Jack Monroe #417 Hard to play the victim when you’ve ripped people off.

[MistyWindows]

Oh dear oh dear

 

[Jelly Bean]

I know we've been here before - but just a reminder of the birth and expectations of the VBI.
'Granular mathematics'
The idea is to update it monthly

Spoiler: Bit long VBI

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[MaineCoonMama]

Morning all
@MC.Mama/ Who Veronicas? Are they metal??
And not forgetting @Valiofthedolls mashup of Kirstie Allsop and Nikki Sixx thread closed before I could

Coming from the past (but also the future)
The Veronicas are Jess and Lisa Origliasso, pop singers and proper smol pixies as well as one having the previous long term relationship with Ruby Rose so there's lots of inspiration there for Jack. Now I'm off to delete this pic from my phone before I lose my street credibility, y'all.

 

[MistyWindows]

Coming from the past (but also the future)
The Veronicas are Jess and Lisa Origliasso, pop singers and proper smol pixies as well as one having the previous long term relationship with Ruby Rose so there's lots of inspiration there for Jack. Now I'm off to delete this pic from my phone before I lose my street credibility, y'all.
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Oh come on, Untouched is a whopper

 

[MaineCoonMama]

Oh come on, Untouched is a whopper

It's known as the Australian National Anthem! Not joking, that's how they introduce the song. Not a Boulevaaaaaaard in sight when these gals play.

 

[Mendacious Trumpet]

It's known as the Australian National Anthem! Not joking, that's how they introduce the song. Not a Boulevaaaaaaard in sight when these gals play.

 

[MrsFawlty]

Imagine the poor honey badger at the vet, I was innocently inhaling greedily when, in what can only describe as a one in a million chance, a bollock sausage became lodged in my throat.

Who'd have thought that honey badgers were so eloquent? They remind me of Gerald the Gorilla.

Spoiler: Gerald

One for the eighties kids there

 

[ChickenPorridge]

If she really believes people are subscribing for nothing/just to support 'her work', why tweet a while back that she was working on updating and backdating her Patrons? Then there was her claim that she's just "gotten behind on a bit of admin" because she has to argue on Twitter all day. Would she ever just pick one story and stick with it, just for once

 

[upsidedown33]

So she’s out doing more corporate speaking gigs? Wonderful. Keep doing that important work.

 

[Bwidge]

also, “small flurry”? Was it not like 300-400 new patrons that day?

How did she know about all the new patrons if she can't get in that email account?

 

[FlirtyThirty]

Oh I thought it was honey badger
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A singularly nasty and vicious little animal that the entire animal kingdom avoids that will do anything it can to get honey or food it wants…how funny.

 

[bladiesla]

Just want to say I am not going to let Jack Monroe spoil honey badgers or leafy trees for me

 

[Flivver]

How did she know about all the new patrons if she can't get in that email account?

You may well ask.

In the words of another smol pixie, Toyah ‘it’s a mystery’.

Monroe literally cannot lie…

 

[veronica71]

Am not up to date partly as I’ve been obsessing over the latest Tory tit show but the fact that the news is constant about Tory failures, cost of living crisis and now a possible return to austerity and she is no where to be seen because she pushed the grift way way too far is incredibly amusing

 

[Fruitjack]

This is really interesting, like many people I just assumed the advance might be recoverable. Would you know if the cookbook author would typically be responsible for arranging their own recipe testing too? If so, it might explain a lot about Jack's slops.

All the cookbooks I have tested for, the authors have arranged their own testing, their own photography, and in a couple of cases, their own nutritional analysis. A lot of them have been fairly unknown authors and small publishing houses but one is one of the best selling/best known cookbook authors of their genre.

 

[Fitnessqueen]

Les Mills Body Pump instructor Frau here (fitness programme with weights where we get given the music and choreography) - have a lot of a love for The Veronicas as they were used frequently in some of the older releases - Hook Me Up is a particular favourite. Slightly disappointed to see that I share the love with Jack Counting Crows Monroe.
In other news - my Old Harold found a Charlie Bigham fish pie in a puddle yellow sticker section in Tesco and it was bloody lovely.

 

[Fruitjack]

I just wanted to say that lest I start to appear on any of dearheart @kachoochoo’s lists - I did promise to make the kidney bean and pineapple curry a while back. I even sourced the ingredients (Aldi). I had everything ready and thought - I know, in the true spirit of Tin Can Cook I’ll wait until I’m out of fresh stuff that needs using. Ninnies - even though this week I’m stuck in the house without a fresh vegetable to my name I can’t bring myself to do it. The covid has not attacked my tastebuds but it is leaving me so sorry for myself that I SHAN’T be eating that slop. One day I will do it and document, but it won’t be yet.

 

[Mr Krabs]

As far as anyone can tell the VBI was supposed to be exactly what the new ONS data does. Except the ONS data exists so why the need for the VBI? Another big stumbling block to completing the VBI was Jack wanted to personally visit a shop in 10 deprived areas. That’s a LOT of trains. And you know what happens to Jack on trains. Opal fruits everywhere, shink kicked, Mediterranean arse, it’s Cath Kidson, witch etc

It was the heady days of Harold’s Big Car. She probably assumed he’d drop everything to drive her around the less salubrious parts of Southend. Maybe East London if she was feeling really adventurous.

 

[hooplifehero]

Fraus I’m going in - family event down here

 

[itsnotmereally]

My nan used to have a mould that you put all nud ends of soap into and eventually it formed into a new frankensoap. Which always then immediately fell apart upon contact with water. Jack would have been proud of this hack.

Oh hello cousin Fraus