tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post1285929714216567620..comments2023-11-03T14:30:45.289+01:00Comments on Red, White and Bleu: Fairy TalesParisgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06541058433269818013noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-27035272794588702822009-01-14T22:43:00.000+01:002009-01-14T22:43:00.000+01:00Thank you Dumdad.BAB and PLOT, it is very much the...Thank you Dumdad.<BR/>BAB and PLOT, it is very much there, open, and doing a roaring trade. I also discovered a replacement for Woolies...Wilkinsons.<BR/>Anon: hmmm, jury out on that one.<BR/>Ken, and I thought the .99p trick was to make you think it was cheaper!<BR/>Billy, sorry to disillusion you but I don't have a drop of French blood in me. 100% English all the way back to great grandparents. I'm an interloper!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-9800088204000430892009-01-14T20:13:00.000+01:002009-01-14T20:13:00.000+01:00michelle, ma belle, interesting to read your impre...michelle, ma belle, interesting to read your impressions from a French viewpoint. Non? Well, a half and half viewpoint, then? ;-) xStinking Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577508577062044906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-36750622924512467292009-01-14T12:05:00.000+01:002009-01-14T12:05:00.000+01:00Great! Particulary the shop assistant who pocketed...Great! Particulary the shop assistant who pocketed the money.<BR/>The real reason why goods end in 99p for example £1 99p is so that they have to put it through the till to give you change instead of you walking away and the assistant pocketing it.<BR/>Good old Woolies.Grumpy Old Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828200865710133059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-58351379195245308682009-01-14T11:00:00.000+01:002009-01-14T11:00:00.000+01:00Sure they queued halfway down the street, but was ...Sure they queued halfway down the street, but was it worth it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-80338620284782575902009-01-13T22:24:00.000+01:002009-01-13T22:24:00.000+01:00Ha! What a heart warming post for a home sick Engl...Ha! What a heart warming post for a home sick Englander! Thanks, it was good to hear the 'nation of shopkeepers' hasn't shut up shop, or anything else for that matter.Paradise Lost In Translationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507703496080523959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-21611105139895996662009-01-13T21:16:00.000+01:002009-01-13T21:16:00.000+01:00we are heading out to london on the 4th of februar...we are heading out to london on the 4th of february, so i'm very pleased that the sceptered isle is still there, and open for business. not much of a shopper myself, but it's nice to know that alcohol, books and theatre are still thriving.bonnie-ann blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897963557767227247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-49221000958360441342009-01-13T20:12:00.000+01:002009-01-13T20:12:00.000+01:00Welcome back!Welcome back!Dumdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070838905120958459noreply@blogger.com