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McGoohan Nov 2018 3:57pm, 21 Nov 2018 36,757 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan It's a feeble way of trying to make something look/sound cheaper I think. On Monday I was in a bike shop and the bloke was trying to sell a woman a bike. 'This one's six nine nine'. Because six ninety nine sounds like £6.99 and £699 sounds really expensive. Twunts.
Metro_Nome Nov 2018 4:02pm, 21 Nov 2018 4,686 posts	Quote Pin Metro_Nome Companies that don’t respect that wasting two full days waiting in for them to not turn up is totally shit
Diogenes Nov 2018 4:29pm, 21 Nov 2018 32,287 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes I don’t think it’s that, McG, not on menus, it’s just a trendy, stylised way of presenting things, like serving food on slates, or in little tin buckets.
Fragile Do Not Bend Nov 2018 4:31pm, 21 Nov 2018 3,744 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend I was going to post almost the same thing as Dio, except I was also going to mention smashed avocado.
McGoohan Nov 2018 4:31pm, 21 Nov 2018 36,760 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Yes, I suppose you're right. You might find they start quoting the prices in binary or hexadecimal next
swittle Nov 2018 4:33pm, 21 Nov 2018 51,424 posts	Quote Pin swittle Binary: you can afford it...or you cannot.
The Mighty Fleecy Nov 2018 4:41pm, 21 Nov 2018 44,103 posts	Quote Pin The Mighty Fleecy Smashed avocado tastes nice at least, whereas you can’t eat wanky hipster numbers
Diogenes Nov 2018 4:42pm, 21 Nov 2018 32,289 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes “Pounds? You didn’t say your prices were in pounds. Pounds sterling? What a quaint concept, do they still exist? You won’t take my 52.5 dried pumpkin seeds? Ok, how about 52.5 lolly sticks? Here’s 60, keep the change. Funny thing is, you said your fish and chips was a 10, but to me it was no more than an 8. Overall, I’d give the whole meal a 6, I’ll pay on Trip Advisor. Can I have a receipt for that?”
The Mighty Fleecy Nov 2018 4:42pm, 21 Nov 2018 44,105 posts	Quote Pin The Mighty Fleecy Lol
The Mighty Fleecy Nov 2018 4:43pm, 21 Nov 2018 44,106 posts	Quote Pin The Mighty Fleecy To be fair, it’s unlikely to be in euros