Daylight robbery

B&Q will miss my custom about as much as I miss their self service checkout packing in immediately after I've finished man handling heavy objects past the scanner, and then having to wait 10 full minutes for the one member of staff to turn up to tell me its my debit card, which works everywhere else, that's at fault.

 

I stand Corrected. I am humbled

 

Good one Val !

 

Not much point really - canes are a natural resource and the gathering, sorting packing etc., provides employment for people in rather poor parts of the world. The leaves and off-cuts are almost certainly used by the local people as fuel or something else. True the canes have to be shipped around the world, but then so would any synthetic everlasting product which would no doubt be made in China, India or similar.

And, as mentioned above buy 8ft canes then when the ends rot, cut them to 6ft, then 4ft and so on. The rotted and broken bits can go on the compost heap.

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Windmills, Zithers, Arrows, Baskets, Fuel, Chopsticks, Scaffolding, Needles for Record players, Scales, Electric light fillaments, Coffins, Bicycles, Paper, Food, Mats, Exterior Cladding for Airplanes, Poison, Medicine for Asthma, Skin & Hair Salve, Chairs, Stools & Beds, Nail protectors, Toys, Yurts, Waxes, Beehives, Guttering, Beer, Acupuncture, Needles, Umbrellas, Houses, Aphrodisiac. Oh, and bean sticks

Hope B&Q have got all that in their review

 

You forgot to mention a whole range of musical instruments.

 

And those moving water features that were poplier in garden centres a few years back, never saw anyone buy one though

 

Impressive list Ziggy Bamboo beer does sound interesting , and you may need the Bamboo aphrodisiac after , when you have your Bamboo Beer Goggles on

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And don't forget the "sound of Shanghai Wombles eating crunchy bamboo shoots"