The choice of which hamper, is hampering our decision making.
- me
- I'm off to Epsom with work this evening so if people want me to order hampers you need to tell me by 4. Else it's somebody else responsibility to do so.
- ross
- Well I’m on for it.
- charlie
- Count me in for hampers and all
- me
- Right I'll order two hampers. I'm up for Hamper 1&2. Ross thinks 2x Hamper 2's. Can someone break the hamper deadlock.
- ross
- The middle east peace process has nothing on the hamper conundrum!
- me
- If they gave everyone picnic hampers in the wild wild middle east there would be far less fighting and bombing and more eating ... until someone at the last falafel ...
- dan
- With nothing but kind thoughts to you all, can you please drop me from future editions of the exciting Hamper conversation?
- ross
- Whoever had the last falafel would feelawful.
- nat
- Lets get one of each. Please not however that I will not be held to be either responsible or liable in any way if either of the said hampers turns out to be more superior than the other. I suggest if at any stage it looks like someone might miss out on one of the goodies as there's not enough to go round, then Adrian will have to forfeit his share. Can't be fairer than that.......otherwise we will have to put up with him moaning that Hamper 1 might have had other great stuff in it etc etc....
- me
- Having re-examined the hamper-age, hamper 1 is pretty much a subset of hamper 2. I'll get two hamper 2's
- ross
- You giving in to the 2*hamper 2 brigade?
- dan
- Well don't throw the contents at each other...you may be accused of ... Hampering the enemy. Like that time I threw custard, fruit and sponge cake at someone....they were a Trifle mad.
- nat
- thought that might do the trick.....everyone sigh a huge sigh of relief. 2 x hamper 2 on their way. Perhaps we should concentrate our efforts on the middle east. frankly how they can't sort that out with a bit of email banter I have no idea.
And later on
- dan
- HAMPER-TWO! Couldn’t escape if I wanted to…
HAMPER-TWO! Knowing its fate is to be in you
HAMPER-ONE! Finally beaten by Hamper-two. - me
- what's that to the tune of?
- dan
- Waterloo, by Abba. Interestingly, contrary to what the song claims, Napoleon did not surrender at Waterloo; he surrendered at Rochefort on the French Atlantic coast four weeks later.
- me
- Right. Also interesting to note: All hampers come in a sturdy carboard box which might possibly double as a personal shelter in the event of heavy rain, provided that you're quite little. So that means nat will be protected.
- dan
- Woah woah woah…surely a Hamper BY DEFINITION comes in a Hamper? Otherwise it’s just a box. What kind of sick game are they playing at?
1. Lau
Your work give you hampers? Wow!
Metric tickets may be up for grabs…you still interested?
2. Lau
OK, just clicked the link. They’re not work hampers.
Why is there no vegetarian option though???? It’s really starting to make me mad, how we’re left out every.single.time.
3. Adrian
When you get the form you get the choice of red or white wine (queue secondary hamper debate) and veterinarian.
So it’s just bad marketing, not anti veterinarian.
4. matthew
Err… am I missing something, or is 80% of each of the hampers NOT vegetarian? Granted, 20% is meaty, but even as a vegetarian I wouldn’t expect everyone who isn’t to forgo their (horribly, stinky) meat-eating just for me. Unless they were all vegetarians, which isn’t very likely, unles it’s my family on the picnic (if it is, in fact, a picnic).
I’d be more of a Hamper 3 person myself. There’s no Panettone in 1 or 2.
5. Destructor
I dind’t even know there WAS a Hamper 3. Restart the hamper war!
6. matthew
I agree with Dan, re the hamper/box argument. A hamper isn’t a hamper, unless it comes in… get this.. a HAMPER.
Otherwise it’s just a cardboard box full of food. If you ask them nicely in Tesco they’ll put your food in a box for you. Then you can get whatever you want.
7. Calista
I would get #3 and #1 and spend the same amount for mas comida.
But then, it’s after 4pm your time, so the point is probably moot :-)
8. The B
So no raspberry jelly for the happy hamperers…
9. Andrew
A rolling hamper gathers no hamper.
Too many hampers spoil the hamper.
A hamper in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A stitch in hamper saves hamper.
A hamper is no stronger than its weakest hamper.
10. Destructor
Hampers are very short, and there’s no tiiiiiiiiime, for fussing and fighting my friend.
11. Andrew
A fool and his hamper are soon parted.
A friend in need is a hamper indeed.
12. Destructor
What does not kill your hamper makes your hamper stronger.
13. Andrew
Absence makes the hamper grow fonder.
Actions speak hamper than words.
14. Destructor
To hamper? Or not to hamper. THAT is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The foods and wines of outrageous cardboard boxes, Or to take arms against a sea of fruit.
15. Andrew
What, my young hamper? O, my gentle hamper! O my sweet hamper! O you memory Of old Sir Rowland! why, what make you here? Why are you citrus? why do people eat from you? And wherefore are you gentle, strong and full-of-yummy-2.99-food-stuff? Why would you be so fond to overcome The bonny priser of the humorous fresh-fruit-and-vege? Your praise is come too swiftly home before you. Know you not, hamper, to some kind of men Their graces serve them but as enemies? No more do yours: your virtues, gentle hamper, Are sanctified and holy marks-and-spencers-picnic-packs to you. O, what a world is this, when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it!
16. matthew
You guys are nuts.
17. Gordon
A rolling hamper gathers no moss, but does kinda bash up everything inside it.
A hamper in the hand is worth two in the bush (ohh that sounds REALLY dirty!)
Anyway, why would a vet care about the contents of a hamper, I’m confused Andrew.
18. Dragon
Hamper today, gone tomorrow!
Home is where the hamper is.
19. Calista
I’m having issues with the term “hamper.” I’m having visions of clothes hampers rolling down hills and wearing tights…etc.
Slightly disturbing.