Bonzo's boring rambling - In which I mention two things that puzzle me

08:37 pm: In which I mention two things that puzzle me
First, the most surprising yet example of a large company lying to its consumers to sell more. I have long been convinced that in many cases 'sell by' and 'use by' dates are nothing to do with health concerns, or even legal covering their backs, but merely a scam to convince the less experienced among us to throw away perfectly good food and buy new stuff to replace it.

Tonight I seem to have proof. Tasco's website describes baking potatoes (i.e. large, old potatoes) as having a 'short shelf life' and specifically having to be eaten within 1-3 days.

Baking potatoes.
Old potatoes.
Within one to three days.

*boggle*

Secondly, when the alarm clock woke me this morning, I was in the process of saying in my dream 'How wonderful. I have discovered that I am becoming an elf.'

W.
T.
F???????

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From:	zigsternenstaub
Date:	March 10th, 2009 08:55 pm (UTC)

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Being beautiful and semi-immortal wouldn't be that bad, really...

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From:	terrificwriter
Date:	March 10th, 2009 09:00 pm (UTC)

'How wonderful. I have discovered that I am becoming an elf.'

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HA! Why keep fighting it? Give yourself to the Light Side.

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From:	alcina2
Date:	March 10th, 2009 09:06 pm (UTC)

Re: 'How wonderful. I have discovered that I am becoming an elf.'

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Never.

You do not know the power of the Dark Side.

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From:	uitlander
Date:	March 10th, 2009 09:13 pm (UTC)

Re: 'How wonderful. I have discovered that I am becoming an elf.'

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A sith elf. Well, that's an improvement on Orlando Bloom any day.

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From:	alcina2
Date:	March 10th, 2009 09:20 pm (UTC)

Re: 'How wonderful. I have discovered that I am becoming an elf.'

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:)

I'd still rather be an orc...

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From:	elven_ranger
Date:	March 11th, 2009 02:31 pm (UTC)

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they are wusses, unless youre an Uruk.

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From:	terrificwriter
Date:	March 10th, 2009 10:01 pm (UTC)

Re: 'How wonderful. I have discovered that I am becoming an elf.'

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Again, a quote from a person who eventually turned to the Light Side.

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From:	alcina2
Date:	March 11th, 2009 07:51 pm (UTC)

Re: 'How wonderful. I have discovered that I am becoming an elf.'

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:)

What a coincidence ;)

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From:	terrificwriter
Date:	March 10th, 2009 10:07 pm (UTC)

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Btw, I think the ending to the 'Watchmen' movie would meet with your approval. For a change, the bad guy does not make the mistake of explaining his plan while there is still a chance that that good guys can stop him.

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From:	tiggymalvern
Date:	March 10th, 2009 11:50 pm (UTC)

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Maybe you're feeling your mortality and thinking living a little longer wouldn't be a bad deal?

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From:	totnesmartin
Date:	March 11th, 2009 12:14 pm (UTC)

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It's the sell by dates on bottled water that get me. And on salt.

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From:	elven_ranger
Date:	March 11th, 2009 02:30 pm (UTC)

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WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?

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From:	alcina2
Date:	March 11th, 2009 07:55 pm (UTC)

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I believe I read, when 'sell by' dates became mandatory under EU law for food items, that it was also the law that the 'sell by' date could not be more than 3 years in the future.

However, although many victims of consumerism do not realise it, a 'sell by' date means just that; it does NOT indicate that the food should be used by then.

However 'use by' dates are most definitely used to deceive, as in these potatoes, and in the case of cheeses whose 'use by' dates come before they are even ripe enough to eat, therefore presumably causing the poor little obedient consumer to endlessly buy cheese that he never gets to eat.

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