tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31265055.post3226540316279136868..comments2023-09-20T14:18:32.900+02:00Comments on Obscene Desserts: Pop goes the SausageJCWoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02585322642151280666noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31265055.post-56703929794981663392008-06-07T22:39:00.000+02:002008-06-07T22:39:00.000+02:00a) As my article states quite explicitly - and twi...a) As my article states quite explicitly - and twice: I am perfectly aware that Southport is in Merseyside. I am also perfectly aware of the dismal quality of dinners in UK schools, having worked in some of them myself. The phrase "age of austerity" therefore applies to potentially hundreds of comprehensive schools across the country.<BR/><BR/>b) I was trying to be funny. Seems not everybody out there gets my special brand of hun humour. Of course, this won't keep me from writing.https://obscenedesserts.blogspot.com/https://www.blogger.com/profile/14637377045831848328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31265055.post-67062789885197343622008-06-07T22:11:00.000+02:002008-06-07T22:11:00.000+02:00'How are we to take this statement, given that Mr ...'How are we to take this statement, given that Mr Wareing spent his childhood in Southport, Lancashire, where even today school dinners probably remain stuck in the age of austerity that he here nostalgically reveres?'<BR/><BR/>Hmmmm, you lost me here - is there something wrong with growing up in Southport(which is in Merseyside, by the way)? Why would you presume Southport schools 'probably remain stuck in the age of austerity that he here nostalgically reveres?' Maybe you have been there more recently than I have - but I visit quite a few schools in the Merseyside area (including Southport) and the meals look quite good to me.<BR/><BR/>Am I being petty?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com