Mind you, I think I'm safe as my family have barely got a pot to piss in, let alone an estate in Barbados.
I dunno, I do kinda see where they're coming from.
I don't think people should be directly punished for the actions of their ancestors per se, but at the same time he's only got this massive gaff in Barbados off the back of slave labour. I imagine if I were to forcibly remove a load of people from their homes and then make 'em work 7 days a week for no pay I could build up a decent nest egg to leave my children too.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 12:08 pm
I dunno, I do kinda see where they're coming from.
I don't think people should be directly punished for the actions of their ancestors per se, but at the same time he's only got this massive gaff in Barbados off the back of slave labour. I imagine if I were to forcibly remove a load of people from their homes and then make 'em work 7 days a week for no pay I could build up a decent nest egg to leave my children too.
I think in principle it should be given back, but if it were me I'd offer to give it back ten minutes after the government give Northern Ireland back to the Irish and Gibraltar back to Spain... et al.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 12:08 pm
I dunno, I do kinda see where they're coming from.
I don't think people should be directly punished for the actions of their ancestors per se, but at the same time he's only got this massive gaff in Barbados off the back of slave labour. I imagine if I were to forcibly remove a load of people from their homes and then make 'em work 7 days a week for no pay I could build up a decent nest egg to leave my children too.
I think in principle it should be given back, but if it were me I'd offer to give it back ten minutes after the government give Northern Ireland back to the Irish and Gibraltar back to Spain... et al.
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 12:08 pm
I dunno, I do kinda see where they're coming from.
I don't think people should be directly punished for the actions of their ancestors per se, but at the same time he's only got this massive gaff in Barbados off the back of slave labour. I imagine if I were to forcibly remove a load of people from their homes and then make 'em work 7 days a week for no pay I could build up a decent nest egg to leave my children too.
I think in principle it should be given back, but if it were me I'd offer to give it back ten minutes after the government give Northern Ireland back to the Irish and Gibraltar back to Spain... et al.
And the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa.
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people." - Giordano Bruno
I think it's a good thing, way too many people make claims they can't back up.
In business it's ridiculous, companies will claim any old rubbish just to win contracts, if you're honest then you end up losing out in some cases because the clients procurement have no idea about the thing they're buying, they just see the numbers, so if someone else offers them rainbows and unicorns for a lower price then they'll grab it and sit there proud because they think they've done a great job.
So if Tetley say 1000 perforations then they should be held to it, or don't say it.
Potter wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:18 am
I think it's a good thing, way too many people make claims they can't back up.
In business it's ridiculous, companies will claim any old rubbish just to win contracts, if you're honest then you end up losing out in some cases because the clients procurement have no idea about the thing they're buying, they just see the numbers, so if someone else offers them rainbows and unicorns for a lower price then they'll grab it and sit there proud because they think they've done a great job.
So if Tetley say 1000 perforations then they should be held to it, or don't say it.
If I were Tetley marketing I would argue that, just like homeopathy, one perforation is divisible into an infinite number of smaller ones. Then I'd get fired.
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people." - Giordano Bruno
Potter wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:18 am
I think it's a good thing, way too many people make claims they can't back up.
In business it's ridiculous, companies will claim any old rubbish just to win contracts, if you're honest then you end up losing out in some cases because the clients procurement have no idea about the thing they're buying, they just see the numbers, so if someone else offers them rainbows and unicorns for a lower price then they'll grab it and sit there proud because they think they've done a great job.
So if Tetley say 1000 perforations then they should be held to it, or don't say it.
A good few years ago all the colour ads for TV sets in glossy magazines had a note beside the picture say "simulated picture". That was because a colleague of mine took his TV back complaining that picture wasnt as good as the one in the ad. It went all the way to court and he won.
Potter wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:18 am
I think it's a good thing, way too many people make claims they can't back up.
In business it's ridiculous, companies will claim any old rubbish just to win contracts, if you're honest then you end up losing out in some cases because the clients procurement have no idea about the thing they're buying, they just see the numbers, so if someone else offers them rainbows and unicorns for a lower price then they'll grab it and sit there proud because they think they've done a great job.
So if Tetley say 1000 perforations then they should be held to it, or don't say it.
Potter wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:18 am
I think it's a good thing, way too many people make claims they can't back up.
In business it's ridiculous, companies will claim any old rubbish just to win contracts, if you're honest then you end up losing out in some cases because the clients procurement have no idea about the thing they're buying, they just see the numbers, so if someone else offers them rainbows and unicorns for a lower price then they'll grab it and sit there proud because they think they've done a great job.
So if Tetley say 1000 perforations then they should be held to it, or don't say it.
Maybe it was a rounding error?
Or binary.
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people." - Giordano Bruno
Potter wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:18 am
I think it's a good thing, way too many people make claims they can't back up.
In business it's ridiculous, companies will claim any old rubbish just to win contracts, if you're honest then you end up losing out in some cases because the clients procurement have no idea about the thing they're buying, they just see the numbers, so if someone else offers them rainbows and unicorns for a lower price then they'll grab it and sit there proud because they think they've done a great job.
So if Tetley say 1000 perforations then they should be held to it, or don't say it.
Maybe it was a rounding error?
I'd be more inclined to think that the tea bag material probably had 1000 perforations par square foot (or some other measurement). The marketing boys didn't know how to work that into a TV advert so left themselves open to being found out.
Fair play to the youngster though, he's probably working at CERN now, counting collisions.
