Screwfix

Instead of clogging up posts with off topic discussions, have them here. Keep it clean folks!
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burnham28
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Screwfix

Post by burnham28 »

Just been down to my local store. Had a bit of a job convincing my wife that it wasn't a dating agency.
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les
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Don't go to toolstation then.

SteveClem
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Crikey, talk about having been there. Had exactly that conversation with the boss about 5 years since.
Their's a poncy french expression.. De ja vu?
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Sorry, should be ' there's'! There's a bloke in Bristol goes around correcting bad spelling and punctuation on shop signs. I sort of approve but then again...
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Probably a local rep for the 'Apostrophe Protection Society' http://www.apostrophe.org.uk . Some of the examples on the site are hilarious and thoroughly depressing at the same time!
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A shop near me once had a sign saying "NO NON CUSTOMER'S PARKING ONLY ALLOWED" i only went in there on foot to save the confusion.

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