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Has anyone's special carrier drawer become waaaaaay too full?
I always seem to buy a "bag for life" then put it in my drawer for another time, then forget to bring it with me, then buy a bag for life..... Wash rinse and repeat  |
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over a year ago
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Bollocks to it, they tend to leave them out , and when through the self serve checkouts just enter '0 Bags'
Least it doesn't bark 'THIS SHOPPER IS USING HIS OWN BAGS' rather like the 'UNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA' when trying to have a cheeky kit-Kat without paying !!
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My carrier bag stocks are dwindling massively. I use them as rubbish bags, and now i don't get them free I don't get them. I already have bags for life, and I did before the carrier bag charge, I just use more of them now if i'm doing a bigger shop. |
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"My carrier bag stocks are dwindling massively. I use them as rubbish bags, and now i don't get them free I don't get them. I already have bags for life, and I did before the carrier bag charge, I just use more of them now if i'm doing a bigger shop. "
Find a place that states they donate the money taken by selling carrier bags to charity,as per the conditions, if they state they donate, they're liable if they don't
On the premise of not all shops charging, if the business employs in excess of 200 people, they have to by law, otherwise, it's optional |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The bag drawer I have has dropped drastically in value. £120,000 down to 75p  "
As oiled shaft says, sure the value has increased with a bag charge. So 75p worth of bags means you now only have 15 bags? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I tend to forget to take a bag which really annoys me when I realise.
I hate it to be honest, it's not the same buying a really nice item, maybe a gorgeous dress or shoes and having to put them in an Asda bags for life bag.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I just get more bags, I'm really not bothered! I'm not going to carry bags around with me in my pockets all day just to save me 5 pence.
If people really resent giving 5p to charity every time they go shopping theres something wrong |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I always forget mine. I often walk home from the shop with a carton of milk in one pocket,dog food in the other,toilet roll in one hand,sugar in the other and a loaf of bread balanced on my head. |
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over a year ago
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I have a floor covered in them, well my ex does, I can't be arsed to pick them all up! He's one of these that just chucks them in the corner of the kitchen.
I saw a hiker the other day with bags on his feet, that's expensive shoes! |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up 
Do you have an elastic band around each one keeping the rolled up?"
Use a used toilet roll tube. Push 2 or 3 in without issue.
In a drawer at home I used to have 10 kitchen roll tubes stuffed to the gunwales.
Now they are empty and forlorn. |
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By *vsnikkiTV/TS
over a year ago
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In Northern Ireland we've had this charge for a few years. It's wonderful. The drains round here always used to block with waste plastic bags. Now no problem and there's much less litter. I was sceptical but now I'm a fan |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
Do you have an elastic band around each one keeping the rolled up?
Use a used toilet roll tube. Push 2 or 3 in without issue.
In a drawer at home I used to have 10 kitchen roll tubes stuffed to the gunwales.
Now they are empty and forlorn. "
I'm not opening my handbag to reveal a toilet roll tube  |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
Do you have an elastic band around each one keeping the rolled up?
Use a used toilet roll tube. Push 2 or 3 in without issue.
In a drawer at home I used to have 10 kitchen roll tubes stuffed to the gunwales.
Now they are empty and forlorn.
I'm not opening my handbag to reveal a toilet roll tube "
Don't be too proud. It is a top tip.
The kitchen roll tubes can be used to conceal a dildo as well.  |
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"Has anyone's special carrier drawer become waaaaaay too full?
I always seem to buy a "bag for life" then put it in my drawer for another time, then forget to bring it with me, then buy a bag for life..... Wash rinse and repeat "
Same here, use them for my packed lunch now |
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Why would anyone want 'a bag for life' as a constant reminder of their own mortality, knowing that the wretched thing will still be hanging around at their funeral. ..no ...I want a bag just for the here and now, knowing the bottom will drop out or it will be out with the trash before I am...  |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink. "
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
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Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Who needs bags? By the way, I'll be the one walking out of Tescos having paid £200 for my shop and leaving £100 worth of it just because I thought I could play shopping Tetris |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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Get an Onya!
I have the same bag for life with carrier bags in that I had before the charge. It's typically the bags from clothes shops. They've been sitting there waiting to be used for about 5 years.
I've only taken plastic bags when the shopping has exceeded the capacity of my Onya, canvas and jute bags.
I might use No Winks' idea of a loo roll middle to tidy up my bag of bags. |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours "
Your thread did make me chuckle. |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours
Your thread did make me chuckle. "
There were a few interesting alternative uses suggested |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours
Your thread did make me chuckle.
There were a few interesting alternative uses suggested "
Get it a Santa hat and put it on the lawn over Christmas.
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We have had the charge in ireland for years don't let the bag for life fool you, they don't last and fall apart after a few uses then end up in the bin. I pop a roll of plastic carrier bags into my handbag and take one off the roll in the shops to bring my shopping home I then reuse the bag in one of the waste baskets at home  |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours
Your thread did make me chuckle.
There were a few interesting alternative uses suggested "
So I recall.
It would appear that you're stuck with it now. Future family heirloom? |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours
Your thread did make me chuckle.
There were a few interesting alternative uses suggested
Get it a Santa hat and put it on the lawn over Christmas.
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we only just moved here we don't want the neighbours getting the right impression.....and there is no Santa hat big enough |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours
Your thread did make me chuckle.
There were a few interesting alternative uses suggested
Get it a Santa hat and put it on the lawn over Christmas.
we only just moved here we don't want the neighbours getting the right impression.....and there is no Santa hat big enough "
How about the Santa outfit then?
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours
Your thread did make me chuckle.
There were a few interesting alternative uses suggested
Get it a Santa hat and put it on the lawn over Christmas.
we only just moved here we don't want the neighbours getting the right impression.....and there is no Santa hat big enough
How about the Santa outfit then?
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Getting my sewing machine out as we speak although |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I will show them. I won't buy them and will try to carry everything in my arms. Then proceed to drop loads and then have to kick it to the back of my car. Then take 15 trips to get it into the house and eat squashed food. Who's the fool now hey! |
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Remember a lot of those plastic bags degrade after a while - take some of your old lot back to the shops and get them to swap them over for new ones, before it's too late.
And just take a trolley from the store checkout - no bags - and shove it in your car, ot get the Mrs to push it home, whilst your snuggle up in it, scoffing some of the stuff you've just bought and having a beer. 5p for a bag or a free trolley - it's a no brainer. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"Remember a lot of those plastic bags degrade after a while - take some of your old lot back to the shops and get them to swap them over for new ones, before it's too late.
And just take a trolley from the store checkout - no bags - and shove it in your car, ot get the Mrs to push it home, whilst your snuggle up in it, scoffing some of the stuff you've just bought and having a beer. 5p for a bag or a free trolley - it's a no brainer."
Most trollies are now £1.
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours
Your thread did make me chuckle.
There were a few interesting alternative uses suggested
Get it a Santa hat and put it on the lawn over Christmas.
we only just moved here we don't want the neighbours getting the right impression.....and there is no Santa hat big enough
How about the Santa outfit then?
Getting my sewing machine out as we speak although "
Spray it white, stick a carrot on it, paint googly eyes and stand it in the garden, pretend it's a snowman. |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours
Your thread did make me chuckle.
There were a few interesting alternative uses suggested
Get it a Santa hat and put it on the lawn over Christmas.
we only just moved here we don't want the neighbours getting the right impression.....and there is no Santa hat big enough
How about the Santa outfit then?
Getting my sewing machine out as we speak although
Spray it white, stick a carrot on it, paint googly eyes and stand it in the garden, pretend it's a snowman. "
Well it would certainly keep the carol singers away |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours
Your thread did make me chuckle.
There were a few interesting alternative uses suggested
Get it a Santa hat and put it on the lawn over Christmas.
we only just moved here we don't want the neighbours getting the right impression.....and there is no Santa hat big enough
How about the Santa outfit then?
Getting my sewing machine out as we speak although
Spray it white, stick a carrot on it, paint googly eyes and stand it in the garden, pretend it's a snowman.
Well it would certainly keep the carol singers away "
My money is on use it as a maypole. |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours
Your thread did make me chuckle.
There were a few interesting alternative uses suggested
Get it a Santa hat and put it on the lawn over Christmas.
we only just moved here we don't want the neighbours getting the right impression.....and there is no Santa hat big enough
How about the Santa outfit then?
Getting my sewing machine out as we speak although
Spray it white, stick a carrot on it, paint googly eyes and stand it in the garden, pretend it's a snowman.
Well it would certainly keep the carol singers away
My money is on use it as a maypole. "
My money is on many, many years from now on our demise the kids clearing out our loft where it will still be cosily in its suitcase and saying "who'd have thought" |
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"I have three rolled up carrier bags in my handbag, I suddenly felt grown up
There's room in your handbag? Shocked.
There's a small carrier bag sized space beside the kitchen sink.
Next to the giant dildo? Or did you manage to get rid of it?
Its inside a box, inside a suitcase in the loft it is FAR too big for my hand bag. We had to move with it because we didn't want to put it in the dustbin although we did toy with the idea of putting it in our neighbours
Your thread did make me chuckle.
There were a few interesting alternative uses suggested
Get it a Santa hat and put it on the lawn over Christmas.
we only just moved here we don't want the neighbours getting the right impression.....and there is no Santa hat big enough
How about the Santa outfit then?
Getting my sewing machine out as we speak although
Spray it white, stick a carrot on it, paint googly eyes and stand it in the garden, pretend it's a snowman.
Well it would certainly keep the carol singers away
My money is on use it as a maypole.
My money is on many, many years from now on our demise the kids clearing out our loft where it will still be cosily in its suitcase and saying "who'd have thought" "
I love that image. "Oooooh mother......." |
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"Has anyone's special carrier drawer become waaaaaay too full?
I always seem to buy a "bag for life" then put it in my drawer for another time, then forget to bring it with me, then buy a bag for life..... Wash rinse and repeat "
No mines much less |
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We have bags for life in the boot of our car, so every time we go shopping we're able to forget there in there and buy more, every fucking week. So yes we have a rather full cupboard in our kitchen. |
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"I have noticed the fabric bags have jumped from £1 to a fiver
Ebay, 10 shopping jute/cotton bags for £7.50 they don't make a noise when lost in my handbag "
Apparently if you've bought a bag for life then the shop you got it from replaces it for free. That could save a few people some money. |
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Well the word from the supermarkets is hand baskets are going missing like nobody business. But now you pay for your bag it's covered by the sales of goods act. Should it develop a fault take it back and demand a refund. |
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"Hey i think 5p is a joke
When you can get a whole trolley for a pound "
I bought a bag for life and it's just fallen apart, I'm shitting myself with worry now.... |
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"Hey i think 5p is a joke
When you can get a whole trolley for a pound
I bought a bag for life and it's just fallen apart, I'm shitting myself with worry now....
It's ok, they reincarnate "
Phew.......
Hastily rewrites will. |
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"Hey i think 5p is a joke
When you can get a whole trolley for a pound
I bought a bag for life and it's just fallen apart, I'm shitting myself with worry now....
It's ok, they reincarnate
Phew.......
Hastily rewrites will."
Yea, I rewrote mine, guess what you're getting. It's in the loft |
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"Hey i think 5p is a joke
When you can get a whole trolley for a pound
I bought a bag for life and it's just fallen apart, I'm shitting myself with worry now....
It's ok, they reincarnate
Phew.......
Hastily rewrites will.
Yea, I rewrote mine, guess what you're getting. It's in the loft "
Awesome, I need a new suitcase. |
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