http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20246 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:36:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20246#post-58144 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:22:34 +0000 malgor 58144@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12518196"><strong>£5 MILLION quid on rubber bands?!</strong></a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20246#post-54672 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:36:45 +0000 rikkor 54672@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Funny. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20246#post-54614 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:44:03 +0000 Ostsee 54614@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Apparently some cruel farmers use rubber bands as part of the management of their sheep flocks. I suppose red ones could become quite fashionable. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20246#post-54609 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:45:36 +0000 Gerontius 54609@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>they often get used as cock-rings too - well, that's what I've heard </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20246#post-54594 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:31:35 +0000 Mrblacker 54594@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You're idea is better malgor, but I was going for bizarre. I'm also too lazy to re-write! So go for it! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20246#post-54574 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:50:29 +0000 malgor 54574@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Quite like this, AJ. I'm not into rubber myself, but was just wondering if it might work better as a rubber tree plantation, the demise of which is linked to the Forestry Commission Privatisation? Then it could end on something about crop failure being due to ignorant urban posties forever dropping the seeds of next-generation rubber bands on pavements, concrete garden paths and other types of stoney ground. 'They should get out less and read the Bible more,' said a silly old woman. (Latex should get a mention, too.) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20246#post-54572 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:43:21 +0000 wwwiz 54572@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Supply is elastic. Unfortunately demand is inelastic. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=20246#post-54571 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:21:11 +0000 Mrblacker 54571@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>As part of efforts to generate income and cut costs, the Royal Mail's confirmed it's to sell the rubber band breeding farm it runs in Suffolk.</p> <p>It was founded in 1926 to supply the then GPO with a constant supply of quality red bands to go around bundles of letters.</p> <p>But since 1957, when 10 breeding pairs were stolen and a rival farm set up in Herefordshire, the Government's competition rules have mean the bands can only be bought through a blind auction.</p> <p>This has meant that in the last 10 years, the Royal Mail farm has supplied it's parent company with stock of red rubber bands just once.</p> <p>"Unfortunately, maintaining the farm has become uneconomical for us to keep in-house. We have therefore decided to offer it for sale on the open market, which would allow us to buy from whichever farm proves to offer us the best value." spokesman Damien Sutcliffe explained.</p> <p>But fans of the red bands are up in arms.</p> <p>"This is another attack on the glorious history of a once-great organisation." Suzanna Doyle, chair of the Royal Mail Heritage Society told reporters. "Not only is the erosion of the link between the Royal Mail and it's remaining rural enterprise, but it also neglects the expertise of the breeders employed at the farm. Unless a management buyout can be organised, their skills in sexing the bands and encouraging them to breed in captivity will be lost forever." </p>