Jack Monroe #444 Jack's constant inner conflict over wanting to be simultaneously envied and pitied

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That 'book' is so insulting, it assumes the recipient could afford things like frylight oil and all the other bollocks she reccomends.
 
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I am getting really excited about this Guardian article, lads. Something is afoot.
 
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I am getting really excited about this Guardian article, lads. Something is afoot.
It’s really likely she’ll have to go all in and lie through her teeth… at the high point the DM and other press are gonna rip Guardian apart
 
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A mountain of pages behind so this might have been noted already but a woman (Monroe) who lies about everything complains incessantly that others lie about her. You couldn't make it up
 
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'With a specific cloth'

and carabiners. I'm sorry, I can't stop laughing at this. On what actual planet?
Decent carabiners, particularly those made from something like stainless steel or aluminium, aren't cheap. Colanders are a pound or two. When I can't be bothered to use our colander (because it's a bit of an art to get it in our dishwasher) I just hold a plastic plate or pot against the saucepan to drain pasta or whatever. Leaving a tiny water gap. Do bluebird want me to type it up? Also sometimes I put cling film over pots of food we won't finish tonight and have it as something called leftovers in the future. I'm guessing nobody else has ever tried that. Another for my book.
 
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It looks like one of my FIL (who is DEAD) self published books. Awful typeface, terrible photos, lack of editing. I fear this will not get Jack their forever home unless it’s already bought and this is the excuse.
I wonder if they cut their losses - told her they’d let her keep all the cashos profit if published on a self editorial accept liability basis - spun it as her being executive editor, didn’t bother doing legal on the health and safety and palmed her off on the Poundland literary agent … I can’t help worry is the new agent simple or bullied into taking her on?
 
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Don’t you need Wi-Fi for ring doorbells or CCTV? My sister monitors hers by phone but it’s reliant on Wi-Fi unless Jack has a heckin big computer set up like a Hollywood thriller.
Funny you should say that…
Featuring: Jack Monroe and the Giant Dry Ice Emitting Eucalyptus Filled Attaché Case.

I’m sure there’s one in there
 
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…Grifty Kitchen cont
Shuggsy B, I can’t thank you enough for finding this all!

I don’t know if I’m being nit-picky, but the way she’s shown these lists has really annoyed me.

Jack claims to be neurodiverse (only when she’s using it as an excuse). But I really am neurodiverse, so adhd and dyslexia makes these lists SO hard to read! I mean, I can read them, but at first glance it’s all a blur. There is no good reason for it to be formatted this way.



 
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Don’t you need Wi-Fi for ring doorbells or CCTV? My sister monitors hers by phone but it’s reliant on Wi-Fi unless Jack has a heckin big computer set up like a Hollywood thriller.
I'm now imagining Jack with a panic room complete with a bank of cctv cameras and computers.

But yes, I think you do need wifi for most CCTV now. I've got a camera on a weak spot in our home. I monitor it through an app and get movement notifications too.
 
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"I waived the copyright on my recipes"






 
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She cannot be around alcohol!!! Even the thought of walking down the mince pie aisle in a grocery store, trying to find a booze free box of mince pies to take to her AA group was TOO MUCH.
 
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