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And if you're going to give unfortunate gifts, why not wrap them in SWPL rich heiress gift wrap?
Hmmm ... ten bucks for the canned (sorry: "tinned") unicorn and ten quid for the wrapping. Yup, sounds SWPL. Oh, and the wrapping is made in Chinese sweat shops. But you're Saving The Planet™. Because Science®! And shut up, wingnut.Diana Carney, the wife of the governor of the Bank of England has banned wrapping paper from her home this Christmas.The famously eco-friendly English wife of Canadian Mark Carney has decided that the familiar sight of brightly coloured festive paper strewn across the room on Christmas morning is harming the planet.In a bid to “reduce the waste associated with Christmas wrapping”, she says she will be wrapping her families presents in “reusable fabric gift wrap.”Mrs Carney, writing on her blog about eco products, said that in the past she has used charity shop scarves and off cuts of fabric to wrap up her gifts in her effort to “move away from single use wrapping” but that her new furoshiki wraps – a Japanese form of fabric wrapping – are a “cut above” the rest.It is lucky, however, that her husband’s pay packet could reach £874,000 a year as each of the ‘wrappers’ cost up to £10 with an extra £1.99 for shipping.
Back when we still got a daily newspaper, we'd keep the comics section and use that for wrapping paper.
ReplyDeleteSo grass mats and rabbit skins are okay for the rest of us, but not her just because she's the one "pointing the way"?
ReplyDeleteSmells like a cult to me. L. Ron Hubbard would be proud. (Or annoyed by the competition.)
+1 on Dave!!!
ReplyDeleteRule #1 Thou shalt not slaughter Fluttershy
ReplyDeleteThat's ten pounds, not ten bucks. It's more like sixteen to twenty dollars depending on the conversion rates.
ReplyDeleteRick C, ten bucks for the canned Unicorn (follow the link). The wrappings are 10 quid (UKP).
ReplyDeleteTraditional wrapping paper can't be reused? Tell that to my parents. I remember being a 4 year old opening presents and being told "now be careful unwrapping that. That's nice paper that we can use again next year."
ReplyDeleteI think I still occasionally get something in a Jacobson's box from my family in Ky, regardless of the fact that there was never a Jacobson's store near them and the company went out of business years ago. I know my mom has trashbags full of used ribbon in the closet.