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Wanky things! Wanky things everywhere...

746 replies

00100001 · 23/02/2017 10:05

Masons Jars for holding lunch and layered salads etc = wanky

Menus that say things like " Shoestring fries ~ 6.5" = wanky

Nespresso's "Vintage" coffee = wanky

Calling chicken nuggets Chicken Gougons = wanky

Gah!

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NotStoppedAllDay · 23/02/2017 10:06

Why is it?

00100001 · 23/02/2017 10:08

they just are Grin

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TheNiffler · 23/02/2017 10:08

What the fuck is 'vintage' coffee?

DontBuyANewMumCashmere · 23/02/2017 10:10

I agree. There is so much wankery about. Drinking out of jam jars and eating off slates included.

ObiWankyKnobby · 23/02/2017 10:11

I was in John Lewis yesterday and I was nearly swayed by a £27 insulated back to carry a packed lunch in - uber-expensive wankery!

DonkeyOaty · 23/02/2017 10:11

Mellow Birds powder, Niffler. Mmmm yum. (NOT)

ObiWankyKnobby · 23/02/2017 10:11

Bag. £27 cheap for an insulated back!

HandsomeBoys · 23/02/2017 10:13

Let's serve your food on a chopping board for you - wanky

Babycchinos- wanky

TheNiffler · 23/02/2017 10:13

Yuk, Donkey

KanyeWesticle · 23/02/2017 10:15

We want plates, on Tumblr or Facebook, is brilliant for this!

ObiWankyKnobby · 23/02/2017 10:17

'Hand cut'
'Pan fried'
Village hen's egg
Food descriptions containing EVERY SINGLE INGREDIENT in the dish:

'Hand cut, artisan 27-seed granary loaf smeared with farm-churned, slightly salted normandy butter, layered with lightly-crushed free range organic farm eggs, laid in straw-lined nestboxes by hand-reared black leghorn hens, enrobed with organic virgin olive oil mayonnaise, sprinkled with organic, hand-harvested cress.'

It's a chuffin egg & cress sandwich!!

RubyGoat · 23/02/2017 10:17

Those bloody stupid jars with handles & lids with holes, for milkshakes. Complete with a non-bendy straw so kids have to hold them in their laps instead of on the table... recipe for disaster IMHO.

WindwardCircle · 23/02/2017 10:18
MrsJaniceBattersby · 23/02/2017 10:18

Chips served in little wire baskets , hugely wanky

PerryCoxHair · 23/02/2017 10:18

"sourcing a trouser" = wanky. You are shopping for a pair of trousers ffs!
I hate the term sourcing

OnHold · 23/02/2017 10:20

A red lip =wanky

PerryCoxHair · 23/02/2017 10:21

Just the one red lip OnHold? Grin

BathshebaDarkstone · 23/02/2017 10:21

Babyccinos may be wanky, but DC love them, although DD wanted to know why they couldn't have decaffeinated coffee in them! Grin

WindwardCircle · 23/02/2017 10:22

Shop the edit- I don't even know what that means but it's wanky.

OnHold · 23/02/2017 10:22

Yes Grin Like a trouser.

LaContessaDiPlump · 23/02/2017 10:23

I ordered DS2 (4yo) a decaf coffee when we were in Ostend Bathsheba - the waiter visibly Judged, but why on earth should he not be allowed it? It's decaf after all!

I do always want to ask him if he would like a tiny cigarette to go with it though Grin

PerryCoxHair · 23/02/2017 10:24

I would love to see what someone looks like with a red lip and a trouser Grin

Shop the edit I have never heard that! Wtf does it even mean?

TheWinterOfOurDiscountTents · 23/02/2017 10:24

Calling chicken nuggets Chicken Gougons = wanky

Sorry but nope. Not wanky. Goujons and nuggets aren't the same, and the latter has been around as a term, like, forever. Goujons predate nuggets!

squishysquirmy · 23/02/2017 10:24

It's well known that the more adjectives used, the more expensive the food.
Cheese and onion crisps = cheap.
Artisan hand cut triple cooked west country mature cheddar and slow roasted balsamic baby onion chutney crisps = v.v. expensive.

WindwardCircle · 23/02/2017 10:24

Heirloom tomatoes- are they tomatoes which have been handed down through the family? If not they're just tomatoes ffs.