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Post by Rad on May 1, 2008 14:24:46 GMT
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Post by Robbing the Dead on May 1, 2008 14:27:25 GMT
Except sweets are probably banned in most playgrounds now... Anyway when I was at school I don't even remember people eating sweets in the playground. Why don't they just write that the sweets are coming back, it's only kids that each sweets.
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Post by QuincyMD on May 2, 2008 8:39:04 GMT
I really really hated Opal Fruits as they tasted of nothing and they always seemed to melt and stick to the paper wrapping.
I want Monster Munch returned to their proper size.
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Post by somethingbiblical on May 2, 2008 19:42:12 GMT
They never went away, they just had a different name..
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Post by gravedigger on May 2, 2008 19:49:28 GMT
Half of the beauty of sweets IS the name, though. Look at Willy Wonka.
How are they allowed to bring these back? I thought they had to change to Starburst because they contained no real fruit and the presence of the word "fruits" could be considered false advertising. Do they contain fruit now, or do they just think that kids aren't so stupid anymore as to think gumdrops are healthy? That's a bit cynical.
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Post by Rad on May 3, 2008 12:47:28 GMT
They changed the name to match America.
The new ones do have proper fruit in, apparently.
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Post by Muinimula on May 3, 2008 14:57:30 GMT
I can't be doing with any kind of fruity chewy sweets - Opal Fruits, Skittles, yuk...
Having said that, there was a brief period at uni (about a month) where people would put a few Skittles in their pint of lager. They fizzed a bit, and the colours disappeared, leaving you with a few chewy bits at the bottom of the pint, and a slight sweet taste. Or something. I can't really remember.
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Post by Adrian on May 3, 2008 17:32:17 GMT
where people would put a few Skittles in their pint of lager. They fizzed a bit, and the colours disappeared, leaving you with a few chewy bits at the bottom of the pint, and a slight sweet taste. Or something. I can't really remember. Skittle vodka? Dunk some skittles in your vodka earlier in the day, leave to settle / soak, and drink copiously. It's a delightful sugar + alcohol mix. |
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Post by treacle on May 3, 2008 17:56:33 GMT
I'm not a big fan of Fruit Sweets but people keep talking to me about Skittles Vodka and I really would like to try it. I want Monster Munch returned to their proper size. I feel your pain. I also almost screamed in a shop the other day when I realised Space Raiders are now 15p and have smaller packets! It completely defeats the purpose of them! They are 10p crisps! Those and Freddos (which last year also became 15p, to my disgust) were staples of my diet as a child. It's all been very traumatic, really. |
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Post by Muinimula on May 3, 2008 18:19:23 GMT
where people would put a few Skittles in their pint of lager. They fizzed a bit, and the colours disappeared, leaving you with a few chewy bits at the bottom of the pint, and a slight sweet taste. Or something. I can't really remember. Skittle vodka? Dunk some skittles in your vodka earlier in the day, leave to settle / soak, and drink copiously. It's a delightful sugar + alcohol mix. It was definitely lager. In the student union bar. It lasted all of a few weeks, before everyone moved on. Maybe they moved on to vodka and I never heard about it. |
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Post by SweatShop on May 4, 2008 22:53:28 GMT
I also almost screamed in a shop the other day when I realised Space Raiders are now 15p and have smaller packets! It completely defeats the purpose of them! They are 10p crisps! Those and Freddos (which last year also became 15p, to my disgust) were staples of my diet as a child. It's all been very traumatic, really. The real evils of inflation, there. |
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Post by SBaholic on May 5, 2008 13:02:53 GMT
Skittle vodka? Dunk some skittles in your vodka earlier in the day, leave to settle / soak, and drink copiously. It's a delightful sugar + alcohol mix. Ugh, I have some terrible memories of a fresher's party involving orange skittle vodka that was about 65%. NOT FUN when you treat it as a normal drink and neck it down. Things I wish they would bring back instead of Opal Fruits: - Spangles - the fruity ones. - Jolly Ranchers (even though I swallowed one whole once) - Fizzy Jerks. |
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Post by David Hunter on May 5, 2008 15:23:39 GMT
Things I wish they would bring back instead of Opal Fruits: - Spangles - the fruity ones. - Jolly Ranchers (even though I swallowed one whole once) - Fizzy Jerks. I've never heard of the last two. Are you sure they're not gay bars? |
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Post by Becky on May 5, 2008 19:32:15 GMT
I've heard of them all. Not too keen on Spangles though. Jolly Ranchers are in Suga Mama by Beyonce.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2008 19:47:03 GMT
I want them to bring back Munchies. They were absolutely amazingness in a wrapper they were.
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Post by gravedigger on May 5, 2008 20:09:49 GMT
Wait, wait, wait...
Fizzy Jerks and Munchies still very much exist. I had a Munchy (sp?) the other day and my little sister says she can still get Fizzy Jerks from school vending machines.
You had me scared there for a moment.
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Post by lowculture.co.uk on May 5, 2008 20:26:42 GMT
I want them to bring back Munchies. They were absolutely amazingness in a wrapper they were. You can definitely still get Munchies - my eyes were drawn to a row of them in Costcutter only this evening. Mint Munchies have now been rebranded as After Eights. However, as an old curmudgeon, I will continue to refer to them as Mintola until my dying breath. |
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Post by David on May 5, 2008 20:57:46 GMT
I will never accept that name change. In other minty sweet goodness, I long for Pacers to be brought back. They were basically an Opal Fruit, but with a mint flavour.
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Post by Rad on May 5, 2008 21:04:44 GMT
Pacers were wonderful. They brought Spangles back a few years ago. My mum had been banging on about them bringing them back for ever and then she moaned that they weren't the same.
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Post by David Hunter on May 5, 2008 22:04:52 GMT
I remember them bringing out tropical Opal Fruits for a wee while. The grapefruit one was particularly nice. Just to the back of my flat I have this place. They even make their own Chelsea Whoppers. I don't know how, but I manage to stay away on a regular basis. |
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Post by Adrian on May 6, 2008 11:13:32 GMT
You can definitely still get Munchies Munchies are expensive by comparison, mind. Last time I bought (a good 2 years since), they were 58p a packet. This was 'back in the day' a Twix cost 33p. And you only get about 12 munchies per packet too. |
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Post by georgie on May 6, 2008 12:42:58 GMT
Aside from the lemon and lime flavours being seperate, what is so original about them compared to starburst? Starburst did me a favour making the lemon and lime dual flavour, lime on its own was gross.
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Post by Mike on May 6, 2008 13:03:43 GMT
I've heard of them all. Not too keen on Spangles though. Jolly Ranchers are in Suga Mama by Beyonce. Contrary to her claims, you can't get them from the 'corner store'. You can, however, buy them at Cyber Candy in Covent Garden, or at least you could last time I was there. |
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Post by Robbing the Dead on May 6, 2008 13:17:19 GMT
Jolly Ranchers! I remember me and all my friends hated the watermelon ones.
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Post by Rad on May 6, 2008 13:57:47 GMT
Aside from the lemon and lime flavours being seperate, what is so original about them compared to starburst? Starburst did me a favour making the lemon and lime dual flavour, lime on its own was gross. HERESY! The separate lemon and lime ones were ace (although I quite like the blackcurrant ones). And Opal Fruits is a better name. For one thing, there are several of them, so Starburst doesn't work (Stabursts, maybe) |
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