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Jeremy Wrote:

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> I was glad to see that my useful input was

> appreciated, for once...

>

> http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?3

> 0,1637693,1637693#msg-1637693



Thanks, that made me laugh out loud :))

Loz Wrote:

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> Ha! Funny, Jeremy.

>

> Interesting that the astroturfers are getting a

> little smarter and posting something, anything

> somewhere else before putting up the 'ad'.



I noticed that too ....

  • 1 month later...

Not the usual cat fight type thread we normally use this section for, but that rarest of gems: an entertaining written, insightful, very detailed post. It's about the cynicism of recycling in our fair borough. (Warning: may be tl;dr for some.)


http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1679940,1680578#msg-1680578

  • 2 weeks later...

Jeremy Wrote:

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> http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5

> ,1684530

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> "Bespoke party planning" for a five year old.

> Yep.

>

> Either this will be removed (for the blatant

> self-promotion it is) or it will be ripped to

> shreds...



I took it as a joke - isn't it?

There are dozens of companies that do Bespoke Parties for small children.. 5th Birthdays..

..and many people use this service..


List of children?s show ideas


Children?s entertainers

Magic shows

Puppet show

Mini disco (including limbo dancing, conga, dancing competitions)

Rocket balloons

Balloon modelling

Bubble machines and snow machine

Clowns


Cannot see a problem or have I missed something..


DulwichFox

I guess I can see why people with the money to do so would want to hire someone to arrange everything for them so they didn'[t have to make up 30 party bags, hire the bouncy castle, sort out invites and so on (can you tell my daughter's 5th is coming up?). If that's all it really is, then fair enough, it's like having a personal shopper (another thing I'll never have).


But just the use of the word bespoke makes it sound so ludicrous before you've even started.

Balloon modelling? Get real Foxy. We're talking My Little Pony..for real!

It's like stag do's. Gone are the days when you went to the Nag's Head with your mates, got leathered and ended up tied to the nearest lamp post naked. Now we have long weekends shooting wild boar in the Black Forest*

One-Upmanship is everywhere I tell ya...


*Tied naked to a pine tree whilst being whipped by a buxom Fraulein in Lederhosen...see website for additional costs

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