The Off Topic Topic

[Liep]

How close did we come to international war on cheese

Makes more sense than most casus belli 

In that case, it would have been caseus belli.

I had to Google that. Well done.

[Josephus]

But it's the only country which has has the name of the country right in the name of a style of cheese.  I mean I'm shocked some of you haven't heard of "swiss cheese".

« Swiss cheese » is not called Swiss cheese by most of the world.

Indeed. Over here it's usually Emmentaler.

Though Swiss Cheese is common reference for things with a lot of holes.

Which sort of brings us back to the sex joke, doesn't it.

[Josephus]

The three countries in which labiaplasty (cosmetic pussy surgery) is most popular are Spain, Brazil, and Lebanon.

yeah but how good is their cheese?

[Josquius]

Walking around Wallsend I noticed a new, modern sign of poverty.
Alongside charity shops, betting shops and take aways there is something else that is a sign of an area being deprived...
Vape shops.

Wallsend is a small town. And it is only 15 minutes away from central Newcastle. So its town centre isn't much. Yet it has 4 vape shops.

[mongers]

Walking around Wallsend I noticed a new, modern sign of poverty.
Alongside charity shops, betting shops and take aways there is something else that is a sign of an area being deprived...
Vape shops.

Wallsend is a small town. And it is only 15 minutes away from central Newcastle. So its town centre isn't much. Yet it has 4 vape shops.

Nail bars are another.

Though I'm not sure your indicated shop types don't also more thoroughly point towards the poverty of the today's high street shopping experience across most of the country.

[Maladict]

Wallsend is a small town. And it is only 15 minutes away from central Newcastle. So its town centre isn't much. Yet it has 4 vape shops.

Yet they still speak Latin.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Walking around Wallsend I noticed a new, modern sign of poverty.
Alongside charity shops, betting shops and take aways there is something else that is a sign of an area being deprived...
Vape shops.

Wallsend is a small town. And it is only 15 minutes away from central Newcastle. So its town centre isn't much. Yet it has 4 vape shops.

Nail bars are another.

Though I'm not sure your indicated shop types don't also more thoroughly point towards the poverty of the today's high street shopping experience across most of the country.

There is poverty caused by a shortage of money; but the shops that are so typical of poor areas are a clear indication of cultural poverty.

One is not going to get out of poverty by eating fast food, gambling and vaping.

[Malthus]

Walking around Wallsend I noticed a new, modern sign of poverty.
Alongside charity shops, betting shops and take aways there is something else that is a sign of an area being deprived...
Vape shops.

Wallsend is a small town. And it is only 15 minutes away from central Newcastle. So its town centre isn't much. Yet it has 4 vape shops.

Here, the infallible sign of a poor area is payday-type loan places.

[Valmy]

Here, the infallible sign of a poor area is payday-type loan places.

Yep. Factories of despair. I hate those places so much.

[celedhring]

Over here, during the recession pawnshops flourished all over working class neighborhoods. The have declined since but many remain.

[DGuller]

"Cash for gold" places are probably similar.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Another category of evil shops, though these appear in mainstream shopping places as well as downmarket ones, are the rent-to-buy places. You rent, for example, a £300 washing machine and pay £5 a week for it for 3 years; after the three yaers it is yours.

[Syt]

We get cell phone shops and betting shops, mostly, the latter often taking over former cafés or bars. Sometimes you might get a succession of "outlet shops" who rent the shop for a few weeks to flog whatever they bought cheap and in bulk.

[celedhring]

We are having a boom of betting shops, but they aren't really a poor neighborhood phenomenon. There's one in nearly every mall now.

[Syt]