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Am I being unresasonably generous

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jgw1 · 26/04/2023 18:13

If in conker season I take 20 of your best conkers and then replace them some time later with 21 somewhat inferior ones?

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Modda · 26/04/2023 22:03

hairdresserbreakup · 26/04/2023 22:00

Yawn

Agreed 🥱

igivein · 26/04/2023 22:06

YABU because even though you claim to have given me more conkers than I ever had before (you haven’t), I really need even more conkers to deal with the growth in workload and you’ve also not given me any supporting strings so I’ll not be able to use the conkers in the most efficient way

memyselfi · 26/04/2023 22:07

Bloody hell

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jgw1 · 26/04/2023 22:08

igivein · 26/04/2023 22:06

YABU because even though you claim to have given me more conkers than I ever had before (you haven’t), I really need even more conkers to deal with the growth in workload and you’ve also not given me any supporting strings so I’ll not be able to use the conkers in the most efficient way

But I gave you more than I took, so surely I am generous?

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Original poster
jgw1 · 26/04/2023 22:09

Modda · 26/04/2023 22:03

Agreed 🥱

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Busy day?

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igivein · 26/04/2023 22:13

I think you’ll find your numbers don’t stack up. And the new conkers lack the experience of the originals. Also, 48% of all the conkers now apparently don’t have much experience, so how will the really new ones learn?

L1ttledrummergirl · 26/04/2023 22:13

You are so not being unreasonable. Having 41 green conkers available for half the time you used to have 40 seasoned ones is not unreasonable at all. Just ask Sunak, or Braverman.

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jgw1 · 26/04/2023 22:17

igivein · 26/04/2023 22:13

I think you’ll find your numbers don’t stack up. And the new conkers lack the experience of the originals. Also, 48% of all the conkers now apparently don’t have much experience, so how will the really new ones learn?

But if my target was to give back 21 conkers, then surely that is all that matters and I am a hero?

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PinkFootstool · 26/04/2023 22:47

Well absolutely, total hero.

After all, no one needs fully trained or competent conkers as long as you have 21 of the baby ones, not 20 of the long in the tooth variety.

TheCatterall · 26/04/2023 22:51

I feel for the conkers. I’d prefer the quality experienced conkers. And anyone who thinks the inferior conkers is you providing a fabulous solution to the situation you caused in the first place is bonkers.

First is was the conkers… what will we have left at the end of this rampage of terror!

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jgw1 · 27/04/2023 06:47

TheCatterall · 26/04/2023 22:51

I feel for the conkers. I’d prefer the quality experienced conkers. And anyone who thinks the inferior conkers is you providing a fabulous solution to the situation you caused in the first place is bonkers.

First is was the conkers… what will we have left at the end of this rampage of terror!

You will end up with more conkers than you started with and I will have fulfilled my target, so why are you complaining?
Anticonkerati that is what it is.

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iamnottoofatiamjusttooshort · 27/04/2023 06:55

God I'm confused

This could be about teachers the police or junior Dr's

tallcypowder · 27/04/2023 06:58

iamnottoofatiamjusttooshort · 27/04/2023 06:55

God I'm confused

This could be about teachers the police or junior Dr's

At least we know its not about MPs.

Fairyliz · 27/04/2023 07:04

Well I have no idea what you are on about, but whatever job you do, you clearly have plenty of time to write obscure posts and read pages of ??

AwaaFaeHom · 27/04/2023 07:08

tallcypowder · 27/04/2023 06:58

At least we know its not about MPs.

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Can we get rid of the Tory MPs and replace them with conkers? I'll happily donate way more conkers than the MPs we took.. and the conkers are likely to be superior.

Than seems fair to me 🤷‍♀️

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jgw1 · 27/04/2023 07:11

Fairyliz · 27/04/2023 07:04

Well I have no idea what you are on about, but whatever job you do, you clearly have plenty of time to write obscure posts and read pages of ??

Conkers

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Zampa · 27/04/2023 07:15

It's about the police numbers target of 20,000 being "achieved" by fudging the numbers and replacing experienced officers with those new recruits including those who've previously failed to get in.

Sorry to spoil the conkers analogy for those playing along. I know I'm a killjoy.

AnyFucker · 27/04/2023 07:17

Isn’t conker a funny word ?

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jgw1 · 27/04/2023 07:23

Zampa · 27/04/2023 07:15

It's about the police numbers target of 20,000 being "achieved" by fudging the numbers and replacing experienced officers with those new recruits including those who've previously failed to get in.

Sorry to spoil the conkers analogy for those playing along. I know I'm a killjoy.

More than achieved because I gave you back 21 conkers after I took 20.
Aren't I wonderful?

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pfftt · 27/04/2023 07:31

If I took 10 fresh bananas and replaced them with 20 rotten ones then I wouldn't be generous, I would be a shit as the wouldn't be fit for purpose

ReverseFerret · 27/04/2023 07:36

Bonkers conkers

dexterslockedintheshedagain · 27/04/2023 07:38

Well, this experienced confer decided she just couldn't take the bashing any more and left to become a tree.

dexterslockedintheshedagain · 27/04/2023 07:38

FGS. Conker.

BarbaraofSeville · 27/04/2023 07:39

This is why the podcast More or Less is such a good listen. They prove that just about every news story that involves numbers is misleading when the headline numbers are taken at face value.

KenAdams · 27/04/2023 07:39

It depends, how many of the 21 are rapists and a danger to women?