{"id":743,"date":"2006-12-08T00:18:04","date_gmt":"2006-12-08T00:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/wordpress179\/?p=743"},"modified":"2006-12-08T00:18:04","modified_gmt":"2006-12-08T00:18:04","slug":"want-a-quick-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehippy.net\/blog\/want-a-quick-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Want a quick ?18?"},"content":{"rendered":"
This happened ages ago but I forgot about it. How to make ?18 quickly.. <\/p>\n
1. Go to Tesco, pick up a ?2.08 sandwich.<\/p>\n
2. Proceed to checkout and hand over ?2.10 in change (?2 coin + 10p coin).<\/p>\n
3. Wait for checkout chick to fumble with.. “um.. notes?” and then.. “what the?”, hand over a few fivers and some coins and then apologise for not having any ?10 notes?!?!<\/p>\n
4. Keep poker face on (easy in London) and with a hint of disappointment say “hmm, that’s okay” <\/p>\n
5. Leave as quickly as possible before she realises she just handed over ?18 instead of the 2p she was supposed to!<\/p>\n
“It’s the little perks in London that are often the best.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This happened ages ago but I forgot about it. How to make ?18 quickly.. 1. Go to Tesco, pick up a ?2.08 sandwich. 2. Proceed to checkout and hand over ?2.10 in change (?2 coin + 10p coin). 3. Wait … Continue reading