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What can I buy from Argos for £4ish to win a bet?

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Shocksandboooos · 23/10/2018 10:40

I have £4 worth of Argos vouchers that run out on Friday.
Dh tried to throw them in the bin this morning, saying that I wouldn’t be able to get anything worth having with them without adding a lot on.
I need to win this bet as I lost the last one and haven’t lived it down.

I thought I’d cracked it when I found a pair of slippers but you have to pay online for TU clothes and the vouchers can’t be used online.
We have a 2 year old so stocking filers are a possibility. Please hit me with your best suggestions so that I can wipe the smug look off dh’s face. Grin

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Shocksandboooos · 31/10/2018 16:55

AintNobodyHereButUsRavens
Oh look at him. He is gorgeous! Halloween Smile

Your little boys is very cute too. Halloween Grin

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BertieBotts · 31/10/2018 16:44

Beth must have read this thread as she knew about the Sainsbury's Raven :o

AintNobodyHereButUsRavens · 31/10/2018 15:04

DS is ready for Halloween! Halloween Grin

What can I buy from Argos for £4ish to win a bet?
Reaa · 31/10/2018 14:00

Beth has to be a MN member, the answers are too good for her not to be.

Storm4star · 31/10/2018 12:43

I hadn't realised the Q&A had grown so much! Beth's a star! Star
OP, well done for winning the bet in such style Grin

AintNobodyHereButUsRavens · 31/10/2018 12:29

I am a bit in love with Beth, she's doing a sterling job answering all those questions! Obviously Dave gave up after answering the first one.

concretesieve · 31/10/2018 12:27

Beth is fab - is she a MNer? And, if not, she should be!

soupforbrains · 31/10/2018 11:55

I think Beth from Argos has really excelled at the Question answering. bravo her.

Mortimer was very much in a flap this morning. I think he's a bit over excited for Halloween tonight.

TheBlessedCheesemaker · 31/10/2018 07:18

Have discovered that crying with laughter on a commuter train is not a good look.

CravingRaven · 31/10/2018 06:31

I’ve just read the Q & A on Argos, I think they have caught on now Halloween Smile

Fredathetortoise · 30/10/2018 22:57

When Shocksandboooos didn't come back for a while after the great unveiling, I was busy constructing a conspiracy theory about how the bet wasn't about spending £4 of Argos vouchers, but was actually having to get 100+ MNers to all purchase a random raven without telling them why, and the PP who suggested the raven is in fact the OP's sockpuppet... I clearly have too much time on my hands Grin

DuggeeHugs · 30/10/2018 22:15

I love this thread and have been lurking for a few days, trying to decide how I could smuggle a raven into our house. I read some of the thread to DH yesterday, but he just looked bemused.

However, he apparently was listening because I've just discovered a raven hiding in the bathroom! Now I've recovered from the fright it has been named Mordred Halloween Grin

anitagreen · 30/10/2018 21:07

Nominate this for classics 😂

clydeonabike · 30/10/2018 20:38

Started reading this thread the other day and popped back on to see whether OP had won the bet...actually crying with laughter at all of you 'raven' lunatics! Thanks for the giggles! Poor Dave from Argos!

Strawberrybelly · 30/10/2018 20:19

I love this thread.

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Shocksandboooos · 30/10/2018 19:03

Squidgee I love your mum’s idea but I don’t want to put her down the loo so I am going to find a way of putting her above the door and putting a sign saying ‘I’m behind you’ with this picture under the toilet lid.

I just need to find her now.

What can I buy from Argos for £4ish to win a bet?
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ThanosSavedMe · 30/10/2018 08:52

I love this!

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 30/10/2018 08:46

Are they sold out yet?
I fancy calling mine Nevermore

MrsChristianTrevelyanGrey · 30/10/2018 06:51

@Squidgee your mums idea is amazing! 

ErrolTheDragon · 30/10/2018 01:15

Threads which make someone carry on reading too late at night and then nearly choke trying to stop laughing should either be banned or go in a Classics. It was the paxo which tipped me over the edge.

And now, of course, I want a raven too.

starfishmummy · 30/10/2018 00:36

Katya I'm with you there, rhyme with off. DH says quoath and an online pronunciation thing I found agrees with him Halloween Hmm but it is American. (And I haven't told him!!)

DropZoneOne · 29/10/2018 22:49

Shocksandboooos

That's made me laugh out loud. Poor singed Raven Grin

Wish you'd had one of those ring doorbells so you could have seen his face!

£4 in vouchers well spent i think

KatyaZamolodchikova · 29/10/2018 22:30

@starfishmummy I’m Yorkshire so very firmly to rhyme with off here.

He’s not in the house yet so maybe I’ll take inspiration from the OP and find a novel & exciting way to introduce him to DP....

starfishmummy · 29/10/2018 22:07

Katya...I have a Quoth too. He has been with us for about a month when they first started selling him and his family.

There is some dissension in the house as to the correct pronunciation. "Quoath" or rhyming with off.

Squidgee · 29/10/2018 21:56

I was reading this out to mom.

She said next time you get it back, tape it to the underside of the loo seat lid, so when he lifts the lid to take a pee, he's confronted with the Raven. Grin