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44% for me

Some of those were to me immoral or just plain rude (like splitting a bill and putting in less than what yours was knowing that your friends would have to split the difference)

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30% but agreed with Finlay's comment - some of the questions aren't 'are you frugal?' they were more 'are you an immoral, self centred bastard who all your friends secretly loath behind your back?'


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11%.

However, most of the questions involved situations I'm never in, so I couldn't answer them sensibly. :roll:

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57% for me - I take the moral high ground..........

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18% here although I'd also have to echo Heathers comment above for some of them.

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27%


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jonbwfc wrote:
'are you an immoral, self centred bastard who all your friends secretly loath behind your back?'


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Yep exactly, and putting cheap cereal in an expensive box makes you a Hyacinth Bucket, that's nothing to do with how thrifty you are!


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jonbwfc wrote:
'are you an immoral, self centred bastard who all your friends secretly loath behind your back?'


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Yep exactly, and putting cheap cereal in an expensive box makes you a Hyacinth Bucket, that's nothing to do with how thrifty you are!

I confess: I put Sainsbury's Ketchup in a Heinz squeezy container.

However, that's because I genuinely prefer the cheaper sauce (it has a lot more tomato and less added sugar so it tastes like ketchup rather than flavoured syrup) and the Heinz bottles are easier to use than slapping a bottle!

It doesn't fool anyone - people seem to like the Heinz rubbish :roll:

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I've long since stopped using Heinz for anything these days.

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I'm so tight I don't need to use 2 for 1 vouchers on a first date, I've kept the same GF to keep spending down. :D

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I'm so tight I don't need to use 2 for 1 vouchers on a first date, I've kept the same GF to keep spending down. :D


Is she tight?

:lol:

Sorry, sorry, couldn't resist :oops:

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I'm so tight I don't need to use 2 for 1 vouchers on a first date, I've kept the same GF to keep spending down. :D

That won't work in the long run. Do you have any idea how much engagement rings and weddings cost? ;) :lol:

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adidan wrote:
I'm so tight I don't need to use 2 for 1 vouchers on a first date, I've kept the same GF to keep spending down. :D


Is she tight?

:lol:

Sorry, sorry, couldn't resist :oops:

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She's Finnish, so no. :lol:

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adidan wrote:
I'm so tight I don't need to use 2 for 1 vouchers on a first date, I've kept the same GF to keep spending down. :D

That won't work in the long run. Do you have any idea how much engagement rings and weddings cost? ;) :lol:

I'm so tight that even after 12 years that's never going to happen. :D

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24% tight, although I laughed at the thought of people chasing a woman around a supermarket because she had a price reduction label gun :lol:

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When was the last time you even saw a price label gun in a shop?
I'm sure I haven't seen those since the 80's. :geek:
The prices are all on the shelves thse days.

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