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At least they didn't call it poundtown :>

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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)

AFAIK, Poundtown is in Poundland, so πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

TFW your date makes the turn heading towards poundland

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

PSA: if you pat your brow with sweet, yeasty white bread before joining her in Poundland, you both're gonna have a bad time. 🫣

[–] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)

TIL the yanks have a thing called a dollar store.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

funnily they don't have Dollar Store, that's a swedish thing

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dollar Store, Dollar Tree, Dollar General (where they couldn't keep prices at $1.)

5 Below - I thought would be a winter clothing/sports store, nope. $5 and below items

[–] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ha. I would have also thought 5 below was a temp. thing.

[–] emogu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There’s one a few miles from my house and I thought the same until this thread.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They opened one in Panama City Beach years ago. It's actually a decent place to bring younger kids if you have them or are hanging out with your nieces/nephews. All kinds of random things at the time.

I'm sure it's all cheap junk but if you are hanging out and want to find them some quick entertainment they have cheap pool floats/ beach stuff, marker/drawing/coloring sets, TShirts, little plush stuffed animals of things like Lilo and stitch, small Lego sets, sports balls, backyard games and even some shitty headphones and such.

Can find some activities for them for the weekend and they have fun looking around while you don't have to worry about it being expensive like if you bought a toy at Target or something.

For us it was usually things like little water guns, water balloons with fillers and big notepads and colored pencils as the kids were 4-12 years old and they loved going there. Not sure how they'll survive the tariffs though.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Don't worry. TACO.

[–] Xenny@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was also just sold for Β£1!

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

That's comittment πŸ’―

[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Theres a GREAT channel that covers poundland tat called Ashens you should check out then. Thats where I learned of it.

[–] Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I always watch his buying undelivered mail ones... absolutely love that a brown chair is his studio.

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hello!

Haven’t seen that guy in years, but was one of the first YouTubers I actually followed.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

He still does the same thing, just a bit less frequently. He does a lot of other stuff though, including full movies.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's so interesting to see how people react to something that is so normal to me 🀣

We also sometimes call it The Pound Shop.

[–] Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I watch an electronics guy called Big Clive on YT and I'm always impressed by the stuff he finds at Poundland.. kinda jealous.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In related news, Americans wear thongs on their feet.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That would explain all the foot fetishists on onlyfans

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

One of my buddies has a big time thing for high heels, but only if he cant see toes because he thinks feet are disgusting.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

And they don't seem to know what "gangbanger" actually means.

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know it’s gonna sound weird, but thanks to Big Clive, I am quite familiar with Poundland.

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

In my case it was Ashens.

Two tickets, please, I’d like to ride The Fuck Train to Poundland.

[–] henfredemars 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We have a dog daycare center around here called Pound Town.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think I'd have the heart to take my dog to poundtown 😨

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

The Yelp cover picture for Pound Town.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Someone has never watched Ashens and it shows.

Somebody's gonna watch some Ashens tonight.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is also the name of my bedroom. :)

[–] Rednax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

I never charge. Pounding is free.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

There is also the "Poundstretcher".

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Last I heard about this place, it (the whole company) was sold for one pound.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man, Europeans are so sexually mature.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I understood that reference

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

I just woke up and I will have a very good day all thanks to you! I will dream of this moment, this feeling of accomplishment!

[–] postnataldrip@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] javiwhite@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Some of my favourite UK towns/villages etc:

  • cockfosters.
  • petts wood.
  • fingringhoe.
  • bitchfield.
  • shitterton.
  • Twatt.
[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Would a blowout sale there be called a Fingerbang!?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

There's a Poundtown Burgers in Syracuse

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

How many pounds to get pounded?

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

It's just south of Newpoundland.

[–] aaron 4 points 1 week ago

The chain going for Β£1 is obviously the story here.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago
[–] swagmoney@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

me and your mum went to the shops last night