My odd Bunnings experience last night.

Discussion in 'Living Room' started by Depreciator, 31st Aug, 2018.

Join Australia's most dynamic and respected property investment community
  1. SatayKing

    SatayKing Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    20th Sep, 2017
    Posts:
    10,729
    Location:
    Extended Sabatical
    Just had a horrible realisation. The Oniongate imbroglio will most likely flow to sausage sizzles at school fetes. Make the sausage sanger great again. Onions on top.
     
    jim1964 and geoffw like this.
  2. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    15th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    11,655
    Location:
    Newcastle
    And elections will be impacted!

    Democracy will never be the same.
     
  3. Nodrog

    Nodrog Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    28th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    11,379
    Location:
    Buderim
    I’d like to comment further on this but I’m too distraught and get overwhelmed with emotion just thinking about the issue.

    09C0A9E0-7C33-43D9-8EB0-F97042DEFC92.jpeg
     
    Dan Donoghue likes this.
  4. SatayKing

    SatayKing Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    20th Sep, 2017
    Posts:
    10,729
    Location:
    Extended Sabatical
    I suppose nobody has asked the onions how they feel about being relegated to the bottom. And now the sausages are likely looking down on them and smirking.
     
    Dan Donoghue likes this.
  5. Angel

    Angel Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    19th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    5,813
    Location:
    Paradise, Brisbane
    from Peter McFadyen

    Ode to a Bunning’s onion

    I am a Bunning’s onion
    My life was once quite grand,
    I’d get to look at everything
    As you held me in your hand.

    Looking out the drivers window
    Or at the people you would greet,
    All these scenes unfolded
    Up upon my sausage seat.

    Sometimes I would be blinded
    Smothered by that sauce so red,
    Or a squeeze of yellow mustard
    Soaked up by the fresh white bread.

    But now my life’s just not as good
    As it used to be,
    For my view is now constricted
    By the snag on top of me.

    And why you ask have things so changed,
    Why did my status drop?
    It’s all because some Gympie bloke
    Trod on me and went flop!

    So I’ll fade into obscurity
    Underneath some dodgy meat,
    Now that Bunning’s changed the way
    We eat our weekend treat.

    So please do not forget me
    Now I’m down out of the way,
    And now and then lift up that snag
    And smile and say G’day!

    I’ll still be just as tasty
    Cooked so caramel and rich,
    I’m just not as important
    Since becoming Bunning’s B#tch!

    Peter McFadyen
     
  6. Tony3008

    Tony3008 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    20th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    972
    Location:
    Docklands, Victoria
    As per a previous poster, very unlikely. I've been told that the typical throughput for a Saturday is around 1200 +/- snags, a few more than most supermarkets stock.
     
  7. Angel

    Angel Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    19th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    5,813
    Location:
    Paradise, Brisbane
    When catering for a large event, the organiser - the charity or community group, would have several month's lead time. I understand Bunnings are booked out months in advance for their sites. They have a known date each year when they take applications for "next year".

    The lucky community organisations negotiate the price per sausage, bread etc and pre orders from their chosen supplier, who arranges their stock and supplies accordingly. Same for school fetes, sporting events, fun runs etc.

    When you go into a small butcher, they will have a sign on display that states something like:
    " Proudly supporting XYZ Soccer Club Bunnings Sausage Sizzles since 2005"
     
  8. Ricki barkham

    Ricki barkham Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    16th Aug, 2018
    Posts:
    300
    Location:
    Pakenham
    How were onions at the local elections the other week. On-top or below?
     
  9. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    18th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    27,103
    Location:
    Sydney or NSW or Australia
    It was a deciding factor in many seats. Where they were below the sausage, the seat changed parties. Where the onion was on top, the sitting party got re-elected.
     
    Lizzie likes this.
  10. Nodrog

    Nodrog Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    28th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    11,379
    Location:
    Buderim
    When I was younger I often heard of discussion about “hiding the sausage” but never “hide the onion”? Never could quite inderstand what it was all about:confused::).
     
    Last edited: 12th Dec, 2018
  11. SatayKing

    SatayKing Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    20th Sep, 2017
    Posts:
    10,729
    Location:
    Extended Sabatical
    Depends on whether one was on top or not.
     
    Nodrog likes this.
  12. Nodrog

    Nodrog Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    28th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    11,379
    Location:
    Buderim
    Is this where it might be time for a Pauline “Please Explain”:D?
     
  13. SatayKing

    SatayKing Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    20th Sep, 2017
    Posts:
    10,729
    Location:
    Extended Sabatical
    Oh dear. I've been reliably informed it isn't as difficult as all that so no explanation is necessary. I presume there is a person in close proximity to you who may be in a position to provide guidance.
     
  14. Nodrog

    Nodrog Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    28th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    11,379
    Location:
    Buderim
    LOL.

    I do recall when the popularity of this saying became widely known to all ages. From memory it was a couple of decades ago and the theme of a commercial TV add promoting a bottled sauce (pasta?). The mother was teaching her Italian daughter how to “hide the sausage” in the meal so she could impress her husband to be with her cooking skill. I think the line was “Maria now that you are about to be married it’s time to learn how to “hide the sausage” ...:D.

    I choked laughing the first time I saw it. So well done but unlikely to be acceptable on commercial TV today. And why I loved shows like “Are you being served”. It was only crude if the viewed had a dirty mind.
     
  15. Nodrog

    Nodrog Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    28th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    11,379
    Location:
    Buderim
    Given the increasing level of distress being experienced over the “hide the onion” scandal due to satety concerns I think I’ve finally found a solution where the onion is still visible but unlikely to slip off the sausage sandwich. Maybe now I can finally get some sleep and peace of mind.

    Here it is, onion rings around the sausage:):

    EAD1AB87-AE33-4971-8754-775CAF73382E.jpeg

    Surely I should at least get a nomination for an Australia Day award for hardship experienced and developing a solution to one of the most disturbing un-Australian events to occur in recent memory.
     
    Last edited: 14th Dec, 2018
  16. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    15th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    11,655
    Location:
    Newcastle
    Are they home grown heritage variety onions?
     
  17. Nodrog

    Nodrog Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    28th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    11,379
    Location:
    Buderim
    Home grown of course, I’m looking to patent the specific variety which are sized perfectly for the sausage. I feel it already, a fortune awaits me.
     
    TAJ likes this.
  18. geoffw

    geoffw Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    15th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    11,655
    Location:
    Newcastle
    So you are perfecting an onion where all the rings are exactly the same diameter? That would be worth a fortune.
     
    Nodrog likes this.
  19. TAJ

    TAJ Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    10th Oct, 2017
    Posts:
    1,214
    Location:
    Northern NSW
    You've been indulging in too much Craft brew again, haven't you?
     
  20. Nodrog

    Nodrog Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    28th Jun, 2015
    Posts:
    11,379
    Location:
    Buderim
    No the scary thing is I haven’t had any beer today yet. Roll on 4 pm:). Then again it could be permanent brain damage:confused:.
     

PFI provide our clients with the opportunity to purchase an investment property, together with performing equity investments from a wide range of ASX listed securities some providing monthly income. This is the value of advice.