How unfortunate!

[Patrick]

On my Facebook home page at the moment is an advert for a sweet called "Rowntrees Randoms".

Unfortunately, so long is it that I've seen the Rowntrees name used - and especially on something new - that I took one look at the (very small) picture of the packet and thought that they were advertising some new fruit flavoured condom!

www.rowntrees-randoms.co.uk/

If a drink called "Squirt" doesn't last very long on the market - I can't see these doing so well either!

[housesparrow]

Well, life is too short to wait for the thing to download.

but I did once know a woman who was addicted to condoms. well, maybe addiction is too strong a word, but she seemed to have a need to buy them if she saw a new type in the ladies' loo or wherever. She would tear open the packet in the pub, or wherever we happened to be, to inspect the contents.

It all began, she said, because her husband is a GP and gets sent samples which they would try at home. And as is the way of this, one thing led to another....

[Patrick]

Marvellous H/S!!! Was that really "Addicted" or was she just "A collector"? I suppose with all the different types it could appeal to the collector gene!

[housesparrow]

Collector would be a better description, yes.

But don't collectors store things carefully in their original packets, rather than waving them round the pub before dropping them in a friend's beer mug?

[Patrick]

Jun 5, 2009 6:24:52 GMT housesparrow said:

Collector would be a better description, yes.

But don't collectors store things carefully in their original packets, rather than waving them round the pub before dropping them in a friend's beer mug?

Not a lot you can say to that really. I hope they paid for the next round!