of Wyke Farms cheddar in my local co-op are currently labelled “0.8p per item”. Seems like quite a good offer.
Oranj Nov 2023 7:40pm, 27 Nov 2023 3,991 posts	0 Oranj This low fat spread lowers cholesterol (ignoring the elephant in the room In a natural way: bollocks). So if I eat the whole tub right now, will that make me healthier?
Oranj Nov 2023 7:44pm, 27 Nov 2023 3,992 posts	0 Oranj I'm actually quite surprised they're allowed to get away with that bullshit. Isn't there an advertising standards agency to police this sort of idiocy?
cackleberry Nov 2023 8:38pm, 27 Nov 2023 3,315 posts	0 cackleberry Going pack a page or two (cos I like living in the past...) I've given many people a hard stare after they asked "Where's Stafford?" and I answer "It's in Staffordshire" and they still look blank. To be fair, Stafford took some getting to last week. We went past somewhere called Barton in the Beans! If you like Barton in the Beans, I live near Thornton-le-Beans. I drive past the sign at least a couple of times a week and still chuckle. Nice pub there.
Chrisity Nov 2023 9:03pm, 27 Nov 2023 23,312 posts	0 Chrisity According to Wikipedia, the village started out as Bartone, meaning a farm with an estate, and picked up the rest of its name from the broad bean crops in Leicestershire. I live across the Trent from Baton in Fabis. Strangely, the name originates from an older name, "Barton in the Beans" (Fabis being Latin for 'bean', in the ablative plural), apparently referring to the beans grown in the village.
Oscar the Grouch Nov 2023 9:41pm, 27 Nov 2023 6,852 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch I live about a half hour drive from a place called Nempnett Thrubwell which I always think is the only place you could categorically get to when drunk.
Oscar the Grouch Nov 2023 9:41pm, 27 Nov 2023 6,853 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Oh - and I agree about the spread. Eat more to really lower your cholesterol.
ThorntonRunner Nov 2023 10:39pm, 27 Nov 2023 7,155 posts	0 ThorntonRunner I live 5 miles from Barton in the Beans
ChrisHB Nov 2023 11:16am, 28 Nov 2023 22,804 posts	0 ChrisHB what is the objection to the marge?
Oranj Nov 2023 1:08pm, 28 Nov 2023 3,993 posts	0 Oranj what is the objection to the marge? It lowers cholesterol. So the more you eat of it, the lower your cholesterol will be. Which is clearly all kinds of wrong.