OT Talking of sweets (spangles etc)

Dave'n'Alias

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May 29, 2003, 10:53:58 AM5/29/03

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What ever happened to Rowntrees Wine Gums ?

Mark Hewitt

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May 29, 2003, 11:18:06 AM5/29/03

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"Dave'n'Alias" <davenalias*nospam*@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> What ever happened to Rowntrees Wine Gums ?

Available for sale in my local newsagents. 32p.

Moley

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May 29, 2003, 11:20:33 AM5/29/03

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Dave'n'Alias wrote in news:bb56pb$60uv3$1...@ID-163212.news.dfncis.de:

> What ever happened to Rowntrees Wine Gums ?
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AFAIK they're alive and well and dislodging fillings nationwide.

Speaking of which, American Hard Gums... now there was a sweet beloved of
your dentist's bank manager.

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Dave'n'Alias

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May 29, 2003, 11:55:28 AM5/29/03

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"Mark Hewitt" <ma...@markhewittDotCoDotUk.spammers.will.die> wrote in message
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I can get the rowntrees fruit pastels, and maynards wine gums..... but
nowhere round where i am, sells the rowntrees wine gums......

weird....

Still, nevermind....

JM

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May 29, 2003, 1:13:39 PM5/29/03

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"Moley" <Mo...@SpuriousJunk.net.org.com> wrote in message
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Available at Moor Grange Texaco, Leeds.

JNugent

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May 29, 2003, 1:59:16 PM5/29/03

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"JM" <j...@ntl.invalid> wrote:

|| "Moley" <Mo...@SpuriousJunk.net.org.com> wrote:

||| Dave'n'Alias wrote:

|||| What ever happened to Rowntrees Wine Gums ?

Fruit Gums, mum?

||| AFAIK they're alive and well and dislodging fillings nationwide.

||| Speaking of which, American Hard Gums... now there was a sweet
||| beloved of your dentist's bank manager.

|| Available at Moor Grange Texaco, Leeds.

And for any sweets you remember well but cannot seem to find, try:

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk

(as announced during a phone-in on LBC a few weeks ago)

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Dom Robinson

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May 29, 2003, 2:38:06 PM5/29/03

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In article <8drBa.15172$sJ4....@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net>,
j...@ntl.invalid says...

Just fifty yards from this cinema!
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Gordon Davie

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May 29, 2003, 3:32:06 PM5/29/03

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JNugent wrote:

> And for any sweets you remember well but cannot seem to find, try:
>
> http://www.aquarterof.co.uk
>
> (as announced during a phone-in on LBC a few weeks ago)

How does that work then? I presume they haven't been stockpiling them - I
don't want to pay a fiver for a packet of foosty[1] Cadbury's Toffee
Buttons.

[1] Scots word meaning stale.
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Richard Brooks

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May 30, 2003, 3:23:50 PM5/30/03

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"Dave'n'Alias" <davenalias*nospam*@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> What ever happened to Rowntrees Wine Gums ?
>

For some reason Mint Cracknell (sp?) came to mind.

Mmmm, minty!

Richard.

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Jun 3, 2003, 5:27:15 AM6/3/03

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"JNugent" <JNu...@AC30.Freeofspamserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> http://www.aquarterof.co.uk

Can you still buy sweets loose, from a jar? Or have the Belgians decided
it's unhygienic?

Zed Liszt

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Jun 3, 2003, 6:05:35 AM6/3/03

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I'm sure they'd love to ban this practise but you can still get 'em. I get
sherbet lemons and kola kubes from my local newsagents that way. AND there's
Woolworth's Pick'n'Mix of course. Mmm... sugar... :-)

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Moley

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Jun 3, 2003, 8:12:33 AM6/3/03

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Zed Liszt wrote in news:3EDC72EF...@netscape.net:

> AND there's Woolworth's Pick'n'Mix of course.
> Mmm... sugar... :-)

... not to mention faeces, urine, mucus, assorted bacteria and other
unidentified contaminates... mmmmm! :0)

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Jun 3, 2003, 8:53:46 AM6/3/03

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"Moley" <Mo...@SpuriousJunk.net.org.com> wrote in message

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Which branch of Woolies do *you* go to?

F A

Sam Nelson

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Jun 3, 2003, 9:32:00 AM6/3/03

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In article <3edc...@212.67.96.135>,

Any.
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Zed Liszt

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Jun 3, 2003, 11:47:59 AM6/3/03

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Yep. I like that probably made up statistic about peanuts you get left on
the bar in certain pubs... about the urine composition of said peanuts. Mmm...

Thanatos

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Jun 3, 2003, 4:53:22 PM6/3/03

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On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 16:47:59 +0100, Zed Liszt
<zedsmad...@netscape.net> wrote:

>Moley wrote:
>> Zed Liszt wrote in news:3EDC72EF...@netscape.net:
>>
>>>AND there's Woolworth's Pick'n'Mix of course.
>>>Mmm... sugar... :-)
>>
>> ... not to mention faeces, urine, mucus, assorted bacteria and other
>> unidentified contaminates... mmmmm! :0)
>
>Yep. I like that probably made up statistic about peanuts you get left on
>the bar in certain pubs... about the urine composition of said peanuts. Mmm...

Mmm...salty...mmm...

Dom Robinson

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Jun 3, 2003, 5:11:12 PM6/3/03

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In article <kl2qdvohfkog3fvvh...@4ax.com>,
Than...@blueREMOVEyonder.co.uk says...

I would also have accepted 'snacktacular'
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NLbitch

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Jun 6, 2003, 8:53:39 AM6/6/03

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>Zed Liszt zedsmad...@netscape.net
>Date: 03/06/2003 16:47 GMT Standard Time
>Message-id: <3EDCC32F...@netscape.net>

Zed wrote

>>AND there's Woolworth's Pick'n'Mix of course.
>>>Mmm... sugar... :-)
>>
>> ... not to mention faeces, urine, mucus, assorted bacteria and other
>> unidentified contaminates... mmmmm! :0)

You wouldnt touch unwrapped pick n mix if you ever worked in Woolies ;) Good
points Zed...

Cupid Stunt

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Jun 6, 2003, 9:02:45 AM6/6/03

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nlb...@aol.com (NLbitch) wrote in
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Good points but 'Zed' (what i was calling myself last week!) didn't make
them... :-)

I like all the varieties of pick'n'mix from Woolies, /including/ the
unwrapped ones (I like to live dangerously...) ;-)

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e

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Jun 6, 2003, 1:57:32 PM6/6/03

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Could be a form of mass immunization for kids?

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Richard Brooks

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Jun 6, 2003, 3:30:43 PM6/6/03

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"e" <prim...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> NLbitch wrote:
> >>Zed Liszt zedsmad...@netscape.net
> >>Date: 03/06/2003 16:47 GMT Standard Time
> >>Message-id: <3EDCC32F...@netscape.net>
> >
> >
> > Zed wrote
> >
> >>>AND there's Woolworth's Pick'n'Mix of course.
> >>>
> >>>>Mmm... sugar... :-)
> >>>
> >>>... not to mention faeces, urine, mucus, assorted bacteria and other
> >>>unidentified contaminates... mmmmm! :0)
> >>
> >
> > You wouldnt touch unwrapped pick n mix if you ever worked in Woolies ;)
Good
> > points Zed...
>
> Could be a form of mass immunization for kids?

Hey, it works! We've all probably had SARS several times and not noticed.

Richard.