'Mike' wrote:
"John Williamson" wrote in message
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'Mike' wrote:
"Skipweasel" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
But learning a bit of body-language would save 'em pestering me with
"Can I help you?" when I'm radiating a strong "Leave me alone" glow.

Nothing wrong with being asked *once* IMHO.

Harrumph. Perhaps they should have a tray of "When I'm good and ready"
badges at the door.

Which would serve the same purpose.

Trouble is, in a large shop you can get pestered several times as you
move around.

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Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.
Rather like Jehovah Witnesses and the latest 'scam', 'money maker' for
some, Cavity Wall Insulation.

Got a wonderful way of getting rid of Jehovah Witnesses :-))))))

Use 'em as cavity wall insulation?

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Tciao for Now!

John.

:-)

No!

When I was in business I did a lot of work for a group of JW's. No objection
to them at all, as long as they don't knock on my door. When I lived in the
Midlands I had a group of 'somethings religious knocking on the door saying
that they were 'bringing the word of god to me'. "Sorry, I don't accept
second hand messages. Bring this god to me so I can hear it first hand' That
was about 50 years ago and do you know what? They never came back. As far as
I am concerned, the JWs I was dealing with were wonderful people. I knew the
whole family. They NEVER pushed their infliction on me.

I was being flippant.

There is one working at the place I work, and, in line with your
experience, nobody has a bad word to say about him.

I avoid salesmen of all sorts by living at the top of some very steep
outdoor stairs, in a place that look vacant unless you peer in and see
the light on. If the light's on, I may or may not be in, as it's on a
vaguely random timer. Or I may just be in a mood to ignore the door. The
JWs may miss me out because it's an old Kingdom Hall....

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Tciao for Now!

John.

On Sat, 7 May 2011 22:29:18 +0100, Skipweasel
wrote:

In article op.vu4p9fcyhswpfo@dell3100, says...
With Charlotte Green?

in the conservatory, with a lead pipe

Though the silken cord sounds more attractive...

Hey, any threat to Charlotte Green is likely to get you irreparably --
nay, unrecognisably -- marmalised by almost every other male
inhabitant of Middle Britain! I understand there's a vacant hidey-hole
in the Tora Bora which the agents have been trying to unload for
years: you could get it pretty cheap.

--
Mike.

On 08/05/2011 17:04, Skipweasel wrote:
In ,
says...
But learning a bit of body-language would save 'em pestering me with
"Can I help you?" when I'm radiating a strong "Leave me alone" glow.


Nothing wrong with being asked *once* IMHO.


Harrumph. Perhaps they should have a tray of "When I'm good and ready"
badges at the door.


Which would serve the same purpose.


Trouble is, in a large shop you can get pestered several times as you
move around.


In that case, I'm afraid I have to recommend John Lewis.

They pester me not at all, and it's thoroughly pleasant.

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In article ,
says...
Rather like Jehovah Witnesses and the latest 'scam', 'money maker' for some,
Cavity Wall Insulation.

I love telling 'em that mine aren't suitable.

--
Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

In article op.vu57s4qhhswpfo@dell3100, says...
Got a wonderful way of getting rid of Jehovah Witnesses :-))))))


Offer them CWI?


Coloured Wine Infusions?
Communion With Infundibula?
Communists With Impetigo?
Clarks Woolen Insoles?
Comfortably Wet Inside-leg?
Completely Whacky Infatuations?
Curly Whiskered Indians?

EMNTK.

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Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

In article ,
says...
With Charlotte Green?

in the conservatory, with a lead pipe

Though the silken cord sounds more attractive...

Hey, any threat to Charlotte Green is likely to get you irreparably --
nay, unrecognisably -- marmalised by almost every other male
inhabitant of Middle Britain! I understand there's a vacant hidey-hole
in the Tora Bora which the agents have been trying to unload for
years: you could get it pretty cheap.


The silken cord was for her to use on me!

--
Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

In article , Skipweasel
writes:

Yebbut £13 for a pair of hessian growbag covers?

£4k for a concrete settee?

--
Mike Fleming

Skipweasel said:
In article op.vu57s4qhhswpfo@dell3100, says...
Got a wonderful way of getting rid of Jehovah Witnesses :-))))))

Offer them CWI?

Coloured Wine Infusions?
Communion With Infundibula?
Communists With Impetigo?
Clarks Woolen Insoles?
Comfortably Wet Inside-leg?
Completely Whacky Infatuations?
Curly Whiskered Indians?

Co-operative Wholesale Insanity ?


--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

In article , Skipweasel
writes:

It's ********. One person's magpie eye, dressed up as valid opinion.

IRTA "vapid opinion".

--
Mike Fleming

In article , {mike}
@tauzero.co.uk says...
Yebbut £13 for a pair of hessian growbag covers?

£4k for a concrete settee?

Oddly I find that less bothersome. It's so far beyond anything I might
want that it barely skims the surface.

Parked next to a Porsche Cayenne today. Pip asked why it was so big (she
had to get out of my side of the car even though we were both parked
middle-space) and it occured to me that it cost more than the sum total
of all the cars I ever have or will own. The posh end sort cost more
than our house.

Had a peep inside - less leg-room than mine, less space in the boot, and
does less than half the mpg.

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Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

Skipweasel said:
In article , {mike}
@tauzero.co.uk says...
Yebbut £13 for a pair of hessian growbag covers?

£4k for a concrete settee?

Oddly I find that less bothersome. It's so far beyond anything I might
want that it barely skims the surface.

Parked next to a Porsche Cayenne today. Pip asked why it was so big (she
had to get out of my side of the car even though we were both parked
middle-space) and it occured to me that it cost more than the sum total
of all the cars I ever have or will own. The posh end sort cost more
than our house.

Had a peep inside - less leg-room than mine, less space in the boot, and
does less than half the mpg.

"I'm so rich that I can even be this unrealistic and survive it".


--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

In article ,
says...
"I'm so rich that I can even be this unrealistic and survive it".


That was the conclusion Pip came to, too.

Personally I'd just choose to work less than have enough to buy such a
silly thing.

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On Sun, 08 May 2011 17:23:18 +0100
"Esra Sdrawkcab" wrote:

On Sun, 08 May 2011 17:09:25 +0100, 'Mike'
wrote:



"Skipweasel" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...
But learning a bit of body-language would save 'em pestering me
with
"Can I help you?" when I'm radiating a strong "Leave me alone"
glow.


Nothing wrong with being asked *once* IMHO.


Harrumph. Perhaps they should have a tray of "When I'm good and
ready"
badges at the door.


Which would serve the same purpose.


Trouble is, in a large shop you can get pestered several times as you
move around.

--
Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

Rather like Jehovah Witnesses and the latest 'scam', 'money maker' for
some,
Cavity Wall Insulation.

Got a wonderful way of getting rid of Jehovah Witnesses :-))))))


Offer them CWI?

Offer to fill their cavities with insulation while they wait
perhaps - one can of spray foam should do the wbo nicely.

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On Sun, 8 May 2011 19:02:51 +0100, Skipweasel
wrote:

In article ,
says...
With Charlotte Green?

in the conservatory, with a lead pipe

Though the silken cord sounds more attractive...

Hey, any threat to Charlotte Green is likely to get you irreparably --
nay, unrecognisably -- marmalised by almost every other male
inhabitant of Middle Britain! I understand there's a vacant hidey-hole
in the Tora Bora which the agents have been trying to unload for
years: you could get it pretty cheap.


The silken cord was for her to use on me!

Ah, I see. I'm not sure the numerous liberties I'd allow Ms Green to
take with me extend to actual strangulation...

--
Mike.

On Sun, 08 May 2011 19:15:03 +0100, Mike Fleming
wrote:

In article , Skipweasel
writes:

It's ********. One person's magpie eye, dressed up as valid opinion.

IRTA "vapid opinion".

Either way, it's a very cheap space-filler. Weekend papers are full of
them.

--
Mike.