The Humble Bag of Crisps....

now costs OVER £1 TO BUY!?!! Thats right, Ive just had to pay one pound f**king 2 miserable pence for a bag of my favourite cheese & chive potato snacks! Even the humble f**king crisp has been shanghai'd in the VAT rise today. You'd think they would leave the crisp alone. Is nothing sacred anymore? Crisps have been the favourite 'treat' to kids from irresponisible parents (the ones who have never heard of fruit) for donkeys years. Not any more they wont be!
I remember when they were 5p. I wasn't so Ranty or Shanty back then but I didn't bloody need to be because everything wasn't so screwed up.


Note the wallet friendly price

I know prices will rise as time rolls on, im not so naive to believe otherwise but upon my jug of Jagermeister, I never thought I would drink to see the day when Id have to shell out over a pound for a bag of what is essentially salt with a bit of potato lobbed in. Its quite jolly sobering let me tell you, and I don't like SOBER. Sober is cold hearted and makes your dear Ranter a fugitive from his wits. (Ooh now thats quite brilliant!)
Anyhow before I get all wordy, the crisps didn't even last that long! The empty packet now sits at my side like an eel that has been shine polished then steamrollered. Booger!
And things will only get worse my friends. Today its £1.02p for potato chips, tomorrow it will be over a fiver for a pint of beer (or near enough) and we will be left facing the harsh, bitter truths of this world without absence of mind. Without the glow of mother booze. Bast*rdo!!