UK: Suddenly being green is not cool any more

The Times ^ | 8/7/2008 | Alice Thomson

[aruanan]

He doesn't give his children Birthday or Christmas presents. This man is the epitome of anti-American.

Or his wife was raised as a Russellite.

[Eepsy]

I saw the writing on the wall a month ago when a poster on a rather liberal british parenting website I lurk on started complaining about all the eco-propaganda on children’s television- and everyone started agreeing with her!

[SC Swamp Fox]

Well done.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[sergeantdave]

“Besides, WholeFoods and the rest of organic are way overpriced.”

The hippy leftists go to these hoity-toity glorified barns to be seen as hip and politically correct.

I go there for a free lunch and eat up the give-away samples of roasted wild salmon, organic steak and handfuls of French cheese.

Okay, I admit it - I’m cheap. So what - my stomach makes no judgements between free stuff or food I pay for.

[freekitty]

I think you are very smart.

[freekitty]

Never thought of that but you are right. LOL

[rottndog]

I’ve been on an “organic” phase of my life. It makes you feel good about yourself then the hunger for a double melt, bacon cheeseburger sets in.




"MMMMMMMMMM.....
Double melt bacon cheeseburger.....
AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG............."

[rottndog]

The only thing ‘Green’ about the environazis is their envy.

[Antoninus]

I saw the writing on the wall a month ago when a poster on a rather liberal british parenting website I lurk on started complaining about all the eco-propaganda on children’s television- and everyone started agreeing with her!

I'm in marketing. The big marketing gurus were already declaring "green" to be out last year.

I knew it was out when the big lumbering corporations started putting "eco-friendly" in their marketing campaigns. Those guys are always on the tail end of the curve.

[philled]

The vast new organic Whole Foods Store on Kensington High Street in London is so quiet you can hear the cheese breathe in the specially designed glass room. Meanwhile the demand for takeaway pizzas and McDonald's has risen as people find the cheapest way to eat.

I bet the grocery department in the lower level of the Marks & Spencer nearby is as busy as ever! I don't know if it is still there but there used to be a KFC across the street that seemed to have a steady stream of customers as well.

[Crystal Cove]

I love Whole Foods. When I was in Austin I would have gone to the store if I had known it was their headquarters store. I think I saw it down by a big record store? Anyway, we have a new Whole Foods right by my house, and I pretty much do all my shopping there and Costco.

[Crystal Cove]

I never really got my kid presents at those times, either. He got so much stuff from everyone else, more than he could ever play with or wear, that it didn’t really seem important to get him another toy. During the year if there was something he really wanted I would buy it for him, and he seemed to appreciate it more when it was not lost in the mass of toys and Christmas and his birthday. I think he ended up fine.

[bruinbirdman]

"Read to the very bottom 3 paragraphs. This is not an eco-nut job failed article. This article needed a 'barf alert!' "

True enough, but the good stuff was read by Limbaugh this morning. Editing can work both ways.

yitbos

[BlueLancer]

"Or his wife was raised as a Russellite."

She was raised in Nipsey Russell's house?