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£18 for a fucking stick?

68 replies

MycatsaPirate · 27/03/2017 22:56

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/stoke-newington-florist-sells-sticks-for-up-to-18-despite-being-minutes-from-park-a3498961.html

Basically a florists in Stoke Newington is selling sticks for between £12 and £18.

And people buy them.

I am currently eyeing up the log pile in our garden and wondering how much we can get for them.

Does anyone actually pay out for this stuff? Are people really that bloody gullible?

Come on. Own up, someone must be buying these sticks!

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TheProblemOfSusan · 27/03/2017 23:30

"Fucking love Church Street. It's almost a parody of itself."

And yet, there's a Nandos right in the middle. I always think that Nandos managed to persuade the council they were an independent or a vrai naice chain.

I remember when one of the clothes shops was refurbishing, they put a "Starbucks are coming!!!" sign in the window and everyone went INSANE.

intergalacticbrexitdisco · 27/03/2017 23:31

Hopefully folks will soon TWIG it's all a con :)

MackerelOfFact · 27/03/2017 23:32

FYI, in Stokey you place your stick on a Scandi shelf next to a miniature succulent encased in a tiny copper geometric terrarium adjacent to a retro 1950s mustard armchair and a Chevron rug.

MackerelOfFact · 27/03/2017 23:34

TheProblemOfSusan Yes there is a Nando's but they have tried to detract from its presence with a parade of bovine-themed recycling bins. Naturally. Also there is often randomly an onion on the ground on the pavement opposite Nando's which I'm certain is some kind of hipster art installation.

goingtotown · 27/03/2017 23:35

Are they the "stick & flick" dog poo removers to use instead of dog poo bags?

DragonFire99 · 27/03/2017 23:46

The Emperor's new clothes....

Madcats · 27/03/2017 23:50

I was wondering what DD((9) could usefully do during the summer hols. She and her friends have been collecting sticks since they could toddle; I could make a fortune!

I have plenty of F&B and Little Greene tester pots so I could get her to rummage through the woodstore to find some of the smaller trunk pieces (probably safer then sending her out with a hacksaw).

bloodyfuming9 · 27/03/2017 23:52

So where's the Nandos then? What used to be there?
Have many happy memories of Stokey back in the day...

DJBaggySmalls · 27/03/2017 23:58

SaucyJack
Far be it from me to lower the tone.... but that row of clothes hook is rather suggestive of the male member in all its (morning) glory.

Morning wood.

Solo · 28/03/2017 00:05

BARKing mad!

DJBaggySmalls · 28/03/2017 00:22

Tree-mendous.

Peonyfan · 28/03/2017 00:27

Also there is often randomly an onion on the ground on the pavement opposite Nando's which I'm certain is some kind of hipster art installation

Superb

tabbymog · 28/03/2017 00:59

The subject line of this item made me think it was about a cheap sex toy... Wink

paxillin · 28/03/2017 01:00

A quick count of DS's treasure pile shows me we own about £200 worth of sticks. Wonder how much his pile of rocks and pebbles would fetch?

paxillin · 28/03/2017 01:02

He should branch out.

paxillin · 28/03/2017 01:03

I'll leaf it.

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MycatsaPirate · 28/03/2017 07:39

Now wondering if I should dig up the rockery and flog the stones as well.

Can't believe we are literally sitting on a fortune.

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TheTombstonesMove · 28/03/2017 09:08

The best thing about this story is that people are now calling it Stick Newington. Arf!

TwatteryFlowers · 28/03/2017 09:13

If they're for the house (why? Why would you want a load of sticks in your house?) then perhaps they've been treated with something to stop them rotting and to make sure there are no woodlice and other things crawling about inside them?

Aeroflotgirl · 28/03/2017 09:14

A fool and their money, and all that.

floraeasy · 28/03/2017 09:20

LOL! I thought "fucking stick" was going to be a about dildos or vibrators Blush

As you were......

RufusTheRenegadeReindeer · 28/03/2017 09:30

I bought a stick once

It was £6

It was a Christmas present

MissClimpsonsTypingBureau · 28/03/2017 09:51

We usually have a vase of dry branches spray-painted silver instead of a Christmas tree (started when we were skint in a tiny flat) - does that make us the target market for this? We don't pay for the branches though - that would be madness!

Hoppinggreen · 28/03/2017 09:53

That's that there London for you!!!

smallchanceofrain · 28/03/2017 09:53

OMG! There is hope for my child. DS2 is an avid stick collector. I have a house and garden full. His artisan sticks from his preschool era collection are particularly good. Given that he wants to be "a man who cleans traffic lights or a dinosaur man", I was worried that he would never manage to earn a living - but now there is hope!

On a serious note, I think it's obscene that there are people needing help from food banks while others are paying £18 for a stick. Is it me or has the world gone mad!