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AIBU to ask family to bring their own food?

439 replies

borntobequiet · 28/02/2019 09:36

I have family visiting for Easter. I know they have been "forward purchasing" in case of shortages caused by any no-deal Brexit, as have I. Would I be unreasonable to ask then to bring their own food to avoid depleting my store? The children will eat up all my pasta and pesto in next to no time. And I don't want to waste freezer space on fish fingers, which I never eat.

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SparklySneakers · 01/03/2019 19:45

And they are still missing it Grin

perci08 · 01/03/2019 19:53

Just be honest about your situation and ask them to contribute towards food. If they find they 'don't want to help' or have a change of heart about coming; then so be it. But IMO, a family should be there for you and be asking how they can help rather than just assume you are to cater to all of them and for 'how long'. Most people are struggling to make ends meet these days; so in my opinion, they like it or lump it or don't bother coming. ! Simple!

borntobequiet · 01/03/2019 19:55

Thank you all you nice people.
I don’t want to labour the point, but it might be a good idea to get in a few supplies yourselves, just in case there are shortages if Brexit goes wrong. Happy Easter!

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threatmatrix · 01/03/2019 19:59

Not being funny but how mean are you. I love having everyone around and giving them nice food. Mind you if you are all hoarding ( don’t you realise we get loads of food from outside the EU ) you must all be of the same ilk. Couple of bags of pasta hardly sound like breaking the bank. People are so ignorant about Brexit and truly believe all the propaganda.

SparklySneakers · 01/03/2019 19:59

Hope you have a lovely Easter with your family too @borntobequiet Thanks I'm glad your family are lovely and understanding and I'm sorry that some on here haven't even the decency to read the thread, or at least your updates, before posting their ill-informed opinions.

threatmatrix · 01/03/2019 20:00

I have visions of them all living underground “stashing “ tins 😂😂😂

twofingerstoEverything · 01/03/2019 20:03

People are so ignorant about Brexit and truly believe all the propaganda.
Do explain then, threatmatrix. Come, wash away our ignorance with your great wisdom...

borntobequiet · 01/03/2019 20:04

As I’ve been accused of being a troll, you can think of me as living under a bridge with my tins.
Thanks, Sparkly, you have a good time too!

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SparklySneakers · 01/03/2019 20:11

I think threatmatrix wins most ironic comment of the thread award.

TheElementsSong · 01/03/2019 20:26

Yet more devastatingly original wisdom, I see Grin

threatmatrix · 01/03/2019 20:26

Why thank you. Not just my opinion I’ve read it out loud and some are still laughing.

LimeKiwi · 01/03/2019 20:31

@threatmatrix Fri 01-Mar-19 20:00:27
I have visions of them all living underground “stashing “ tins

I'm still agog at the thread I stumbled across a while back where people (in all seriousness, I'm not even kidding here) were talking about maybe stashing in local woods.
I'll try and find the thread lol, you'll be like this Shock Grin

SparklySneakers · 01/03/2019 20:31

Well aren't you lovely. Hopefully no one will be laughing on the other side of their face if we crash out with no deal.

Clairaloulou · 01/03/2019 20:32

I'm not worried one bit. Apart from the fact that I think stashing is madness, I've got enough lard on my arse to see me well into next year.

borntobequiet · 01/03/2019 20:39

That’s good about the lard, we do import a lot.
www.statista.com/statistics/517970/lard-and-other-pig-poultry-fat-import-value-united-kingdom-uk/

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IDoN0tCare · 01/03/2019 20:48

Oh gosh, I see those that think Brexit will be absolutely marvellous for the UK and we’re all terrible for building up a larder, are practically tag teaming now. They really do seem to be very very invested in telling us we’re all wrong. I sometimes wonder if they’re so keen to tell us that we’re all ‘nuts, paranoid, etc’, because some of them are starting to feel a little bit worried that they might be wrong. A bit like people ignoring bills when they haven’t the money to pay them.

SinkGirl · 01/03/2019 20:50

don’t you realise we get loads of food from outside the EU

ARGH. How do you think it gets into the U.K. - teleportation?!

TheElementsSong · 01/03/2019 20:50

Is it time for me to ask again for a pledge to absolutely NOT Prepare?

For me, it's like this: If today I were to simultaneously run out of bread, milk, vegetables, painkillers, cash, petrol and have a freezer breakdown, I’d be pretty damn annoyed but am sure that I could step out of my door and obtain all of the above now because of the wonder of supply chains. How many people have complete cast-iron certainty that this will continue to be the case in the aftermath of a No-Deal Crash to Freedom?

So, those who Truly BeLeave should be delighted to pledge not to prepare for any disruption, right?

Type the usual thing about hysteria, then type something like “I swear not to save so much as a grain of rice or tin of beans, to keep my freezer empty, to have less than 1/4 tank of petrol, and less than £10 cash - thus will I demonstrate my unswerving certainty that there will be not an iota of disruption post-Brexit”. Ta-dah! Patriotic True BeLeaving Positive Public Leadership Duty done!

In fact, as the Day of Freedom is now so close, you could have a further pledge! How about promising, on March 29/30th, to hold a public street party (bunting optional), in which every scrap of food in the house is used to feed all the neighbours. And any inedible consumables such as medicines, loo roll, are dragged out into a bonfire on the patio, perhaps in the shape of a Map of the EU, and ceremonially ignited.

Gwan, let's have a thread full of pledges, it's the patriotic BeLeaving thing to do, like magic kryptonite against the traitorous scaremongering Brexit-fairy-killing, right?

(PS. Best part is, you can do your patriotic duty by typing your pledge here, and still fill your loft with tinned beans, and nobody will know!)

IDoN0tCare · 01/03/2019 20:54

It’s ok, TheElementsSong, they can always wrap the unicorn in a union flag and eat it like burrito.

SparklySneakers · 01/03/2019 20:57

ARGH. How do you think it gets into the U.K. - teleportation?!*

Nope. It flies in on alicorns/pegacorns - the winged variety of unicorns that will be plentiful and playfully jumping over rainbows after brexit.

Livelovebehappy · 01/03/2019 20:58

I’ll bet there are people who have read this thread who are hot-footing it to their local Aldi as we speak. We all know the merest hint that people might be stockpiling will drive some into a frenzied panic. And if this thread makes it to the DM, supermarket shelves will be empty accross the entire UK by midnight.

JRMisOdious · 01/03/2019 20:59

Did you invite them? Did they invite themselves?
Former: feed them (of course!)
Latter: suggest they contribute

IDoN0tCare · 01/03/2019 21:00

It flies in on alicorns/pegacorns - the winged variety of unicorns that will be plentiful and playfully jumping over rainbows after brexit.

We’re going to have to stock up on feed and hay. Grin

borntobequiet · 01/03/2019 21:06

Asked and answered. Quite a few times.
DM has quite enough Brexit reporting by the way.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/brexit/index.html

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SparklySneakers · 01/03/2019 21:07

I believe the government has been breeding them at a top secret facility especially for brexit. Unfortunately this facility is in the depths of the EU and they are now holding emergency meetings as to how to safely transport them seeing as they require special ferries which we don't have. The creatures can currently only fly short distances due to an oversight in training procedure and in true brexit style won't be fully trained in time.