Silly little conspiracies you believe in

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Not serious ones like Diana was murdered etc, but silly little ones.

For example,

when it comes to wipes in a packet, I’m positive they rig it so more than one wipe comes out at a time. Then they make the sticky reseal not as sticky so they dry out quicker meaning you have to go and buy more instead of using what you’ve got

I refuse to use umbrellas, ever. Horrid things.

Sudocrem is a barrier cream that stops nappies being absorbent, leading to nappy rash, leading to you needing to use more Sudocrem.

Me too, hate them.

Funny my optican said this to me. He told me to only wear them when I was driving(distance). I took him at his word. 40 years on my prescription hasn't changed. I have seen various opticians in various parts of the country.

I’ve just had to gave a look as well, and it’s so true.

Bay leaves have no flavour - it's all a scam promoted by Big Bay to get you to waste money on leaves

I think that when they put, say, a 50mph limit on the motorway for no visible reason, that’s it’s an exercise in societal control.

Cats understand human language perfectly. They just choose to completely ignore any request we make of them.

Agreed .

Dishwasher tablets have those fancy bits on them so that you can break them in half to save money.

Steve Jobs in Spoons ????? 🤣

My ear nose and throat surgeon said tissues irritate your airways and to always use cloth handkerchiefs. So I do and I think its true. My nose is a lot less irritated when using old fashioned hankies.

Some petrol stations have it rigged so you can’t get an exact number.

and coleslaw and potato salad. I have stopped shopping at Tesco because of this. It’s supposed to save the environment, but really it increases food waste; and makes it more difficult to keep items containing egg from accidentally contaminating other items (my son has an allergy)

That's interesting but they do.seem unhygenic,I guess you have to wash after every use .

Absolutely this. The northern part of the M25 was in 50mph roadworks for months, then when they were completed and we were hopeful that normality was resuming, the signs said "speed limit in place for system test", and the 50mph limit remained for about TEN WEEKS. It was certainly a test of societal patience. It reminded me of when the signs said "minimise travel" during the ultimate exercise in societal control (lockdown).

I’m sure Martin Lewis was doing something on this

www.moneysavingexpert.com/report-high-call-volumes/

Eddies in the Space Time Continuum.

Is he?

The Kate dress thing! Never saw it before but so true!

Love this thread!

Yes. He asked about or ale selections and if we have anything local, I dutifully told him and then as soon as he walked off I turned to the other girls and said “is that Steve Jobs? Radio kitchen now and get them up here”. 5 people total all sware blind we saw Steve Jobs in spoons in Scotland in 2019 (6th of December, aka Steve Jobs day).

I work in a building which is named for, possibly still owned by, a major telco. My work phone is on that network, my private phone is on a major competitors network. My work phone works perfectly at my desk, my personal phone does not. The conspiracy theory is the building telco is blocking other networks in the building. You need to exit to the footpath to get signal on another network.

The weather knows when it's the weekend and will rain on Saturday/ Sunday sunny again for Monday when I'm stuck at work.

Mobile phone signals so bad everywhere because they want us all to demand more phone masts & pay to upgrade to 7G or whatever when it comes out

I know you said silly conspiracies, but, to be honest, I always thought there was something fishy about Diana’s death. And also the death of Jill Dando. Jill Dando’s murder was one of the weirdest news events I have lived through.