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1976 chippy menu. What would you be getting?

>> No.19775250

>>19775241
chips and chips

>> No.19775254

What kind of cake?

>> No.19775261

Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, garnished with truffle pâté, brandy, and a fried egg on top, and Fish and Chips

>> No.19775263
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19775263

No spam?

>> No.19775269

>>19775241
>Try to look up the price on an inflation calculator
>£1.86
>That can't be right
>Investigate further
>The British monetary system uses five different units for counting money
>None of them are divisible by 10 or 100
Truly an American-tier system

>> No.19775272
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>>19775254
A barm cake. Like a bun but more softer. You cut them in half, butter them and put chips on them

>> No.19775279

>>19775269
That is the right amount. Its just pence and pounds now though

>> No.19775304
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>>19775263
Youd only get a spam fritter in a chippy anyway. I'm surprised by the lack of the traditional chippy sausage. They must not have come out yet

>> No.19775314

>>19775269
Are you a bit thick?
We’ve been decimal since 1971.
That said a base 12 system actually makes more sense.

>> No.19775336

I will take 2 orders of Specials From

>> No.19775342
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>>19775279
>There's no way fish could be that cheap
>Investigate further
>Wholesale price of cod in the US was ¢13.1/lb
>$1.06/lb adjusted for inflation
Bros.............

>> No.19775347

I love me some crisp sarnie and Earl Grey tea

>> No.19775399

>>19775314
I curse this world for making me think in a base that only divides by 1, 2, 5, and 10, absolutely sick

>> No.19775404

>>19775241
>chicken
Is that fried chicken or?

>> No.19775424

>>19775342
If you know the right places to look, you can still get cod for really cheap, around $2.50 a lb. You just have to buy quantity and at a fish market. I have even seen it as low as $2 when the market is flooded.

>> No.19775663

>>19775404
Probably battered fried chicken breast. Not something you really see now in a chippy

>> No.19775677

>no discount for ordering two items as a meal

>> No.19775730

>>19775272
Thanks, I was wondering too. I knew it couldn't possibly be what Americans call cake because that wouldn't make any sense.

>> No.19775748

>>19775241
Fish and Chips.

Not Fish and Chips, the item, but Fish, and then Chips, ordered seperately.

>> No.19775753
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19775753

Noice

>> No.19775765

>>19775241
Exactly what type of fish is this, shoptender?

>> No.19775780

>>19775272
>fried potatoes on bread
how quintessentially British

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>>19775241

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>>19775263

>> No.19775852

>>19775795
This looks great, is this a british shop?

>> No.19775859

>>19775795
I just saw it on reddit, those fags bitch about hygiene lol fucking queers

>> No.19775863

>>19775795
hiya al av a chicken butty an a penguin please luv

>> No.19775868

>>19775765
Cod

>> No.19776519

>>19775795
soul

>> No.19776609

>>19775795
Cor blimey, take me back.

I'll have the rorst beef.

>> No.19776616

>>19775272
>more softer
It's just
>softer
cunt

>> No.19776620

>>19775753
5/6 of these people are dead.
Fish and chips are killing us all.
Wake up, America

>> No.19777011

>>19775399
as opposed to 2, 4, 6 and 12?

>> No.19777017

>>19775241
>>19775795
Why is it that chicken is the most expensive option for both?
Is it because the UK is a feeble and pathetic little island?

>> No.19777332

>>19775241
Do you only get 5 peas for 5p?

>> No.19777340

>>19777011
3 is key

>> No.19777377

>>19775314
>That said a base 12 system actually makes more sense.
A fellow single handed thumb to knuckles and tips counter, I see.

>> No.19777433

>>19775399
>>19777011
Fear not...there is a HIDDEN base in you as well.
Take TIME to think about it.
(Take the Sumerian-pill)
>1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, and 60

>> No.19777438
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>>19775399
>>19777011
>>19777377
>>19777433
HOLY SHIT!!

>> No.19777447

>>19775241
12 pieces of fish and a single chip

>> No.19777450

>>19775795
Rolling

>> No.19777455
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>>19775241
Fish and chips, malt vinegar, salt, and extra napkins.

>> No.19777518
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>>19775823
>Rorst Beef
>Cheese Salad
Oh my we must investi-
>SOSAGE

>> No.19777573

>>19775795
Imagine how easy it was to make money in the food business back then. Boomers really pulled up the ladder behind them

>> No.19777597

>>19777332
That would be about half a cup in US measures.

>> No.19777603

>>19775241
Fish, chips and mushy peas for me.
Unless I'm sharing, then a special, two chips and two peas.

>> No.19777654

>>19775241
A house and family (impossible now)

>> No.19777687

>>19775272
I was wondering if I could put some potato and peas in there?
Sounds like a nice meal

>> No.19777690
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19777690

>>19775795
SOVL

>> No.19777696

>>19775795
Mmm liver sosij

>> No.19777748
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>>19777687
Yes, that is usually done, maybe with a small fish too and a side of gravy

>> No.19777847
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>>19777017
Because yields on chickens before they were engineered weren't great .

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>>19777777

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>>19775269
Right? When I was a kid and read Harry Potter I thought their money and units of conversion were so whimsical and silly but it turns out that's basically how money is in England. How that country managed to conquer the world I will never understand but I sure understand why they lost it.

>> No.19778105

>>19775868
Do you not have chilean sea bass?

>> No.19778130

>>19778100
>how that country managed to conquer the world
The Rothschilds
>I sure understand why they lost
Also the Rothschilds

>> No.19778136

>>19778130
were they decimalised?

>> No.19779093

>>19775304
>I'm surprised by the lack of the traditional chippy sausage.
Some things are regional. Scottish battered smoked sausage is awesome.

>> No.19779100

>>19775314
>That said a base 12 system actually makes more sense.
It's base 12 for pennies in a shilling, and base 20 for shillings in a pound. Because of course it is.

>> No.19779102
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>>19778136
>were they decimalised?
The Rothchilds? They were so powerful that Nazi Germany just let one of them go, despite supposedly wanting to kill them all. They're still insanely powerful. They just hide their wealth through property and splitting it up amongst the family.

>> No.19779111

>>19775795
Uhh what does penguin taste like

>> No.19779112

>>19775241
I’ll take the specials from

>> No.19779122

Chips and fish should add up to fish and chips.
This is what capitalism took from us

>> No.19779904

>>19775314
yeah if ur some inbred spastic with 6 fingers a hand
ill count how god intended us to tyvm

>> No.19780097
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19780097

>>19775254
Fish cake
>>19775272
Its a fish cake you idiot, look at the price, you really think a bread bun costs more than half the price of a fish?

>> No.19781386

>>19779111
They are Tim Tams but better

>> No.19782973

>>19775304
corr I could go for sosij, chips and grayveh rn

>> No.19782978

>>19775347
This but unironically.

>> No.19783442

>>19775424
Where on earth is that? In southern CA at a quality fresh fish market, cod is typically $15- $20 per lb

>> No.19783628
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>>19775241
For me it's the peas

>> No.19785167
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>>19782973
Love me some chippy sausage

>> No.19785188

>>19783442
Not on earth it's in my dreams.

>> No.19785216

>>19775342
Yes, inflation is a sham, they don't count the prices that increased.

>> No.19785234

>>19779904
>not counting on your knuckles
countlet

>> No.19786478

>>19775241
>curry 5p

fuck this country is turning to poo

>> No.19786557

>>19775795
AIIIIIIEEEEE NO EACH SANDWICH MUST BE IN AN INDIVIDUAL BLOWMOLD PLASTIC BOX WRAPPED IN PAPER

Now that that's settled, off to protest for climate taxes m8's

>> No.19786585

>>19779111
it's a small chocolate covered wafery biscuit. when i was a kid they always had a rubbish joke printed on the label but i don't know if that was an established thing in the 70s yet

>> No.19786667
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>>19775795
What's with British greengrocers and being high functioning dyslexics?

>> No.19786777
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>>19775272
>bun with chips
>calls it cake
Damn, brits trully are something.

>> No.19787545

>>19775342
yeah fish was cheap when we didnt let the chinese steal all of it. remember this simple truth: when some liberal faggot tells you:
'the world cant support a western life style UWU'

what they really mean is:
"our treasonous politicans have promised the chinese your life style so give it up so they can enjoy it".

the boomers reverse mortgaged our standards of living to the ccp so they could enjoy their twilight years with juuuust a liiiitlle more wealth for themselves.

>> No.19787547

>>19775241
God how I wish the cod fisheries in the US would recover. I want cheap fish and chips again so bad

>> No.19788940

>>19786777
Brits are sandwich radicals. Literally anything can be a sandwich if you put it between bread.
Bread sandwich? Yes.
Chip sandwich? Yes.
Linoleum sandwich? Yes.
Car sandwich? Yes.
Put anything between two slices of bread and you'll find a brit who'll eat it. It's honestly a little bit terrifying.

>> No.19789150

>>19775342
Government inflation stats or actual inflation stats?
Also yeah, our entire fishing fleets have been left near empty handed because china is depopulating oceans with their shit. We give trillions of dollars of free money to everyone under the sun and never see a cent back. The first world lifestyle has been ritually sacrificed by your leaders for globalism

>> No.19789160

>>19779102
>just let one of them go
For quite a large sum of money.

>> No.19789182

>>19789150
Every politician needs to be killed on camera for people to see what happens when you choose to be a jewish slave.

>> No.19789204

>>19789150
China deserves its catastrophic population pyramid collapse. Couldn't have happened to a nicer country. Luckily niggers are too stupid to run deep water fishing fleets so Africa isn't so much a concern for that

>> No.19789209

>>19775272
>>19775730
>>19775780
>>19776616
>>19786777
nah, at that price it's a fish cake, your lad here is onto it
>>19780097

>> No.19789215

>>19775269

Imagine trying to do a le epic dunk on the bri'ish and then making yourself look like this much of a fucking moron.

>> No.19789219

>>19775753

What's the betting the guy in the middle was called either Mario or Stavros, even if that's not his actual name.

>> No.19789224

>>19779102
>>19789160

And the numerous other members of the family they captured and then let go for free?

>> No.19789234

>>19786777
>shit
>call it skin
Damn, yanks trully are something.

>> No.19790917

>>19777847
How will chickens be like in 2025?

>> No.19790920

>>19775269
old system used 'd.' for penny not 'p'. 21d would be 1/9 anyway retard

>> No.19790949

>>19775263
>
I don't like spam!!

>> No.19792390

>>19790917
Perfectly spherical.

>> No.19792395

I’ll have one of everything except the curry