Woolworths was a classic case in point. When it went out of business, everyone ran around saying it should be saved because it was “traditional”. No it wasn’t. It was a terrible shop, selling awful things that even ghastly people didn’t want to buy. Woolworths was useful only for sheltering from a second world war bombing raid.
Jeremy Clarkson on the demise of Woolworths
If we form an emotional attachment to every single thing that comes into our lives, pretty soon the whole country will become clogged up with stuff that doesn’t work any more.
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I think this is snarky!
ReplyDeleteThis wasn't registering on my Snarkometer until Clarkson introduced the words 'ghastly people', and then the hammer shot to the top and dinged the bell with great clamour and force.
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