Jack Monroe #431 Close your begs, woman!

[Hollaaa]

Which is worse:
Mariah Carey Jack
Downstairs neighbour Jack
or
Direct report Jack?

 

[GazpachoPolice]

My skills are not up to scratch. I have no idea how you’re finding the Caroline who isn’t Caroline who does and doesn’t have hands. Humph.

 

[AnnRKey]

Can't grunk cos I'm BUSY but occurred to me that maybe she's deactivated Twitter to stop folk checking in on her daily sobriety. Cos she ain't any more.

 

[hiyaaaacath]

Not only is it a lie, but this "strategy" doesn't make any sense. Buying several skinny carrots by weight means you're also paying for every carrot's greenery, and you'll also get less carrot after they're peeled. Buy one big carrot instead and (gasp, what a concept) save some money while getting more carrot.

Real poors peel their carrots at the self serve checkout. I don’t go anywheres wivout me trusty peeler, guv

 

[Onestorytoomany]

It will be interesting to see where she goes from here.

She's finished on the haunted bird hellscape. (Never really understood why she spent so much time on it when she always speaks in such derogatory terms about it)

She's burnt all bridges with the celeb cooking community

Even the Graun have fucked her off.

She might have to pull out a Christmas song duetting with RSM.

Is she following through with a christmas poo this year? Asking for a friend?

 

[Lucky Escape]

Not only is it a lie, but this "strategy" doesn't make any sense. Buying several skinny carrots by weight means you're also paying for every carrot's greenery, and you'll also get less carrot after they're peeled. Buy one big carrot instead and (gasp, what a concept) save some money while getting more carrot.

She really is very bad at basic maths, isn't she? That's the sort of thing that a 7 year old should be able to figure out!

 

[That Forensic Man]

I believe it was the art director. Which actually might explain a lot

The only art director I can find credited in Jack's books is Andrew Barron/thextension in COAB. This work isn't mentioned on his website or archive despite other cookbooks he's worked on being highlighted.
Makes you think

@That Forensic Man - re timings, I believe as @colouredlines said, the timeline goes something like this:
xmas 2011 - pov in small flat, no jam, much cry
xmas 2012 - Sunday people article and bbc video thing, much jam
xmas 2013 - jam today, jam tomorrow, celebration of the miracle that is Jack, much grift

Thank you dear heart, I've been thinking about how Jack managed to pull this all off and it's not without help. That brings me to a couple of things I noticed in this collage from 2014 on her old website agirlcalledjack.com (source https://archive.ph/6fBb4)

First she cropped out Billy Bragg, bit weird

Secondly she's got a tab open for 'Max Clifford' something
Makes you think

 

[Lazarus]

Jack also clarified that the Tiffany earrings, which magically disappear when she uses portrait mode on her phone, were a present from Old Harold. She USED to have a pair of Etsy dupes, which she simultaneously was never photoed wearing; and at the same time was scorned for. Maybe by Michael Portillo, or Edwina? - details are hazy.

BiB:

 

[ChickenPorridge]

Can't grunk cos I'm BUSY but occurred to me that maybe she's deactivated Twitter to stop folk checking in on her daily sobriety. Cos she ain't any more.

If Jack started tweeting about having several bottles of tequila stocked up for new year's, the Squigs wouldn't question it and would ask if they could join her. They have memories of goldfish and that's what she's always depended on. People with memories (us) finding somewhere to discuss it (here) has absolutely blown her mind. What I mean to say is the only people who check on anything she says or keep an eye on the sobriety count, are us! Of course though, anyone noticing a discrepancy in detail is 'obsessed'.

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

100% certain she isn't moving to a one bedroom flat. What I'm sure she'll do is limit any photos to give the impression of it being a small and oh so cosy little place (with freshly painted walls, naturally). But she'll slip up. She won't be able to resist a humblebrag about something or other that will clearly show she's got plenty of rooms.

Can someone explain tax free matched betting to me? It sounds a little shady. Apologies if it's all above board.

Afaik it’s not shady as in illegal but it gives me the heeby jeebies from my readings on Reddit it’s synonymous w that spiteful frugal net wealth calculating in ur early 20s / FIRE / weird online community of men that draw up financial agreements with girlfriends who stay twice a week and act like you’re a dumb dumb for not wanting an engagement ring made out of can pulls and cat litter. Hence getting bad vibes from it? But big ups any individual who isn’t like that who makes money from it, more power to u

 

[Jemadah]

My skills are not up to scratch. I have no idea how you’re finding the Caroline who isn’t Caroline who does and doesn’t have hands. Humph.

I think it was via a search for the company she used to work for when she had hands. (Delete if not allowed, mods)

 

[noweverythingsucks]

I've never been on the first page before and not sure how to TLDR this, but someone posted the acknowledgements from previous books - I can't help but laugh that one of the foodie friends is the King's stepson. Very relatable.

 

[Archduchess of Luxembourg]

My skills are not up to scratch. I have no idea how you’re finding the Caroline who isn’t Caroline who does and doesn’t have hands. Humph.

I can't either, dear heart! Sob sob.

 

[NellieBoo]

Which is worse:
Mariah Carey Jack
Downstairs neighbour Jack
or
Direct report Jack?

As a flat dwelling frau it's got to be Downstairs neighbour Jack because you get all the Jacks .

 

[noweverythingsucks]

Also, not sure if she has added this as a result of the thread, but she has Caroline in her name now. I thought it was a parody at first.

I think it was via a search for the company she used to work for when she had hands. (Delete if not allowed, mods)

 

[colouredlines]

The only art director I can find credited in Jack's books is Andrew Barron/thextension in COAB. This work isn't mentioned on his website or archive despite other cookbooks he's worked on being highlighted.
Makes you think


Thank you dear heart, I've been thinking about how Jack managed to pull this all off and it's not without help. That brings me to a couple of things I noticed in this collage from 2014 on her old website agirlcalledjack.com (source https://archive.ph/6fBb4)

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First she cropped out Billy Bragg, bit weird

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Secondly she's got a tab open for 'Max Clifford' something
Makes you think

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Max Clifford was sentenced in 2014, so she was probably just reading a news article TBH.

I don't think there is some grand conspiracy behind Jack's rise to (sort of) fame. She clearly wanted to be famous, but it largely seems to have been a case of right place, right time.

 

[bladiesla]

Real poors peel their carrots at the self serve checkout. I don’t go anywheres wivout me trusty peeler, guv

You joke, but I remember her saying how, when doing the 'on the breadline week' for charity, she peeled paper layers from onions before paying for them to save a penny or so (I doubt it saved anything)

 

[WhyYouCry?]

I can’t bloody find Caroline not Caroline and it’s making me cross. Humph.

 

[auntylil]

100% certain she isn't moving to a one bedroom flat. What I'm sure she'll do is limit any photos to give the impression of it being a small and oh so cosy little place (with freshly painted walls, naturally). But she'll slip up. She won't be able to resist a humblebrag about something or other that will clearly show she's got plenty of rooms.

Can someone explain tax free matched betting to me? It sounds a little shady. Apologies if it's all above board.

Fully above board my dearest - I've done it for a few years now.

Spoiler: OT Matched Betting

It's basically using bookmakers' free bet offers to profit from - you place a bet, get a free bet in return, then make profit from the free one. There's no gambling involved because you're actually "laying off"each bet (matching it) on a betting exchange (not to be confused with bookmakers as they work slightly differently). Some people make an awful lot of money from it - the most I reached was around £800/month, but then I've had the odd time when I've made a lot more, others a lot less. There is one company I would recommend for anyone wanting to look at it in detail - the intro videos can explain it a lot better than me - but I'm not sure if I'm allowed or not. x

@Brian Butterfield I've just come back to this and found that I have almost 40 mutual Facebook friends with "Caroline~not Caroline~" - good job I no longer post in the relevant groups. She is very silly having SO much private stuff on a public profile, especially now, given her links to Jacko, when people may be looking her up! Unless she's ignorant as to what's happening with smol gobshite at the moment, of course. Assuming the "Caroline" on here isn't the real thing, which I think we established was the case (hi Jack!).

GREAT thread title by the way!

#jackmonroegrifter

 

[NellieBoo]

Max Clifford was sentenced in 2014, so she was probably just reading a news article TBH.

I don't think there is some grand conspiracy behind Jack's rise to (sort of) fame. She clearly wanted to be famous, but it largely seems to have been a case of right place, right time.

Yeah. I've said before and I know other have too. She just wanted to be famous. So anything would have done - reality TV, Instagram Influencer and all the things that lead from that <whispers> including Strictly . Which she's hinted at many times .