Tom Kerridge everyday sexism - just so unnecessary

I like that pointless boycott thread and do a bit of pointless boycotting myself in my spare time.

me too lordc

i sometimes make my own

Actually I don't like crisps. We have them if we go to the pub... Next time I shall ask for equality crisps.

I prefer pork scratchings. That's pretty unladylike.

Oooh. What an arse. And his grammar is shit.
I've gone right off him.

I'm not surprised, Tom Kerridge showed his idiotic tendencies a while back when he piled in on a bit of twitter bullying of a amateur restaurant critic who dared to give another chef a slightly less than glowing review.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/nov/08/top-chefs-unite-against-blogger-s-review

The imaginary barmaid gave a coy look, that is, not me

I just had a look for McCoys on google to see if they had a picture and they have a whole website! It's called "Man Crisps" and is set in a pub, I didn't explore much but there is a barmaid you can click on so she bends down so you can see her cleavage better, while giving a coy look.

They're fucking CRISPS. Why do there have to be boy crisps and girl crisps, with the boy crisps accompanied by a really massive dose of sexism?

Anyway, there you have it. Assume they will be off the shopping list for your family too, LordCopper?

YY LordCopper the packets even have it written on the back.

I love them and used to buy them for lunch every day but I'd keep glimsping the message on the packet and feeling fucked off so have weaned myself off now and get something else

There was a thread recently about pointless boycotts wasn't there - i'm all over that

Mind you I wouldn't buy them in the weekly shop either so that's more sales lost I guess. Still not a massive dent in their profits but still.

I have been seen eating all kinds of food in public. Is that bad?

Bull's Scrotum Salad. For men. They can have the scrotum. I'll have the rest
of the animal, please. In the form of a rare steak. Thank you.

And OMG are McCoy's for men too? Damn! That's that off the shopping list then.

I mean there is a whole slew of products that are marketed at a certain "lads mag" subset and deliberately appeal to that in part by making their advertising as sexist as possible I would would imagine that Tom Kerridge is deliberately looking to appeal to that same segment.

labouring this I know but I keep feeling like I haven't put it quite right!

I assume it was done with that aim in mind though?

Like Yorkie and McCoys crisps - they are basing their campaign around the segment of the market who are male and don't mind taking the hit of a loss of female customers who get pissed off with the whole thing.

TBH I wouldn't have squibbled if he'd said it once or twice. It was just on and on and on and on and on.

The hairy bikers manage to be "blokey" without sounding like they're telling women to fuck off

The Tom Kerridge version of yoghurt salad would involve an entire bull's scrotum as well, obviously. To show it's real food for real men.

I read Petula's second line as "Yoghurt salad should be the full fat greek kind" etc and thought dear god no WHAT yoghurt salad????

Sounds like a tom kerridge recipe

Totally agree on the yoghurt front. Anything that requires sugar to make it palatable and thickeners to make it stick to your spoon isn't real food. Unless it is custard of course. ....

i'm with you on the 0% fat yoghurt

yoghurt should be the full fat thick greek kind otherwise what's the fucking point?

LordC you are obviously a loose cannon and we can't have that.

I command you to sit in front of commercial TV for 5 hours after which point you will be suitably "trained" and will be feeling strange urges to spritz your home in lavender air freshener, smother your face in anti-wrinkle face cream, prance around in front of your mirror wearing lacey lingerie whilst wearing coquettish grin on your face. You will still experience desire to eat chocolate but it will be accompanied by waves of guilt which will send you running off to the loo to throw up or to the pharmacy to buy the latest slimming pill

you haven't been eating it IN PUBLIC have you lordc ??!

I see. Luckily, not being a lady, I've been eating chocolate willy-nilly and not feeling guilty about it at all.

ladies are only allowed to eat chocolate if they are spoiling themselves and they must feel guilty about it

Ladies do eat chocolate, but only as a special treat or instead of sex or a part of some 'me' time

(Sorry - I realise that lots of people do eat and like yoghurt - my kids included. Just can't stand the stuff myself.)

Ladies don't eat chocolate messy. I'm shocked at you. Ladies eat 0% fat yoghurt and like them.