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Mum was angry that alphabet potato shapes bag didn’t contain the letter to spell her
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TeeGee
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Ben_Copland:
“She continued: "In the end I improvised by using an 'I' as an 'L' and a 'C' as an 'O' so spelled 'icgan' which obviously isn't his name... he noticed this straight away and I had to explain why. Very disappointed."

So why is she trying to teach him how to spell his name when he already knows full well how not to spell it?
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BIB - Made my day!

Tesco are obviously trying to go upmarket from the C2Ds.
stud u like
07-12-2016
He'll be writing his name in linguine in the future!
WhatJoeThinks
07-12-2016
She was forced to write 'ICGAN'. We've all been there.
ianx
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Elvisfan4eva:
“Why doesn't she try alphabetti spaghetti? Do they still make that though?”

Most of the tins you get in the UK these days come from Eastern Europe. Half the R's are backwards...
HarrisonMarks
07-12-2016
Don't waste money on alphabet spaghetti. Buy ordinary spaghetti and write in Arabic.
RedRose9191
07-12-2016
Somebody should introduce her to the guy who is suing his university for not getting a First. They would make such a lovely couple
Forza Ferrari
07-12-2016
This woman is stupid not for the obvious reasons. Her lack of creativity is pathetic.

The L is so easy. Cut a bit off another I and place it on the plate horizontally to form the bottom of the L.

For the O you clearly scope out the middle of one of the chicken nuggets.

I don't think much of the meal anyway. Being poor at food spelling is bad for any adult. The nutrition though is unforgiveable.
TheEricPollard
07-12-2016
This is the best dilemma I have seen all week. My brother used to love potato letters, he ate them until he was about 25.
johnny_t
07-12-2016
Just a thought, but maybe she wrote something a little tongue-in-cheek to the company, and this has now been newspaperised to make her 'furious mum' who 'rages' etc.
shaddler
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by francie:
“"Apparently it does say on the packet that not all of the letters are in there, but again I don't see the point in that.' ( her own words http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...to-shapes.html )

Perhaps her child could teach her to read what's she's buying.”

No-one ever reads the small print.

Quote:
“GameStation has today revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of customers, thanks to a clause it secretly added to the online terms and conditions for the official GameStation website.

The "Immortal Soul Clause" was added as part of an attempt to highlight how few customers read the terms and conditions of an online sale. GameStation claims that 88 percent of customers did not read the clause, which gives legal ownership of the customer's soul over to the UK-based games retailer.”

CaptainObvious_
07-12-2016
I'd just tear a few bits off another letter to make the 'o' and the 'L'.

Sorted.

some people have little to worry about, eh?
CaptainObvious_
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by Forza Ferrari:
“This woman is stupid not for the obvious reasons. Her lack of creativity is pathetic.

The L is so easy. Cut a bit off another I and place it on the plate horizontally to form the bottom of the L.

For the O you clearly scope out the middle of one of the chicken nuggets.

I don't think much of the meal anyway. Being poor at food spelling is bad for any adult. The nutrition though is unforgiveable.”

Ha, I posted and then read this..great minds and all that

Also, a cheerio (or hula hoop) could have been used for the 'o' and a wotsit or 2 could have done for the 'L'

tut x2
Doctor_Wibble
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by johnny_t:
“Just a thought, but maybe she wrote something a little tongue-in-cheek to the company, and this has now been newspaperised to make her 'furious mum' who 'rages' etc.”

Probably not far from the truth!

Though I haven't read the article (there was one, right?) so I haven't had the chance to give it a proper sadface rating.

But as per other remarks, a bit of spudly surgery could have been an easy and educational solution.
anne_666
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by ianx:
“Most of the tins you get in the UK these days come from Eastern Europe. Half the R's are backwards...”



Poor kid. What does she read him stories from, the cooking instructions?
Zeropoint1
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by HarrisonMarks:
“Don't waste money on alphabet spaghetti. Buy ordinary spaghetti and write in Arabic.”

Now that's a Viz Top Tip!

Or failing that an article in the Star or Sport about the Muslamics making us eat Halal spaghetti.
coughthecat
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by johnny_t:
“Just a thought, but maybe she wrote something a little tongue-in-cheek to the company, and this has now been newspaperised to make her 'furious mum' who 'rages' etc.”

Not sure about that.

There are several tabloid articles featuring the story and they have photos of the children (the 4 year old and his 14 month old brother).

I'm pretty sure that even if photos are lifted from Facebook, permission is required if the press want to publish photos of children under the age of 16.

That suggests the mother gave permission, so had the opportunity to put the record straight.
muggins14
07-12-2016
Serve him up a few fridge magnet letters melted in the oven, he'll never be able to tell the difference.
gdjman68wasdigi
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by muggins14:
“Serve him up a few fridge magnet letters melted in the oven, he'll never be able to tell the difference.”

Bit of cheese and garlic..lovely
Lou Kelly
07-12-2016
My Nan taught me never to play with my food
solarflare
07-12-2016
It does rather beg the question what other things she is teaching through the medium of foodstuffs.

"Logan, get your Milky Way Magic Stars, it's time for your Astronomy lesson"
james_lndsay
07-12-2016
Originally Posted by francie:
“" Nichola Hart complained to Tesco, furious at being let down by the supermarket. The 30-year-old mum of two had bought a bag of alphabet potato shapes in order to teach her son Logan to spell, so she was livid when she discovered that there were no Ls or Os in the bag, so she was forced to write 'ICGAN'. http://money.aol.co.uk/2016/12/07/hi...3D333750083_uk

A letter to her MP is in order surely. Stupid woman.”

Im surprised someone that stupid actually conceived a child without the help of a Haynes Sex Book for Dummies.
dee123
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by gdjman68wasdigi:
“I definitely see a market for edible Scrabble.”

There's usually a chocolate version this time of year, Monopoly too.
CravenHaven
08-12-2016
oh noes, she could only spell NUTRITIN
Doctor_Wibble
08-12-2016
Originally Posted by francie:
“"Apparently it does say on the packet that not all of the letters are in there, but again I don't see the point in that.' ( her own words http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...to-shapes.html )

Perhaps her child could teach her to read what's she's buying.”

Now that I've actually bothered to look at the original 'complaint' (shown on said article) I'm going to come down on the side of the mum who was just expressing a bit of IMHO understandable disappointment - it was hardly a threat to call the lawyers!

No argument that there's an element of 'RTFM' here* but in a packet of letters what is the expectation? That you would be able to form a short word or two without having to improvise too much? I've not tried it personally but I should think it's tricky to cut the things when frozen but certainly a bit more planning in selecting adaptable letters to cook/adjust would be the only other criticism to add.

Some of the responses have definitely been funny but I don't think she deserves the scorn. Does everybody always read the packet? What if you can't even quote Father Jack*?


* 'RTFM' is indeed on the table, but not 'ECUMENICAL'
MRSgotobed
08-12-2016
https://youtu.be/exppByLkZ04
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