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Old 21st October 2007, 16:37   #1 (permalink)
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Old 21st October 2007, 16:52   #2 (permalink)
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Old 21st October 2007, 18:06   #3 (permalink)
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Old 21st October 2007, 18:24   #4 (permalink)
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Old 21st October 2007, 21:18   #7 (permalink)
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Old 21st October 2007, 21:21   #9 (permalink)
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Ooohhh i love batter bits, we call 'em scrumps where we live lol
I think they only started charging for them if you werent buying anything else
Of course that may be different where you live Rob?
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Old 21st October 2007, 21:38   #10 (permalink)
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Not just limited to phone bills
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Old 21st October 2007, 23:22   #12 (permalink)
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No, I know, but they're the worst culprits, and if I had just put "paying bills by other means than DD", someone would have said "they don't all charge".
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Batter bits.
We call 'em "scraps" . Must admit, I haven't had scraps for years - will have to check next time I'm in the "chippy"
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We call 'em "scraps" . Must admit, I haven't had scraps for years - will have to check next time I'm in the "chippy"
Can get scraps free from our chippy
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Old 22nd October 2007, 00:50   #15 (permalink)
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Well - I'm not too far away from you Saint

We don't have battered Mars Bars though, do we?
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Old 22nd October 2007, 00:51   #16 (permalink)
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Nooooooo