To think blue carrier bags look "naff"

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Can't think of a better word..
Theyre a bit hard to avoid when you're going to the market or local shop, and I really hate carrying them. I never reuse blue carrier bags for anything apart from a bin liner.

When I see someone carrying a blue carrier bag down the road I feel bleugh...I just have this irrational dislike for blue carrier bags. after the blue ones I hate the stripy white and blue or white and red ones. They're flimsy and ugly.

And me! Not I. Whoops, sorry, that's much worse than a blue bag.

I thought your comment was very funny Gunpowder

I'm so with you on this OP!!!!

Don't ALL carrier bags look naff?

Trying... failing. Nope. Can't think of an exception. Plastic bags all look naff. At least it's a nice shade of blue.

But sometimes, you can think all the things you need will fit in the bag you take with you to the shop and then find you also need a carrier bag for just a couple of extra items I'm a bit taken aback that so many of the posters will judge anyone who has a "naff" carrier bag so harshly. I think it is extremely mean-spirited and small-minded to even notice, let alone draw negative conclusions about people. I can't imagine thinking like that at all. It just goes to show how many judgemental and nasty people there are.

Why are you getting your knickers in a twist over this? Are you a blue carrier bag manufacturer?

That's to frunt btw

Hate them. It's the sign of a shit shop. There was a Facebook meme about this, with the blue bag being a signal that you overdid it last night and could only venture as far as your local to gather provisions like Ginsters and NikNaks. This is a thing OP!

Blackwell's Bookshop in Oxford have very smart dark blue plastic bags. Apparently they are quite collectible by tourists who like to look intellectual.

I am aware that I have missed the point of the thread, thanks.

My point was its sad that something so mind numbingly inconsequential 'matters' to you, to use your own word when there are far bigger and more worrying and/or interesting things in the world that 'matter'. But carrier bags 'matter' to you. Yawn.

If you find it so "yawn", then why do you keep coming back to prove your point? Does it make you feel "intelligent"? A lot of interesting things matter to me. A lot of uninteresting things matter to me too. That makes me human.

They're generally from low end shops & yes, they look naff!

My point was its sad that something so mind numbingly inconsequential 'matters' to you, to use your own word when there are far bigger and more worrying and/or interesting things in the world that 'matter'.

So tell us Sazzle - of all these world changing things that "matter" to you - how many can you actually influence or are you just kidding yourself that you're an "intellekchool" coz you only worry about the big stuff??

The blue (and green) carrier bags used locally have a strange (and quite unpleasant) smell. They are fine in other locations.

OP, I here you.

I once watched a horror film where the murderer carried around chopped up bits of bodies in those blue carrier bags. Brrrrr. Gives me he heebie jeebies just thinking about it.

OP my post at Thu 17-Sep-15 22:22:59 was in response to the one immediately before it, which stated that ALL carrier bags (not just blue) are naff. I was saying that sometimes it is unavoidable to have to use one and unfair to be judged so negatively for it. Before reading this thread, I wouldn't have expected anyone to notice, let alone draw negative conclusions about a person having a carrier bag of any colour. That's all. I think it takes being judgemental to ludicrous lengths that's all.

Iknow I am just saying that in the scheme of things I can find things like plastic carrier bag colour something that 'matters.'. The world is going to hell in a handbasket but OP things colour of carrier 'matters'. She is entitled to her opinion, we both are. To me if something 'matters' its usually something more serious is all.

Brrr... I try not to be -ist about anything, but I am a bit bluebagist I think.

That's because my exH used to bring his stinky cheap cider home in them (or sometimes black ones - they're even worse) and just seeing them reminds me of the dread I felt at the prospect of an evening with someone sinking can after can of Strongbow while bemoaning me, him and his miserable existence while I waited for him to pass out.

Ahh. I'm like an unpoetic Alan Bennett de nos jours (if Alan Bennett is no longer of nos jours). You're welcome.

Get yourself a nice bag for life dear. You could get one with a lovely logo such as "I am not a plastic bag" (duh), or one like my brother's: "I am not a smug twat" - whatever gets you through the day.

I don't especially like them as they're flimsy, but I do really enjoy buying things from local independent shops. My local greengrocer is far far cheaper (and friendlier) than Sainsbos.