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Mushroom 29 Apr 1:23pm, 29 Apr 2025 3,641 posts	Quote Pin Mushroom Not even a scratch on Ikea and its meatball sales - it sells over a billion meatballs each year, plus about 20 billion* Billy bookcases..! [ * I made that bit up.. ]
Gooner 29 Apr 1:50pm, 29 Apr 2025 24,077 posts	Quote Pin Gooner [In fairness I do have more Billy bookcases than meatballs in my house atm]
Diogenes 29 Apr 1:52pm, 29 Apr 2025 91,685 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes I never eaten more than one Billy bookcase in a single sitting
Sam Jelfs 29 Apr 2:30pm, 29 Apr 2025 1,626 posts	Quote Pin Sam Jelfs NordRunner wrote:The VAG group of carmakers sell almost as many sausages as vehicles (last year 8,5 million vs 9 million) and considerably more than the VW brand alone. The currywurst is popular and has its own part number. They also have their own ketchup to go with it (part no 199 398 500 B) and plates to eat it off (part no 33D 069 602) - and yes I am quite the VW geek...
NordRunner 29 Apr 4:26pm, 29 Apr 2025 5,119 posts	Quote Pin NordRunner Whether fast food would catch on in the UK was an open question in 1981. https://youtu.be/GXoQkbyaoxY?si=HmFpifUs7aTCJ1Z6
Night-owl 30 Apr 8:28am, 30 Apr 2025 47,798 posts	Quote Pin Night-owl What metagenomics is bbc.com
GordonG 30 Apr 2:33pm, 30 Apr 2025 10,871 posts	Quote Pin GordonG China built so many properties despite knowing there was a property crash coming, that it's thought that China's entire population would not fill all the empty apartments across the country.
UltraDunc 30 Apr 7:16pm, 30 Apr 2025 18,885 posts	Quote Pin UltraDunc That Mormons don’t drink Tea or Coffee. I only found this out while working at a customer’s home and when she offered a drink I replied with my usual tipple of Tea ,milk , and one sugar. And she replied dont have tea or coffee because were Mormons. However I was offered a Pepsi Max 😁
NDWDave 30 Apr 8:07pm, 30 Apr 2025 21,092 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave UltraDunc wrote:That Mormons don’t drink Tea or Coffee. I only found this out while working at a customer’s home and when she offered a drink I replied with my usual tipple of Tea ,milk , and one sugar. And she replied dont have tea or coffee because were Mormons. However I was offered a Pepsi Max 😁 The Word of Wisdom focuses on specific drinks: The Word of Wisdom specifically mentions hot drinks like coffee and tea as being prohibited, not a general prohibition of caffeinated substances [Apparently ]
Jaks 1 May 7:30am, 1 May 2025 11,673 posts	Quote Pin Jaks Worgle 1206 3/6* ⚫⚫⚫🟡⚫🟡 🟡⚫🟡🟢⚫⚫ 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢