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"This is just what we need to remind those morons not to get drunk and burn their houses down," said retired Fire Chief Aiden McGarry.
ROSPA (North West) has noticed a remarkable fall off in Chip Pan Fires in the North West since Choughworld began its campaign to mark National Chip Week.
Since Monday, there have been no Chip Pan Fires in Greater Manchester, whereas nationally, there have been no less than four. If you extrapolate that annually then there will be no fires in Greater Manchester, but an astounding 486.66 nationally.
Now that's something to celebrate - with chips!
How on earth can you have a .66 chip pan fire? Are you suggesting a slight scorch mark?
ReplyDeletePresumably it starts before midnight, but only catches fire on new years day.
Deleteso it is a late night smoker, who doesn't put itself out properly before retiring (to the great chip pan heaven in the sky)
Deleteer, are you sure
ReplyDeletehttp://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/updates/incidents/14february2013_woman_burns_hand.aspx
Sure this was not a result of cooking chips in a chip pan within a microwave?
Let's hope I don't get sued...
DeleteI will not tell if you don't
DeleteThe chips in the picture appear suspiciously like oven chips as they have a uniform apearance. The one at the 5 o'clock position does appear irregular, so perhaps they could be genuine.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, traditional chip pans remain the best in my opinion, as they support Darwin's theory of "the survival of the fittest". If you aren't intended to live past the age of xx, then the mighty chip pan is there to intervene.
They are genuine fried chips, but actually they're French, which tend to be crispier than our traditional chips.
DeleteThe problem with the traditional British Chippy chip is that it ranges from 'sublime' to 'disgusting'.
I think that maybe I'll start a 'best chippy' award. Any suggestions?
Perhaps a readers postbox where they can share memories of the best and worst chip shop experiences?
DeleteI can recall some infuriating experiences of the English approach to customer service in the early 80s. It must have been what the English had put up with for decades, until the advent of McDonald's which raised expectations of how to be treated.
I went in one chippy one evening, maybe 30 mins before the declared closing time to be told "we've no chips and we're not doing any more". They had nowt from me either.
That reminds me of the old phrase 'we used to stock those, but they kept selling out'.
DeleteI'll see if there's a way of keeping a thread towards the top of the list so we can have a proper postbox.
You can of course create your own articles if you want.
Been thinking about composing something, but I was worried what I came up with would be similar to what Paul McCartney comes up with.
DeleteAs you can see, that doesn't worry us...
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