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Why do people here have a stash for Brexit?

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ssd · 30/07/2019 12:53

I can see the point if it's medicines or medical supplies, but I've seen a few threads here where people are stashing tuna, toilet rolls and sweets!?

Are you all fucking mad?

I'm a total remainder but come on, I know it'll be shit but you'll still find asda and tesco will be open

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SalrycLuxx · 31/07/2019 20:59

Do you use Who gives a crap?

bellinisurge · 31/07/2019 21:02

Why do you give a shit what people do with their money @Clavinova ?

pfrench · 31/07/2019 21:02

People are more likely to be working out what their family eat and use, then keeping a certain number of days or weeks worth of that stuff somewhere in their house. If you do it over time, it doesn't have a huge financial impact, and if things DO go tits up, then it means you don't need to be fighting everyone else for that bread or milk.. or not being able to get any at all.

If they don't go tits up, then everyone is happy.

Personally I don't trust our government at all. Johnson changes his point of view with the wind, literally saying one thing one day, then the opposite the next. Nothing he says has any value at all. I have stopped watching the news or reading the news, it's pointless - every day hysteria about x thing, next day x is forgotten and y is a panic, but y is opposite to x... aaaagh...

Clavinova · 31/07/2019 21:16

bellinisurge
At least 5 posters have mentioned toilet rolls - perhaps they should be stockpiling something else instead.

you don't need to be fighting everyone else for that bread or milk
We are self-sufficient in bread and milk, although 'snow days' are a problem.

SistemaAddict · 31/07/2019 21:17

So how are they getting the ships to inland Bolton and Bridgend?? They still need trucks to get them from the ports. And someone at the other end needs to put the raw product on the ships to start with which requires, erm, trucks. But let's not let the finer details get in the way of supply issues hey. And that's just one company that supplies a few more companies. Not Andrex or Kleenex or cushelle or hospitals. What they have been able to stockpile simply won't last very long at all. 110 toilet rolls per person per year. Population of uk is 66.9 million. The company has stockpiled 3.5 million. 19 toilet rolls each if my maths is correct. So that's 2 months worth. Happy to have my maths corrected if I'm wrong.

How many other companies might start using Swansea instead of Calais-Dover for their goods? Are Swansea able to accept more goods coming in? Do they have the customs staff to deal with imports? All these pesky questions that will need considering.

TheElementsSong · 31/07/2019 21:20

perhaps they should be stockpiling something else instead

Why, is there a Brexit-fairy-safe approved stockpiling list? Have the shifting sands of the Sunlit Uplands gone from "stockpiling is mad/stupid/evil" to "UnBeLeavers are simply stockpiling wroooooong" in the past couple of days?

Timeandtimeagain42 · 31/07/2019 21:22

I've just bought a Groupon deal, 96 toilet rolls and 24 rolls of paper towels. So that'll be added to my stash (some of it anyway) I'd never normally go out and buy that much but it was a good deal so.....🤷‍♂️

SistemaAddict · 31/07/2019 21:23

“Brexit might bring opportunities to expand the UK industry in the long-term, but in the short- and medium-term we cannot just switch milk production on and off. Increasing the UK’s milk pool and building the infrastructure for us to be self-sufficient in dairy will take years,” he said.

amp.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/18/dairy-products-may-become-luxuries-after-uk-leaves-eu

bellinisurge · 31/07/2019 21:27

It's irrelevant what we are self sufficient in @Clavinova , if the supermarkets are full of angry panicking shoppers. I don't want to be anywhere near that .

TheElementsSong · 31/07/2019 21:29

Only a few months ago, C&Pnova's word-cloud efforts on stockpiling were to do with the wastefulness of Remainers; I recall "Squirrel!" type posts about lettuces being wasted by consumers, lettuces obviously not being things suitable for stockpiling Hmm but serving the purpose of linking "Remoaner stockpiling" with "food waste" in the minds of the unwary. Now it seems the word-cloud is instead attempting to link "Remoaner stockpiling" with "doing it incorrectly" to prepare the ground for "BeLeavers will do it correctly".

Clavinova · 31/07/2019 21:33

Bercows
Commercial headquarters in Bolton - production in Bridgend.

Kimberley Clark - Andrex and Kleenex;

every year the Port of Barrow handles around 60,000 tonnes of wood pulp for Kimberly Clark’s Barrow Mill, which is the largest tissue mill in Europe and supports over 400 jobs.

www.multimodal.org.uk/article/first-delivery-world-leading-packaging-manufacturer-barrow-port

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Clavinova · 31/07/2019 21:33

Kimberly Clark

bellinisurge · 31/07/2019 21:35

You don't get it. @Clavinova if you can avoid being near fraught situations in supermarkets why wouldn't you do this? And buffer against price rises? Odd not to.

SistemaAddict · 31/07/2019 21:40

How are we getting that wood pulp in if there's no deal Clavinova?

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bellinisurge · 31/07/2019 21:46

Only last week there was a thread on MN with people whinging about supermarkets not having enough lollies and ice cubes. And this was just boot was a bit hot for a couple of days as per the forecast. If people are that angry in supermarkets at something so avoidable and trivial when the sun is shining, how are they going to cope if it is even the slightest bit bumpy in autumn.

Clavinova · 31/07/2019 21:47

Bercows
How are we getting that wood pulp in if there's no deal?

It's only Dover/Calais that might have delays - the other ports around the country are not expecting problems - in fact they are hoping to profit from Brexit.

mindproject · 31/07/2019 21:47

I bought a 20 year supply of toilet roll 3 years ago. I'm always going to need it and the price of it isn't going to come down. It seemed like a sound investment to me. I tried living without loo roll once, it was shit.

Clavinova · 31/07/2019 21:48

Clavinova do you own a forest?
I wish.

TheElementsSong · 31/07/2019 21:50

Updated Dictionary for July 2019

PANIC : taking gradual action, in July, for an event in November (see also: DELUDED, HYSTERICAL, PARANOID LUNATIC).

SMUG: having taken gradual action in July (see also: HYSTERICAL).

SHORTAGES: something that will definitely happen in July, when supply chains are not disrupted, due to PANIC (see above), but somehow will definitely not happen in November, when supply chains are disrupted.

CAUSATION: people who buy smoke alarms in July cause fires in November.

OBESITY CRISIS: an undesirable state of the nation, caused by European strawberries, and which will be cured by the SHORTAGES which aren’t going to happen, or alternatively by a PATRIOTIC (see above) government mandate for the thin people to eat slices off the fat people.

BLITZSPIRIT: something apparently very good and quintessentially British, a highly desirable state of the nation, which will come about in November (but not in July) due to the SHORTAGES (see above) which are not going to happen in November (but are in July).

PATRIOTIC: proficiency at reciting hollow slogans and short empty phrases, disparagement of analytical thought.

ARMY: SMUG (see above) group who are UNPATRIOTICALLY PANICKING (see above).

BELITTLING: asking basic questions of someone with whom you are in conversation in order to identify whether you are both proceeding from the same level of comprehension of the relevant issues.

STOCKPILE: simultaneously
(1) a hoard of essentials literally taken from the mouths of proper ordinary people by posh elites who have pushed prices up and CAUSED (see above) SHORTAGES (see above),
(2) a hoard of luxurious irrelevant fripperies like caviar and au pairs, that only posh elites care about thus irrelevant to proper ordinary people,
(3) a vast load of stodgy unappetising inedibles, not proper food, that no proper ordinary people would want anyway, and which will end up being thrown away and wasted thus destroying the environment thanks to posh elites (See also: LETTUCE).
(4) at some convenient point in time, will always have been a PATRIOTIC and obviously sensible thing to do, for a particular list of items and by a particular list of individuals/companies (if not on the list, then definitions 1-3 continue to apply).

CRESS: Level of agricultural and food distribution expertise required to assure everybody not to STOCKPILE (see above).

CRYSTAL BALL:
(1) A Heisenberg quantum device permitting Leavers to accurately predict that “it” will be “FIIIIIINNNEE” after a “short term” of “some adjustment” but which, when asked for measurements of “fine/short/some” ceases to exist.
(2) A device that Remainers definitely don’t have, which is why they PANIC (see above) and CAUSE (see above) SHORTAGES (see above) without any evidence for their actions.

STARVATION: an often-fatal and previously undesirable condition. Due to BLITZSPIRIT (see above) anything less severe than this is no longer deemed worthy of discussion. (See also: MAD MAX, ARMAGEDDON, END OF THE UNIVERSE, TENT CITIES).

REVELLING: keeping, for unapproved reasons such as Brexit, a STOCKPILE (see above), however keeping a STOCKPILE (see above) for approved reasons such as “just because” is FIIIIIINNNEE especially if you use a euphemism like “Why, I always keep months of food in my shed, isn’t that normal?”. (See also: MASSIVE HYPOCRITE).

FLAT-EARTHERS:
(1) people who think that a No Deal crash-out Brexit might result in supply chain disruption
(2) NOT people who believe that a No Deal crash-out Brexit will produce no discernible effects on anything whatsoever, or even attract golden unicorns.

CONTROL, TAKING BACK:
(1) a PATRIOTIC (see above) act by means of once-in-a-lifetime pencilling an ‘X’ on a small piece of paper, by supinely accepting any ensuing events, and by emoting positively.
(2) an undesirably treasonous, unpatriotic undermining of national interest by means of STOCKPILING (see above) to secure supplies, or to pre-empt anticipated price-rises.

SUPERMARKET PROMOTION:
(1) ordinarily a regular and unremarkable marketing strategy encouraging seasonal purchasing or attracting shoppers of a frugal, thrifty nature - unless they are TAKING BACK CONTROL (see above) in which case see below (2).
(2) a treasonous, unpatriotic undermining of Brexitannia due to encouragement of PANIC (see above) buying of STOCKPILES (see above) causing SHORTAGES (see above).

PROPAGANDA:
(1) factual information given by experts, the government, anybody tainted by possible foreign sympathies, or in fact anybody with knowledge gleaned from sources other than the gutter press.
(2) a bona fide male goose

WTO: a meaningless mantra, its significance long forgotten in the ancient mists of deep time, which is recited to invoke positive Brexitannian emotions.

flouncyfanny · 31/07/2019 21:54

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bellinisurge · 31/07/2019 21:55

Brilliant @TheElementsSong .

Do you get it now @Clavinova . It's not some Remainer tactic. I don't give a shit how anyone voted as long as they have the sense to get a buffer of food and supplies in (as their budget and space at home allows) and keep out of tbe shops when the whiny panicking people start panic buying shit they don't need.

Timeandtimeagain42 · 31/07/2019 21:56

I bought a 20 year supply of toilet roll 3 years ago. I'm always going to need it and the price of it isn't going to come down. It seemed like a sound investment to me. I tried living without loo roll once, it was shit

Am intrigued........ where would you store 20 years worth of toilet roll?

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