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Previously on "A reminder of just how fortunate we are to have positioned ourselves as we have"

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    It was sad they couldn't make money on a mere 250% interest rate.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
    Talking about cost of living...

    I've got the telly frozen on an advert for QuickQuid and it's showing

    Typical 2356% APR

    Yikes. If it's not a typo, that's real loan shark stuff.

    Nope. Not a typo, for it's repeated on the final screen.
    QuickQuid on verge of collapse after accidentally borrowing a fiver from itself

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
    I was that man. Thank god I'm not him now.
    Now you fly fast jets whilst eating one of the more difficult pastas?

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  • Sysman
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    It's on their website as well!
    Along with the line "QuickQuid is helping hard-working Britons"

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  • Fred Bloggs
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    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    Permie bloke at work here is going on 40. Lives with his parents , company car , unmarried.
    Raves about his squash nights and his Belgian beer tasting forays into Altrincham and loves to show me his scar from his operation.

    He doesnt take holidays, I think he is terrified that the company will discover they can get by without him. Every day is the same, and the weeks of his life merge into years, I can see it in his eyes and hear it in his voice.
    And I think
    Thank God I am a Contractor

    I was that man. Thank god I'm not him now.

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by Sysman View Post
    Talking about cost of living...

    I've got the telly frozen on an advert for QuickQuid and it's showing

    Typical 2356% APR

    Yikes. If it's not a typo, that's real loan shark stuff.

    Nope. Not a typo, for it's repeated on the final screen.
    It's on their website as well!
    Along with the line "QuickQuid is helping hard-working Britons "

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  • Sysman
    replied
    Talking about cost of living...

    I've got the telly frozen on an advert for QuickQuid and it's showing

    Typical 2356% APR

    Yikes. If it's not a typo, that's real loan shark stuff.

    Nope. Not a typo, for it's repeated on the final screen.

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  • ratewhore
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    Originally posted by BlackenedBiker View Post
    If I remember the quote it is:

    Get inside her five times a day and take her to heaven and back.

    There may have been a "woof" also.

    RW please confirm....
    class

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  • Spacecadet
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    Originally posted by BlackenedBiker View Post
    Just treat your woman like you treat your kite........
    control badly, smash nose first into the ground and then stuff in the bin wondering when to get a new one?

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  • BlackenedBiker
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    What, pull on her hair and take small steps forward?
    If I remember the quote it is:

    Get in her five times a day and take her to heaven and back.

    There may have been a "woof" also.

    RW please confirm....

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by BlackenedBiker View Post
    Just treat your woman like you treat your kite........
    What, pull on her hair and take small steps forward?

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  • BlackenedBiker
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    Originally posted by ratewhore View Post
    Without reading the whole thread - why do I need to do this?
    Just treat your woman like you treat your kite........

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by ratewhore View Post
    Without reading the whole thread - why do I need to do this?
    I don't think you do, and besides, it's quite difficult to pat yourself on the back. Thigh's easier.

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  • ratewhore
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    Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
    so give yourselves a pat on the back and remember how fortunate you are.
    Without reading the whole thread - why do I need to do this?

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  • milanbenes
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    well I was beginning to wonder, and the colour is more noticable in the pot noodles

    can't you use a strainer next time

    Milan.

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