When will they learn?.....

[Baldy]

Heat it up then add a tot of plum brandy or that Hunter's Rum stuff? That's what our professor used to do if any of us young'uns had a cold or were unwell ...

What you really need is Jagertea.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Thanks you and @Andy in Germany
bit weak for me.

Crikey. I often thought that smoking should be banned on Christmas markets because of the danger of a fireball if somebody burped.

 

[KnittyNorah]

What you really need is Jagertea.

That was on offer in the prof's office too! And beer in the blood donation department ...

 

[classic33]

I see toy retailers are now warning of christmas shortages.

Doubtless a deliberate tactic, as the stampede these words will cause will doubtless make up for the dire first half of the year they endured.

The stampede started last month at the local toyshop. Second week of September they started their Christmas Club. Same time every year.

 

[classic33]

The stampede started last month at the local toyshop. Second week of September they started their Christmas Club. Same time every year.

They've been starting it at the same time since they got their hands on a toyshop. Nothing new.

 

[Jenkins]

Latest shortage for the looming Christmas.....Humbugs are stuck at the ports .

Or in my case, working at the port (Felixstowe). Anybody want something held up to annoy someone else?

 

[classic33]

Or in my case, working at the port (Felixstowe). Anybody want something held up to annoy someone else?

Quality Street, outbound. Third and fourth week of this month see's the largest export period, then steady during November at a lower level.

 

[Jenkins]

Quality Street, outbound. Third and fourth week of this month see's the largest export period, then steady during November at a lower level.

Has to be import based to give the papers something to moan about preferrably. However, I could do them on export for misdescription as there's not much 'Quality' in them these days.

 

[classic33]

Has to be import based to give the papers something to moan about preferrably. However, I could do them on export for misdescription as there's not much 'Quality' in them these days.

Very little these days, I agree.
However they're saying there'll be a shortage this Christmas. I'm less than four miles* from the factory, and having trouble getting hold of them.

*Less than 1/2 a mile when in the town centre.

 

[Blue Hills]

Crikey. I often thought that smoking should be banned on Christmas markets because of the danger of a fireball if somebody burped.

I take it this stuff is in a 70 0r 75cl bottle - wouldn't touch anything in that size of bottle that was under 11 per cent. Always feel as if I'm being diddled and drinking sugar for little benefit.

 

[Blue Hills]

No shortage of mince pies on my cycleshopping trip to the local Lidl.
"eat by" November 2 though.

 

[Blue Hills]

Just checked (one of) my bottles of Christkindl gluewein and it says 8.7% on it.

was in an aldi earlier - rather lacking in info on ingredients compared to the Lidl stuff.
Seem to remember though that it admitted to 9.5 percent.
I assume you have tried it in your search for that youthful buzz and rejected it?

 

[Drago]

"eat by" November 2 though...

...written in biro on the box so you can persuade Mrs Hills to let you scoff them!

 

[KnittyNorah]

was in an aldi earlier - rather lacking in info on ingredients compared to the Lidl stuff.
Seem to remember though that it admitted to 9.5 percent.
I assume you have tried it in your search for that youthful buzz and rejected it?

Flavour of the Aldi variant isn't right. Not as bad as the Morrisons one, though, which was undrinkable - tasted like toothache (oil of cloves)!

 

[Blue Hills]

...written in biro on the box so you can persuade Mrs Hills to let you scoff them!

I predict lots of folk panic buying christmas nosh in advance, scoffing it all, feeling sickened with themselves and then having a christmas of boiled cabbage and tinned fish.