The great unwashed

[DiscoStu]

Just listening to Radio 4 on my way to the supermarket and they're interviewing people at Liverpool Airport about their views on the Euro.

Classic from one woman (can't remember word for word, this is the gist of what she was saying....) "I'm glad we haven't joined the Euro. We've been to Cyprus and everything's so expensive there now. Imagine having to live there when everything costs so much!"

Oh dear....

[Solidec]

Just listening to Radio 4 on my way to the supermarket and they're interviewing people at Liverpool Airport about their views on the Euro.

Classic from one woman (can't remember word for word, this is the gist of what she was saying....) "I'm glad we haven't joined the Euro. We've been to Cyprus and everything's so expensive there now. Imagine having to live there when everything costs so much!"

Oh dear....

Don't you know that Britain has the largest percentage of thickos in the population of all G20 countrie? Just the way McSnotty wants it

[Doggy Styles]

I'll never forget the euro debates on another well-known contractor's forum beginning with P. There were contractors there (who you'd assume had some modicum of intelligence) who were pro-euro because they could "buy a latte in both Madrid and Helsinki with the same currency".

I think the euro was a way of expressing their man-of-the-world credentials.

[Mich the Tester]

Just listening to Radio 4 on my way to the supermarket and they're interviewing people at Liverpool Airport about their views on the Euro.

Classic from one woman (can't remember word for word, this is the gist of what she was saying....) "I'm glad we haven't joined the Euro. We've been to Cyprus and everything's so expensive there now. Imagine having to live there when everything costs so much!"

Oh dear....

I recently saw a program on Dutch TV where the journalist asked people for their opinions on current scientific issues. On being informed that scientists had made a new estimation of the world’s mass and found it to be lighter than thought, one woman said ‘that’s because of all those big companies taking the oil and stuff out of the ground’.

[BrilloPad]

Just listening to Radio 4 on my way to the supermarket and they're interviewing people at Liverpool Airport about their views on the Euro.

Classic from one woman (can't remember word for word, this is the gist of what she was saying....) "I'm glad we haven't joined the Euro. We've been to Cyprus and everything's so expensive there now. Imagine having to live there when everything costs so much!"

Oh dear....

Why are these people allowed a vote?

[Olly]

I recently saw a program on Dutch TV where the journalist asked people for their opinions on current scientific issues. On being informed that scientists had made a new estimation of the world’s mass and found it to be lighter than thought, one woman said ‘that’s because of all those big companies taking the oil and stuff out of the ground’.

Hmm, heavier gases in atmosphere...that might even be plausible....

Cyprus is frikin expensive...strawberries are about a Euro (at that time, a quid) each...crap Stella in a rubbish pub, 4 Euro

[gingerjedi]

I recently saw a program on Dutch TV where the journalist asked people for their opinions on current scientific issues. On being informed that scientists had made a new estimation of the world’s mass and found it to be lighter than thought, one woman said ‘that’s because of all those big companies taking the oil and stuff out of the ground’.

She may have a point... surely when you burn oil some of the energy and therefore mass is lost beyond the atmosphere as it radiates heat?

I doubt that she was thinking of that though.

[/pedant mode]

[DimPrawn]

Cyprus is frikin expensive...strawberries are about a Euro (at that time, a quid) each...crap Stella in a rubbish pub, 4 Euro

That's to keep the riff-raf like you out.

If you want cheap Stella, get an all inclusive to Benidorm. You'll fit right in.

[Olly]

I don't like champagne....so strawberries and lager is the next best comparison.

Thanks for the Benidorm tip though...will check out the travel offers in the back of the Sun

[OwlHoot]

I'll never forget the euro debates on another well-known contractor's forum beginning with P. There were contractors there (who you'd assume had some modicum of intelligence) who were pro-euro because they could "buy a latte in both Madrid and Helsinki with the same currency".

I think the euro was a way of expressing their man-of-the-world credentials.

Yes, there's someone like that here. His name's Milan.