Are bloggers allowed to purloin content from other bloggers? At the risk of inviting legal action, I have pinched this video from Thelma, the author of "North Stoke". It was filmed nine years ago in Keane's Bar in Listowel, County Kerry over in The Republic of Ireland.
Apart from anything else, the video authentically captures the friendly mood one can still experience in small Irish pubs where live music is appreciated.
Over here in The British Isles in the last two decades, two discount German supermarkets have successfully invaded the space once occupied by our "big four" supermarkets - Tesco, Sainsburys, ASDA and Morrisons.
Those stores are Lidl and Aldi and they have spread like a coronavirus - offering quality foodstuffs and other goods at discount prices. I myself tend to visit our local Lidl store twice a week, enjoying huge savings in the course of a year.
Lidl has become famous for its middle aisle where you never know what goods may be displayed - from wet suits to angle grinders. A few months ago there was a wave of products by "BOSH!" - you may have heard of this London-based vegan company!
The self-penned song is performed by Mick MacConnell and when I heard it today I laughed rather heartily. If you get it, I hope you laugh too! I know for sure that it will tickle Dave Northsider in County Cork.
That's very funny. It is nice to start the day with a laugh.
ReplyDeleteGood morning Andrew! I hope you slept well!
DeleteWhat? No Walmart? No Costco?
ReplyDeleteThere are a few big Costcos over here but I have never been in one. They tend to be about bulk buying I think.. We do not have Walmart but in recent years they made a significant business connection with ASDA.
DeleteI assume the young-ish lady who can be seen faffing with her smartphone at the end of the video had been listening to the song all along and was only texting someone about what a great night out at the pub she was having.
ReplyDeleteOn the danger of coming across as a spoilsports, Lidl is actually not pronounced as "liddle", but more like "leadl", with a long "e". But the song is truly funny - and I mean truly as in true. You do really get almost anything from Aldi, even insurances and travel bookings as well as their tills now double-functioning as cash machines. I am waiting for the day when they start offering stamps and accept parcels. That would make my nearest Aldi (5 minutes on foot) perfect.
As you probably realise, English people always rhyme Lidl with middle and I think German folk should start doing the same. The past is another country.
DeleteI thought it was lie-dl, but leedle sounds right.
DeleteNo I don't mind. 'Up here' in our town both Aldi and Lidl, with Morrison being the expensive chap. North Yorkshire the Co-op prevails. I love the idea of 'foreign' foods on sale, and Lidl definitely bring in a choice and also their greengrocery is excellent.
ReplyDeleteI just want my pension pounds to go further and "Leadl" (see above) helps a lot in that regard.
DeleteI know the song and I walked past the very pub on Friday YP. We went to Iceland for Vimto and Hollans pies. But alas the Iceland stores have closed down like Argos. I suppose Brexit is to blame.
ReplyDeleteBrexit is to blame for everything, even my current flatulence - THWARRRP! Too stinky!
DeleteAn excellent song! I now do the bulk of my food shop at Aldi, having used Waitrose for the last 35 years. It is a running joke that when I go off to said Aldi, I ask P if he would like an angle grinder.
ReplyDeleteDon't you mean an angel grinder? I think it's another name for a pole dancer.
DeleteCheeky!
DeleteThat was fabulous fun to listen to. We have Aldi here but no Lidl. Yet. I rarely go to Aldi, it's a bus ride away and I have two supermarkets just five minutes walk from my home.
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of car-less people are restricted in where they can shop.
DeleteLess than 5 minutes away I have both Aldi - which is nothing special and likes to have one till open and a very long queue waiting - and Lidl. I heard recently that Lidl plan to build one of the largest stores in Europe near our town centre. Knowing how regional government and local council like to obstruct anything that isn't "home grown" (i.e. Spanish, or comes with financial "incentive"), we'll probably be waiting for years. Not a fan of either store and don't like their food products sufficiently to be able to do what I call a "big shop-up".
ReplyDeleteA few weeks ago I considered buying some Lidl swimming shorts in the Lidl colours with the word "Lidl" on the front but changed my mind at the last minute. What a fool I was!
DeleteThat was the best thing I’ve heard in ages and I’m envious of you all who still have access to such wonderful, local fun.
ReplyDeleteEven in Ireland there are far less such fun pubs than there used to be.
DeleteYou never knew you needed that, until it was there in front of you. There is an Aldi just south of where I live, Lidl has a couple of stores in the region, but nothing close to me.
ReplyDeleteOh, I loved that video! Just wonderful. I had no idea I'd enjoy it so much.
ReplyDeleteThe news over here is that Aldi is buying up and replacing our Winn Dixies which, as you may know, are a sort of southern institution. Towns not big enough for a Publix often have Winn Dixies. Monticello, for instance. I really cannot imagine how that is going to work but we shall see. https://www.npr.org/2023/08/17/1194346785/aldi-says-it-will-buy-400-winn-dixie-harveys-groceries-across-the-southern-u-s
I need closed captions on that song as I couldn't understand what the words were. My son went to high school with the son of one of the Aldi owners. I never shop there, tho.
ReplyDeleteI always get Asda and Aldi confused.
ReplyDeleteAs for the video, I think if someone puts a public video on YouTube, they have to be prepared for the possibility that someone somewhere will embed it on their site, or Facebook page, or Twitter stream. The video still gets the views, which is the goal for many "content producers."
Aldi's have a presence here and recently purchased a southern chain of grocery stores, nearly doubling their presence in one fell swoop.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we have any Aldis in Sweden, but we have Lidl. I've never been into any of their stores yet, but they've just started building one about 10 min walk away from where I live, so I guess it's only a matter of time now (a year or so) until I'll be able to form my own opinion about it... ;)
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