Fred the greengrocer runs out of carrots .......

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  1. Red

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    That ladies & gentlemen is todays episode of Gardners World !
     
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    Questions

    Are the carrots organic? Do they meet EU regulations? Were harmful pesticides used? Have more exotic heritage varieties of different colour been used (purple and yellow for example) and how do 70% of the locals feel about this as they aren't the norm?
     
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    At the moment Fred has that many ******* carrots that he can’t flog them all in any of his shops, they’ve all gone mouldy and are pretty worthless.

    Fred brought in a new boss from Lidl because they were a new up and coming German supermarket.

    The new boss lobbed all the the carrots in the bin and was sacked 6 months later.

    The new boss came in from Tesco because they were British company. Shares went up but performance went down hill. 5 months later he was sacked.
     
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    Then the following year the town where Fred was originally based left the trading block and could no longer exchange carrots from his first shop with the other shops so Fred jacked in the first shop and moved to one of the other towns where he lived happily ever after and the customers of his original shop had to either go to a different shop for carrrots or go without them altogether
     
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    Just half an hour inside nudgers head would be more than enough
     
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    Surely with the amount of manure that Fred had on his field last year, his carrots should have been ready to harvest much earlier than his competitors?
     
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    For Fred read Chien or Paul re- buying grocers shops ( got one in Nice and Barnsley) and probably
    buying one in Spain next. That way, they can move their carrots from one to the other depending on
    each shops needs. Need one in Malmo next, so they can export some Swedes and hopefully move some
    of the surplus turnips at Barnsley to their other outlets.!
     
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    Who the chuff is this Fred I keep reading about?
    Whoever he is he's a disgrace to carrotdom.
     
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    They could resurrect FC Brussels then we could have sprouts on the cheap too.
     
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    This is my all time favourite BBS post of ever. Thank you.
     
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    Is there a trawler and some seagulls due any time soon? I always look forward to them.
     
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    Has anyone taken into account the wonky carrots being sold at Morrisons? Now they are something Fred ought to get worried about whilst he's sorting out his local carrot competitors.
    Morrisons are national, I'd like to see Fred's business plan regarding them.
     
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    who ate all the pies?
     
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    My brains just exploded yer daft buggers.:):)
     
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    Grocer Jack Grocer Jack
    Is it true what nudger says
    You want your carrots back
    Oh no no
     
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    This is comedy gold, in fact 24 carrot, I’ll get me coyit
     
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    He could have diversified into frozen carrots and vegetables like Iceland , and look what they did in the Euros
     
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    No carrots here

     
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