Let’s do this together
FOMO is NO MO, according to the latest research into why we can’t be bothered to go out any more. Actually I’m surprised anyone could be bothered to even ask.
Shelving specialist BiGDUG reveals Fear of Missing Out could be a thing of the past as many of us are happy to shelve plans (geddit?) to socialise.
A healthy 8% have put off getting a new relationship (in other words, no one wants them) while 22% have put their wedding on hold for a year or more. Which all sounds about right after a major worldchanging pandemic.
But apparently only 14% are secretly happy to miss work socials. Frankly I’d have thought the number would have been much higher – I know my colleagues are relieved not to have to play my ‘truth or dare’ drinking games on a school night.
Adverts have also gone up in London’s Tube stations listing all the things we should miss about work – like having proper bants with your second family, which just sounds like a Human Resources incident to me. The only trouble is if we all “put off till tomorrow what we can do today” as the irritatingly smug saying goes, 2021 is going to be a nightmare. Can we officially cancel Christmas now?
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Today we’re putting some old brands in my retro folding shopping trolley and dropping the “sweetie” part of the sign.
Mrs E Park, in Coldstream, Scottish Borders, has a shopping list that she’d like to bring back. She writes: “The diamond-shaped Ayton Sandwich biscuits, and Gipsy Creams – they were sheer heaven. And what about broken biscuits? They were always a popular option.”
June Curtis says: “Love your campaign. Can you add Sharwoods Green Label Chutney sauce?”
Martin Eye, in Burton upon Trent, Staffs, also adds: “Puffa Puffa Rice!” because they were not just Sooty’s favourite breakfast – the nation’s children loved them.
Grumbling at the telly, Geoff Pearson, in Englefield Green, Surrey, says: “There’s an advert on TV at present where a young lady discovers coffee bags and wonders why no one thought of it before. Well, they did! We used to buy them regularly back in the 1970s. Can anyone remember what they were called?”
After shopping in the high street with my grandparents, we used to go to the Wimpy for a burger and chips as it was the only fast- food restaurant around in those days.
Shaun Shute, in Gloucester, who sent in this 1970s’ menu, used to go before the pictures: “I used to have a cheeseburger in the local Wimpy just by the cinema. The Knickerbocker Glory was a real treat.”
My granny used to have the Brown Derby and I’d have an ice cream float in cola. An amazing concoction you rarely see these days, probably because it had a bad habit of exploding in your face!
My grandpa used to order the International, very exotic at the time as it came with lettuce and tomato.
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