To think James Middleton's marshmallows are doomed?

[NightWanderer]

A friend (cough, cough) was reading in the Daily Mail that James Middleton is still trying to save his marshmallow business. If anyone doesn't know, they print out Instagram pictures onto marshmallows and sell them for 15 pounds for a box of 9.

They're marshmallows, sugar and gelatin. Who in their right mind would pay 15 pounds for 9 of them, even if they do have a photo on them?

I don't know why I'm so interested by the way. There is just something so WTF about the whole thing.

Apparently he already lost 1 million pounds through them. Does no one sit him down and say dude, it just isn't a good idea?

Here the DM link
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4126498/Dragons-Den-pal-turns-Middleton-s-marshmallow-firm-around.html

[CaoNiMa]

It's the upper-class version of something you'd see on the Facebook selling pages.

[ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe]

Is pippa still writing for Waitrose?

[everythingis]

I had to google. Never heard of boomf. He should sack his marketing staff

[Riversiderunner]

Ha! This has cheered me up!

His spoilt face with his stupid marshmallows made me CROSS today!

[ridingsixwhitehorses]

I was given some free once at a work thing - they are disgusting.

[Dahlietta]

I was given some free once at a work thing

What was the picture on them?

[ridingsixwhitehorses]

Still I like JM - I like that he dates Donna Air and love to think of her at palace events - single mum etc and strong accent. I bet her and Meghan Markle get on brilliantly while Kate looks on jealous that she has to behave.

[pipsqueak25]

checked them out, they look naff imo, but no doubt there will be people would argue with that.

[dailymaillazyjournos]

I couldnt bite a marshmallow with a picture of a relative, friend, pet etc on. Would just feel bad and wrong somehow. The Marshmallow Lady's ones look very tempting. That chocolate mousse one

[CakeyMcCakey]

I do think they'd be good to break up with someone though.

I mean. FUCK OFF spelt in marshmallows is pretty clear.

FOTTFSOF would also work but they wouldn't know what t meant if they weren't a MN.

[Grammy78]

James is morphing into George V.

[Manumission]

£15 for 9 marshmallows?!

Are the party-bag things from his mum's business similarly priced?

I've never understood how an SME selling paper hats etc makes a fmaily that prosperous. Is it all in the bonkers pricing?

Who pays that?

[1Violetcream]

I've always thought he looks like Tsar Nicholas of Russia and his cousin king George v !!!!

[noblegiraffe]

£20 for 9 marshmallows if you want them on sticks.

[Pagwatch]

BillSykesDog

I'm not arguing that he has invested wisely, nor that it's a sensible business option. It's just the MN collective 'who on earth would pay for that' always seems to ignore that there are a significant number of people prepared to pay a huge amount of money for stuff that most of us think is nonsense.

Lots of businesses do very well selling stuff vastly overpriced.
Saying you wouldn't spend x on y doesn't mean a great deal unless you place yourself within his target market.

[EatSpamAmandaLamb]

Because of this thread I have been reminded that Donna Air is a thing. So I looked her up on wiki and enjoyed the tweak someone has made to her page.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Air

Air was in a long term relationship with Damian Aspinall, who is the step-grandson of Sir George Osborne. Damian's father John Aspinall was the owner of Aspers, an entertainment company. Aspinall and Air's daughter, Freya Air Aspinall, was born in Westminster, London in September 2003.[5] Air and Aspinall are no longer a couple.[6] Prior to their breakup the couple announced their intention to place their baby daughter in the care of a gorilla in a ritual Aspinall's older children had already taken part in.[7]

Since February 2013, Air has been in a relationship with James Middleton, brother of the Duchess of Cambridge.[8]

[BillSykesDog]

Still I like JM - I like that he dates Donna Air and love to think of her at palace events - single mum etc and strong accent. I bet her and Meghan Markle get on brilliantly while Kate looks on jealous that she has to behave.

Why? I would think Kate has much more in common with Donna, both gained status by getting into relationships and breeding with rich men and don't do much work wise. I'm sure Megan Markle would be much more interested talking to someone with, y'know, a job, interests. I don't exactly think getting upduffed by Damian Aspinall, waiting around rather pathetically for him to marry you then living off his dollar after he dumped her hardly makes you an example for strong single mothers everywhere.

But that's always been Harry's problem. He doesn't go for the status seeking limpets and always goes for women with careers who break the relationship off because they don't fancy abandoning their careers for a life standing around looking pretty with their mouths firmly shut.

[BillSykesDog]

spam that's brilliant. I'm not convinced it's not true though!

[BillSykesDog]

spam, it's true!

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-201799/TV-star-puts-baby-gorillas.html

Damian Aspinall gives his babies to gorillas!

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

I think it is true re the gorilla.

[KatyBerry]

wasn't there an Aspinall mauled by a gorilla? or am I muddling them with Robin Birley and the tiger? posh folk and their pets, eh?


(I think Kate would consider herself socially above Donna Air purely by virtue of the expensive education and therefore would not acknowledge the significant similarities in position. Donna and Pippa are sure going to have more fun out of life courtesy of Kate's coattails though - she's teh sacrificial Tudor Howard daughter for the rest of them to live high off the hog on)

[Manumission]

Aspinall owned the animal that attacked Robin Birley. There was also an employee that was killed who was an employee of Aspinall. I think that was a gorilla in the fatal incident.

[QueenoftheAndals]

Grammy78 I've often though that too - he looks more like George V than William and Harry do!

[BillSykesDog]

It was tigers. They've had 3 keepers mauled to death by tigers plus Robin Birley disfigured and a boy had his arm ripped off by a chimp.

[Twogoats]

I'm veggie, so I can't eat marshmallows!

I bet you Rob K is gutted after seeing how well Kylie's lip kits have done!