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Mumsnet Discussions: Style and beauty : why on earth would I want to have lunch with Johnnie Boden in his canteen? (53 messages)
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Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Cappuccino on Thu 15-May-08 14:53:40
that is the first prize mentioned in the newest catalogue of Boden up-yerself-ness

it is a PRIZE

are they nuts? lunch in a canteen with a bloke who sells clothes?

if you really wanted that you could invite out your local market trader surely
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By andiem on Thu 15-May-08 14:55:44
capp surely you are not turning down the opportunity to meet the lovely Johnnie and find out if he speaks like the blurbs in the catalogue wink
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By zippitippitoes on Thu 15-May-08 14:56:47
rofl that is funny

is he hot
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By womblingalong on Thu 15-May-08 14:57:15
Capp, I got it yesterday, and I did think WTF, also who wants a garden gnome, etc etc either, all we want is £££ and fress clothes grin
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By iCod on Thu 15-May-08 14:57:36
you cna coem to our school canteen

on the menu at boden

sassy chicken with patch pockets
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By womblingalong on Thu 15-May-08 14:57:43
And Zipp, no he is def NOT hot!
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By iCod on Thu 15-May-08 14:58:13
Hotch potch soup(* leftovers blended)
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By iCod on Thu 15-May-08 14:58:47
crewneck roasted cod with applicque salad
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By iCod on Thu 15-May-08 14:59:22
funky pork wiht lamby stew
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By SoMuchToBits on Thu 15-May-08 14:59:55
Actually I would like to have lunch with Johnnie, so i can tell him about all the things I would like to see in his catalogue (e.g. trousers in a short fitting, and bring back our lamby fleeces please!)
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By FrogPrincess on Thu 15-May-08 15:00:13
hotch potch soup
likes: carrots (so good for you)
dislikes: spinach (gets between your teeth)
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Cappuccino on Thu 15-May-08 15:00:28
oh I am enjoying your menu cod

you must tell us all how 'essential' it is

and your veg must come in a range of exciting new colours
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By pooka on Thu 15-May-08 15:00:29
fun fish with chic chips.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By iCod on Thu 15-May-08 15:00:41
he'd nod, eat his hothc potch soup and ignore oyu
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By funnypeculiar on Thu 15-May-08 15:00:43
chicken casserole with added fun
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By pooka on Thu 15-May-08 15:00:45
and flirty fruit fool
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By DarrellRivers on Thu 15-May-08 15:00:50
i thought the same
what a crap prize
i want holidays and money, free clothes and cars etc
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By womblingalong on Thu 15-May-08 15:00:54
Funky meatballs in Sassy Sauce
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By zippitippitoes on Thu 15-May-08 15:01:10
perhaps he will be wearing those snazzy check chef trousers and a bandana
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By iCod on Thu 15-May-08 15:01:23
flippy pintuck noodles
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By swiftyknickers on Thu 15-May-08 15:01:31
i would rather boil my own head then have lunch with twattie face jonnie

nob
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By zippitippitoes on Thu 15-May-08 15:01:46
does he look like david cameron
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By womblingalong on Thu 15-May-08 15:01:49
Chic-y Chicken and Spicy Rice
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Cappuccino on Thu 15-May-08 15:02:03
also you can win johnnie's favourite albums

and his favourite sausages

and your weight in ice cream

who is going to ring Boden and say yes please, I weigh 16 stone?
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By zippitippitoes on Thu 15-May-08 15:02:49
favourite albums

i dread to think
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Cappuccino on Thu 15-May-08 15:02:57
what would you talk about?

you would obv go dressed head to toe in Primark
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By zippitippitoes on Thu 15-May-08 15:03:17
he must have the hugiest ego
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By DarrellRivers on Thu 15-May-08 15:03:22
i only weight 8stone hmm
do you think if i won it and said i weigh lots more they would come to check
i bet he has really crap musci taste
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By zippitippitoes on Thu 15-May-08 15:03:42
lol at dressed in primark

i am
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By Mercy on Thu 15-May-08 15:03:42
My dh has been to Johnnie's house
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By zippitippitoes on Thu 15-May-08 15:04:20
clasical chill out and that soirt of rubbish
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By zippitippitoes on Thu 15-May-08 15:04:35
lift music
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By DarrellRivers on Thu 15-May-08 15:05:41
top gear's greatest hits
lol
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By funnypeculiar on Thu 15-May-08 15:06:42
I'm trying to imagine the conversation. DO you think he would ask you an annoying set of catalogue questions
favourite pick-me-up?
best flavour of ice cream?
Fish or chips?

Or would you just talk about the exact definition of flippiness
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By DarrellRivers on Thu 15-May-08 15:07:05
perhaps need cheaper prizes as the recession hits Jonnie's golden goose
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By zippitippitoes on Thu 15-May-08 15:08:01
grin at being asked favourite questions [barf]
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By MrsBadger on Thu 15-May-08 15:08:15
we should all enter and whoever wins must report back to MN
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By zippitippitoes on Thu 15-May-08 15:09:07
oh yes an mner must go
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By DarrellRivers on Thu 15-May-08 15:10:13
perhaps it is a mn comp>?
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Cappuccino on Thu 15-May-08 15:10:39
you have to recommend friends to enter

and obv all mners are already on the database it seems

we will have to stop people on the streets who seem to be wearing clothes from Dorothy Perkins
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By JohnnieBoden on Thu 15-May-08 15:10:42
but I am charming and good company!

(actually all I really want is to use you as a one-woman focus group for next year's collections, with particular emphasis on stylish hooded raincoats and school-run sundresses)
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By Cappuccino on Thu 15-May-08 15:55:27
you killed the thread Johnnie

honestly control yourself
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By MargaretMountford on Thu 15-May-08 15:59:07
maybe his work canteen is somewhere glamourous ? like the River Cafe or something - my friend works for Richard Rodgers and it's their lunch place !
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By DarrellRivers on Thu 15-May-08 16:06:18
isn't the warehouse in Leicester, and the shop near the Hanger Lane gyratory
Nice spots for a canteen
Nice try MM
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By MargaretMountford on Thu 15-May-08 16:21:16
Leicester Forest East services perhaps ?
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By orangina on Thu 15-May-08 16:26:53
I met johnnie years ago. What a splendid chap. Not sure I fancy a canteen lunch w him though...
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By suzywong on Thu 15-May-08 16:28:04
SPRAY@ Cappucino's OP
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By LynetteScavo on Thu 15-May-08 16:30:37
What happened with the gnome comp??????? Who won? What is the gnome called? Is the canteen in the Leicester warehouse? And wtf would I talk to Johnnie about?

Actually, maybe I could ask him for a job! And show him photos of DC's , and sugest them as models for the catalogue.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By MargaretMountford on Thu 15-May-08 16:32:54
what happened to the face of mini Boden comp. too - who won that ?
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By orangina on Thu 15-May-08 16:33:39
Didn't you have to pay to enter your darlings as the face of mini boden? wtf is that all about?
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By MargaretMountford on Thu 15-May-08 16:37:01
was for charidee
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By LynetteScavo on Thu 15-May-08 16:54:19
And my DS didn't win. Quite ridiculous!
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By MargaretMountford on Thu 15-May-08 17:14:21
mine neither, a travesty !


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