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Bread crumbs are always were the spices are? Or the bottom of the bread shelves!

For me, a self serve machine that doesn’t t **** up at least once,
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Different supermarket chains use different logic in where they put stuff, so I'm frequently walking aisles muttering to myself and having people studiously avoid me.
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think positive wrote:Bread crumbs are always were the spices are? Or the bottom of the bread shelves!

For me, a self serve machine that doesn’t t **** up at least once,
Breadcrumbs have never been found near the bread shelves down my way.

What are these spices you talk of?

There is salt and if you're feeling fancy chicken salt. :lol:
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A born-again Christian Aboriginal community burning their own sacred objects after being inspired by a Tongan preacher:

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-09- ... l/11527402
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I read that earlier this morning and was really conflicted about it.

On one hand, people got off the drugs and alcohol and stopped the violence

On the other hand, they rejected their culture and started destroying their history.

Surely there was a way to do the former without the latter?
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swoop42 wrote:
think positive wrote:Bread crumbs are always were the spices are? Or the bottom of the bread shelves!

For me, a self serve machine that doesn’t t **** up at least once,
Breadcrumbs have never been found near the bread shelves down my way.

What are these spices you talk of?

There is salt and if you're feeling fancy chicken salt. :lol:
Get a baggie got the stray crumbs is what I meant!!! ‘‘Twas a joke!
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Haha, WTF. I don't want to cast aspersions about Canadian politicians in general (have we discussed Trudeau's blackface yet?) but there seems to be something in the water over there.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... le-use-cup
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Are you serious? What kind of internet filter do you have at your place? :shock:
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oops, sorry i thought it was aherald sun block thing! it was just an ok with that thing! i had a crown done this morning in my defence, im not quite with it!!! carry on!!

bloody good photoshop job!!! and i love her last line! i can do that for her!!! cheers
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Stupid bloody muppet!

Thankfully the lion just looked at it bemused otherwise he would probably of been shot because of this numpty :evil:


https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ ... index.html
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^

El Stupido Biatcho, clearly.

Lucky for her the Lion was clearly watching his cholesterol and was avoiding fatty food.
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Lebanon’s prime minister gave more than $16m to a South African bikini model with whom he was in a romantic relationship, the New York Times has reported.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 27111.html

$16 Mil? :shock:

I mean, OK, she's an attractive girl but $16 Mil US ?
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Hoping she was maybe mentally challenged, but no just stupid!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/ ... want-word/

Her post on social media, unfrickenbelievable
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I've long had issues with sponsors jumping off organisations at the bat of an eyelash the minute an employee does something mildly "controversial", but this is next level stuff:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/ ... nal-speech
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