Overheard at the Guardian reading, Tofu eating, Yoghurt weaving, Vegan Deli Counter

I have a 7.30 am train to Liverpool for the Labour party conference tomorrow.

other parties are available

I have a 7.30 am pint in Birmingham for the reform party conference tomorrow

Say it ain't so @JAH-tim

Is the Reform conference being held in a wetherspoons?

We're going with Ardex Oyster Pink

the most miraculously enervating elixir I've ever swallowed.

Bit more Nathan Barley, but:

I’m between Hoxton and Shoreditch this morning

I live in fear of what comes next if Starmer and co fuck this chance up

(Tbh, so do I but it is very 'in here' too.)

I fucking hate the filthy, hipster infested shit hole.

I have turned the issue, as I imagine it, into a sort of Brechtian play, where ideologies are given avatars and replied to by the play's other protagonists.

I keep pinching my partner's burrito

Middle class is much more of a vibe

and

You could be middle class

and

I'm middle class

and

I think the demise of our class system could be sped up by getting rid of the royal family.

I spilled some humous on the cover of the Radio Times

In my house, we decant the uneaten hummus into a clean Gü ramekin, then cover it using a recycled lid from a tub of Bisto gravy granules.

https://amp.theguardian.com/food/2024/sep/25/open-sesame-sainsburys-and-tescos-drop-lids-from-pots-of-hummus

I can't believe people are actually buying hummus instead of making their own.

I can't believe people are actually buying hummus instead of making their own.

I can't believe people are actually buying hummus instead of knitting their own
FTFY

Wait till you see the pre-grated cheese

Also I don’t really get why a soft plastic film, which we can’t recycle (at least in Lewisham), is better than a recyclable plastic lid. Maybe it’s “compostable”?

“Should we even be using plastic? It is made from dinosaurs.”

is better

Better for who?

I dunno, Gaia?

Sorry, I read :

I don’t really get why a soft plastic film, which we can’t recycle (at least in Lewisham), is better

As "why is soft plastic better for the company"

Because its cheaper right?
Money over everything

Ah sorry I meant why are the supermarkets claiming it’s better for the environment. It might be, I just don’t know enough about soft plastics going into landfill vs… hard? plastics being recycled.

Oh right. I get you. Maybe somewhere down the line it is recyclable if they're claiming that it better than a recyclable hard plastic. Useless if it doesn't go into the recycling bin though right?

Now I want answers too..

I've seen a few soft plastics recently - like my eco toothbrush packaging - that claim to be completely biodegradable. Maybe its that?