Re: The "prison IS university" metaphor - a review

In article <6486eqF29ejjuU2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, LFS
<laura@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> tony cooper wrote:
> > On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:01:38 +0000 (GMT), David
> > <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 
> >> In article <F-WdnTcYUt7wXEPanZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Lewis
> >> <g.kreme@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>
> >> [Snip]
> >>
> >>> I once had a awkward conversation with a girl working in a Piggly
> >>> Wiggly in Nashville where I was trying to ask were the soda was.
> >>> She had no idea what I meant.  I backtracked to 'coke' and she
> >>> reacted with, "Oh, you're a yankee!" to which I replied, a little
> >>> coolly, "No."
> >> 1. I have absolutely no idea what a "Piggly Wiggly" might be. Is
> >> it some sort of caff? Or pub? Do they serve ****k scratchings?
> > 
> > Think Tesco with a different sign.

> Well done, Mr Cooper! I doubt whether many Leftpondians could make
> the subtle distinction between our supermarket chains. I certainly
> can't distinguish between yours, although I know that Whole Foods is
> top of the range - Waitrose with knobs on.

> [..]

I'm afraid that I only shop at Netto, Aldi & the Co-op, so I've
absolutely no idea of the standard to which these wriggly pigs aspire.

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