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Stingiest thing you've seen stingy people do

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    #452
    Loopy
    Registered Users Posts: 12,220 ✭✭✭✭Loopy


    towel401 wrote: »
    i did that once but to fill a motorised bicycle with a 25cc engine. it used 1:100 2-stroke oil so i got some from the 1:50 pump and some from an unleaded pump. got at least a mile out of the few drops

    but its alright since the petrol station was closed


    Fair play to ya..

    This happened on a busy saturday afternoon and everyone was laughing at yer man..


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    #453
    livvy
    Registered Users Posts: 216 ✭✭livvy


    blackbox wrote: »
    It sounds like she thought you were the stingy one - Maybe if you'd offered to pay for your share of the gas????

    I did pay but stayed in the house at weekends because i didnt go home ....


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    #454
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    We have a machine in work that dispenses boiling water for tea etc.
    This bloke who used to work here would fill a flask up with the hot water before going home.
    He also used to buy the Times every morning,read it and sell it to the guy beside him for half price.


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    #455
    redfacedbear
    Registered Users Posts: 891 ✭✭✭redfacedbear


    Heard of a distant relative that used to send National Lottery scratch cards as presents.

    She was so terrified of giving away a winner though, that she'd scratch them before putting them in the post!


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    #456
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    A former friend of mine drove from finglas to glasnevin and back again to his mother's house to collect a microwavable hot-dog that was nearly out of date and she was going to throw it out.


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    #457
    Turd Ferguson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭Turd Ferguson


    partyguinness wrote: »
    Thats not stingy..thats extremely bad form and borderline fraud..:mad:

    Whay does Fraud have to do with it? The fact that you brought him up obviously means you want to have sex with your mother.

    Also there are alot of posts here that are not stingy at all. Collecting coupons and stuff is just being a bit thrifty and smart. I used to live next to a chipper and I would go in and order a burger and usually ask if they could throw a few chips in the bag. Generally they would if they had them lying out but I never expected them to put on a fresh batch or anything. But smoking used fags off the ground is just downright wrong.
    And it was mentioned here a few times about rich being being rich because they are stingy. What is the point in having money if you dont spend it? It makes no sense in having 100k in the bank, yet using 1 tea bag for a week. Being stingy does seem to be a disease.


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    #458
    PurpleBerry
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    Kernel wrote: »
    Seen a guy pick a 50p coin outta the urinal trough in the local. No gloves or anything, right down amongst the yellow cakes.... Legend. :)

    Some people don't realise that coins are put into men's urinals for a reason, it's for the guys to "aim" it.


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    #459
    partyguinness
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    Turd Ferguson wrote: »
    Whay does Fraud have to do with it? The fact that you brought him up obviously means you want to have sex with your mother.

    Also there are alot of posts here that are not stingy at all. Collecting coupons and stuff is just being a bit thrifty and smart. I used to live next to a chipper and I would go in and order a burger and usually ask if they could throw a few chips in the bag. Generally they would if they had them lying out but I never expected them to put on a fresh batch or anything. But smoking used fags off the ground is just downright wrong.
    And it was mentioned here a few times about rich being being rich because they are stingy. What is the point in having money if you dont spend it? It makes no sense in having 100k in the bank, yet using 1 tea bag for a week. Being stingy does seem to be a disease.


    You are having a laugh right....:eek:

    Fraud..Freud..????


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    #460
    Degsy
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    Turd Ferguson wrote: »
    What is the point in having money if you dont spend it? It makes no sense in having 100k in the bank, yet using 1 tea bag for a week. Being stingy does seem to be a disease.

    True.
    An old fella i used to work with got over 3million for a property,had a mortage-free house,owned a farm in kerry and spent 100 euro a month.
    He also used to bring a packet of marietta biscuits into work with him on monday and that'd do his three breaks a day untill friday.
    He used to be a tailor and wore the same suit (that he made himself) for 30 years.


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    #461
    Sean Quagmire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,334 ✭✭✭Sean Quagmire


    Turd Ferguson wrote: »
    Whay does Fraud have to do with it? The fact that you brought him up obviously means you want to have sex with your mother.

    That's going in my Sig :pac:


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    #462
    Turd Ferguson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭Turd Ferguson


    partyguinness wrote: »
    You are having a laugh right....:eek:

    Fraud..Freud..????

    No I am not having a luagh. I am always serius biznizz :mad:


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    #463
    Quazzie
    Registered Users Posts: 28,921 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Turd Ferguson wrote: »
    No I am not having a luagh. I am always serius biznizz :mad:
    Did little Turd get his wordsies mixed up... awww how cute!!


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    #464
    Turd Ferguson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭Turd Ferguson


    Quazzie2002 wrote: »
    Did little Turd get his wordsies mixed up... awww how cute!!

    I didnt mix anything, I meant to do that. And I'm not little, I'm just small boned.


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    #465
    Dougalinho23
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    My neighbour pours milk into her breakfast and then when she´s finished she pours the milk into another bowl to make her son breakfast

    She also uses the same teabag for two cups of tea!!!


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    #466
    alexiadexia
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭alexiadexia


    A cousin of mine puts the left over gravy into icecube trays and freezes it for the next day! ..................Rich lady, I wonder why?!


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    #467
    javaboy
    Registered Users Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭javaboy


    Dougalinho23 wrote: »
    She also uses the same teabag for two cups of tea!!!

    Do you mean she'll save the teabag to use again later?
    Or do you mean if she's making tea for 2 people, she'll use the same teabag?

    First one's a little bit stingy but I wouldn't knock anyone for it. The second one just makes sense. Most people don't like their tea strong enough to "use up" a whole teabag. I do it.


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    BnA
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    Berty wrote: »
    My old local in Limerick was soooo tight they used to watch the match on TG4 and listen to it on the radio with the sound on the TV off.

    The TV was in Irish and the radio was in English. They would not spend the money for Setanta or Sky.

    Miserable gits!! :mad:
    A lot of people I know regularly do that even with RTE game because the commentry on the radio is much better than the commentry on the telly. So watching it on the telly with the radio commentry is the best of both worlds.

    Nothing to do with stinginess at all.


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    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,253 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    alexiadexia wrote: »
    A cousin of mine puts the left over gravy into icecube trays and freezes it for the next day! ..................Rich lady, I wonder why?!

    Left over from the plates, or just not used at all?


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    partyguinness
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    redfacedbear wrote: »
    Heard of a distant relative that used to send National Lottery scratch cards as presents.

    She was so terrified of giving away a winner though, that she'd scratch them before putting them in the post!


    Thats bull****..i dont bellieve a word of that..sorry


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    #471
    HashSlinging
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    I know someone who brings in digestive biscuits to work knowing that no one will eat them.

    Thats ME!!! hahahaa


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    #472
    Honey-ec
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    javaboy wrote: »
    Do you mean she'll save the teabag to use again later?
    Or do you mean if she's making tea for 2 people, she'll use the same teabag?

    First one's a little bit stingy but I wouldn't knock anyone for it. The second one just makes sense. Most people don't like their tea strong enough to "use up" a whole teabag. I do it.

    I'd kick someone if they did that to me. Nothing worse than tea so weak it's leaning against the side of the cup. Especially seeing as most people use those puny green label bags anyway...


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    #473
    Degag
    Registered Users Posts: 9,970 ✭✭✭Degag


    Originally Posted by Kernel Seen a guy pick a 50p coin outta the urinal trough in the local. No gloves or anything, right down amongst the yellow cakes.... Legend.
    I know a guy who did this, except it was 5c and he came out boasting about it. He's a multi millionaire, owns a pile of property etc. He's not really stingy... if we ever have after hours (shhhh!) in the pub he'd be the first to buy a drink for everyone. I think he does it to make people see him as the "salt of the earth" even though he's loaded.


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    #474
    dory
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    BnA wrote: »
    A lot of people I know regularly do that even with RTE game because the commentry on the radio is much better than the commentry on the telly. So watching it on the telly with the radio commentry is the best of both worlds.

    Nothing to do with stinginess at all.


    What? I don't believe that. How could anyone think that guy on the radio is better?? You can't even understand him.

    Stingy story: My housemate keep every food that doesn't absolutely have to be in the fridge in her room, just in case anyone dare eat anything.


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    #475
    Latchy
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    Honey-ec wrote: »
    I'd kick someone if they did that to me. Nothing worse than tea so weak it's leaning against the side of the cup. Especially seeing as most people use those puny green label bags anyway...
    I have a friend who does that .She will ask do you want a cup of tea ? ( not in a mrs doyle type way ) and proceed to hand you a cup of hot milky water that has had the bones of a cheap tea bag dipped in it and my hints of ' strong please ' fall on deaf ears ,so this goes on and on and on whenever I vist .She wont budge making it strong or take the hint and I refuse to drink so there .:(

    Nice girl otherwise . ;)


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    #476
    javaboy
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    Honey-ec wrote: »
    I'd kick someone if they did that to me. Nothing worse than tea so weak it's leaning against the side of the cup. Especially seeing as most people use those puny green label bags anyway...

    I'm not sure exactly what teabags we have in the house, but I can make at least two very strong cups from just one tea bag easily.


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    John Mason
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    I was working at a music concert last year.

    some drunk guy buys a snack box (chips and chicken), he then proceeds to fall asleep at the end of the counter (the beer got the better of him).

    Anyway, he is dripping and being sick in to the chicken box. some guy who takes the chicken box and starts eating it, shaking the sick off it first


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    #478
    redfacedbear
    Registered Users Posts: 891 ✭✭✭redfacedbear


    partyguinness wrote: »
    Thats bull****..i dont bellieve a word of that..sorry

    Funnily enough they were from Cork too - it's not you is it? :pac:


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    GhostInTheRuins
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    pink fluffy bunny wrote: »
    I was working at a music concert last year.

    some drunk guy buys a snack box (chips and chicken), he then proceeds to fall asleep at the end of the counter (the beer got the better of him).

    Anyway, he is dripping and being sick in to the chicken box. some guy who takes the chicken box and starts eating it, shaking the sick off it first

    I hope to god that this isn't true


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    Reganio 2
    Registered Users Posts: 3,732 ✭✭✭Reganio 2


    Some great stories here lads keep it up :D

    My story is from about 2 years ago I think it was christmas 06 and my mam was talking to my aunt and she asked what I would like as always. I said the latest Football manager (Would have been Football Manager 07) anyway christmas day comes and she hands me the presnt and I open it enthusiastically as I was dieing for this game. Low and behold I look at it and its Championship Manager 00/01 :( The dissapointment on my face was un real. Awesome game but wow way to break a kids spirit :D

    Another is and uncle of mine who is a hackney driver and he got a call of my grandmother (AKA His mam) to collect her from town as she wasn't feeling the best and had shopping bags. He went in anyway and dropped her to the house then said "That's €18" She laughed of course thinking he was messin but he wasn't and she said "Are you serious?" He said "Yeah I gave you a discount rate for family". She actually ended up paying him. Don't think the family have spoke to him since.


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    #481
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    Reganio 2 wrote: »
    MI said the latest Football manager (Would have been Football Manager 07) anyway christmas day comes and she hands me the presnt and I open it enthusiastically as I was dieing for this game. Low and behold I look at it and its Championship Manager 00/01 :(

    Who is the stingy one - you really expected a €60 computer game from a relative - she probably had loads of relatives to buy for, her only mistake was asking you what you wanted.

    I was asked this year what I wanted, of course I said a Cartier watch - ****ing arshole got me a sieko from the argos... :rolleyes:


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