why?
andy....@ps.ge.com
bill
Good question; I have the same problem!
Why is it impossible to go out "just for a short row" (i.e. less than
an hour)?
debe
I'll eat the other half in 2 seconds or less.
JY
thirties and in'.
Thirty strokes that is.
simonk
> Why is it impossible to only eat 1/2 a tube of jaffa cakes?
Same with Pringles. I think they mix in a *tiny* little bit of crack
--
simonk
Walter Martindale
(Canuck, never heard of it - JAFA in New Zealand is "just another
Aucklander")
liz
mmmmmmm.... jaffa cakes....
"Walter Martindale" <wmar...@telusblockspamplanet.net> wrote in message
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mpruscoe
> Looks like a blackened old unused condom ... ICK.
> Not sure I could put that in my mouth ...
More for the rest of us then...
Our women's squad often leave a half-eaten packet of jaffa cakes after
their mid-morning break (don't ask me how) but I don't think they're
ever there when they come back.
Ewoud Dronkert
> Looks like a blackened old unused condom ... ICK.
> Not sure I could put that in my mouth ...
Unlike a fresh new internally supported condom?
--
E. Dronkert
Adam
shouting abuse at them, despite us only taking up about a second of
their day?!
rebecc...@pembridge.net
It isn't Adam but you have to stand in front of a mirror and practice
doing HUGE BEAMING SMILES which you flash sharply to right and left as
you go past a fisherman while simultaneously yelling "Mornin'" as you
sprint by.
Two benefits
1 - fisherman so surprised he can't say anything because you spoke
first
2 - significant aerobic strengthening by shouting loudly while sculling
firm pressure (equivalent to an additional minute of firm pressure per
word yelled)
B
KC
WOAH! That's not food, is it? I'm looking at this image:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Big_jaffa_cake.jpg
That looks like black rubber, and if I'm not mistaken, it's got the
image of some man's face in the middle of it! WTF is that?????
-Kieran
KC
> liz wrote:
>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cake
>>
>> mmmmmmm.... jaffa cakes....
>
>
> WOAH! That's not food, is it? I'm looking at this image:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Big_jaffa_cake.jpg
> That looks like black rubber, and if I'm not mistaken, it's got the
> image of some man's face in the middle of it! WTF is that?????
>
> -Kieran
Here's a direct link to the same image:
http://www.khdl19192.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/cake.jpg
What part of that picture is of an edible substance?
bill
KC wrote:
> liz wrote:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cake
> >
> > mmmmmmm.... jaffa cakes....
>
> WOAH! That's not food, is it? I'm looking at this image:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Big_jaffa_cake.jpg
> That looks like black rubber, and if I'm not mistaken, it's got the
> image of some man's face in the middle of it! WTF is that?????
>
Yes, what is that face doing there!!! I see it plain as day.
I like this part, too:
from Wilipedia
"Cake or biscuit?
Under UK law, no VAT is charged on biscuits and cakes - they are 'zero
rated'. (Note that in British English, a 'biscuit' is roughly
equivalent to a US 'cookie' or 'cracker'). Chocolate covered biscuits,
however, are classed as luxury items and are subject to VAT at 17.5%.
McVitie's classed its Jaffa Cakes as cakes, but in 1991 this was
challenged in court. This may have been because their Jaffa Cakes are
about the same size and shape as some types of biscuit. The question
which had to be answered was what criteria should be used to class
something as a cake or biscuit. McVitie's defended the classification
of Jaffa Cakes as a cake by producing a giant jaffa cake to illustrate
that their jaffa cakes were simply mini cakes. They also argued that
the distinction between cakes and biscuits is simply that cakes go hard
when stale, whereas biscuits go soft. It was demonstrated that Jaffa
Cakes become hard when stale and McVitie's won the case."
bill
Because the Jaffa cake crumbs that blow out of your mouth and into your
wake feed the fish to such an extent and incite them to such Jaffa
madness that they will no longer take interest in an ordinary salmon
egg.
JY
at the end of the outing.
They are especially irate when match fishing. I reckon the other
weekend they were ringing each other on their mobiles so they could:
A Get their lines in before you snagged them and
B Get the abuse in before you even saw them.
david.h...@aea.be
been done on water that wouldn't support aquatic life forms.
The Tyne at Newcastle in the 1960s
The Irwell at Agecroft (No fishermen but ratters with their ferrets and
guns)
The Tideway in the 1970s
The canal in Brussels - there are fish - you see them coming up to
cough
david.h...@aea.be
That's Mr Wallace's job.
mpruscoe
> KC wrote:
>
>>liz wrote:
>>
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cake
>>>
>>>mmmmmmm.... jaffa cakes....
>>
>>WOAH! That's not food, is it? I'm looking at this image:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Big_jaffa_cake.jpg
>>That looks like black rubber, and if I'm not mistaken, it's got the
>>image of some man's face in the middle of it! WTF is that?????
>>
>
>
> Yes, what is that face doing there!!! I see it plain as day.
The face and the unappealing photo are apparently connected with some
stupid news story about the England Football Team eating jaffa cakes
(obviously not good for performance then) and around that time someone
finding a jaffa cake with what supposedly looks like David Beckham's
face on it.
Also, on the packet they have calories per cake (not per packet!) and
instructions for storage after they've been opened - not sure whether
stomach counts as an airtight container.
Ewoud Dronkert
> There's no need for you to make off-color comments like that, Ewoud.
>
> That's Mr Wallace's job.
Thought I try and squeeze one in before him. There! I did it again.
--
E. Dronkert
Rob Collings
> Why is it impossible to only eat 1/2 a tube of jaffa cakes?
And more to the point, can anyone fit a whole box worth in their mouth
at once? When we tried we always got stuck around halfway...
Rob.
Bonne...@gmail.com
really weird.
Juho-Ville Saarela
> Why is it impossible to only eat 1/2 a tube of jaffa cakes?
Because the number of cakes in a tube is odd?
J-V
Carl Douglas
> This whole thread just reaffirms my belief that Brits are really,
> really weird.
>
Bill's not a Brit, but is an expert on Jaffa Cakes. Nor are Keiran,
Ewoud or Walter British.
Sure Brits are weird. And sure we celebrate tomorrow the 400th
anniversary of someone trying to blow up our Parliament, but not more
weird than all the other inhabitants (also weird) of this weird globe.
If you want really weird, think about people who live mostly below sea
level (the Dutch & inhabitants of New Orleans), or those who stand
upside-down & claim to enjoy Vegemite.
Now that's a new topic. "Why is Vegemite so inedible & Marmite so truly
excellent?" - Discuss.
C
--
Carl Douglas
Ewoud Dronkert
Ha! You falsely assume the jaffa cake to be atomic.
--
E. Dronkert
Walter Martindale
Why, when it is widely known that a person's finances and freedom are in
no greater jeopardy than when government is in session, would people
celebrate Guy Fawkes's failure?
I ain't British - most of my ancestors, though, are Scottish and Danish.
(Definitely not English)
And - Marmite does taste better than Vegemite IMO.
W
Juho-Ville Saarela
> Ha! You falsely assume the jaffa cake to be atomic.
Are you trying to say that it is possible to eat only a fraction of a
jaffa cake? So yes, I assumed that, but I don't think it was a false
assumption.
J-V
bill
Carl Douglas wrote:
> Bonne...@gmail.com wrote:
> > This whole thread just reaffirms my belief that Brits are really,
> > really weird.
> >
>
True, but I did learn about Jaffa Cakes for the 1st time, from an
English friend:
3 weeks at sea, we finally arrive in Portsmouth, by which time we had
exhausted all the junk food, snacks, and even run out of flour and
yeast for making our own bread. So we stopped at a petrol station and
my friend comes out, all excited. "Jaffa Cakes!"
paul_v...@hotmail.com
Perhaps it would be possibe if limitting oneself to a single mouthful?
Henning Lippke
> Ha! You falsely assume the jaffa cake to be atomic.
It surely is.
I've never seen somebody just eating a half or any other fraction.
-HL
Tony Curran
Checkout the Cookie isle in Safeway or similar. Jaffa Cakes are sold under
the name of Pimms, or they look and taste much alike anyways.. Over 'ere in
Ontario Loblaws has them.
Tony
Ottawa RC
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Nick Suess
"Carl Douglas" <ca...@carldouglas.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Bonne...@gmail.com wrote:
> > This whole thread just reaffirms my belief that Brits are really,
> > really weird.
>
> anniversary of someone trying to blow up our Parliament, but not more
> weird than all the other inhabitants (also weird) of this weird globe.
> If you want really weird, think about people who live mostly below sea
> level (the Dutch & inhabitants of New Orleans), or those who stand
> upside-down & claim to enjoy Vegemite.
>
> Now that's a new topic. "Why is Vegemite so inedible & Marmite so truly
> excellent?" - Discuss.
>
A London friend of mine flies to Sydney tomorrow with many jars of Marmite
in her luggage for her expat Pom friends over there. Without these she would
be denied even the most basic hospitality from those who crave what they
were brought up on. Personally I am no great fan of such substances,
favouring neither the product of the land of my birth, nor that of my
adopted country.
But there is one great British product I would go a very long way for. To
quote Ace Rimmer, "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!" Kippers
are very dear to my heart, especially those of the Manx variety, whose extra
savour derives from the energy they put into using their three legs to
paddle furiously around the Irish Sea. I became very popular at the Carl
Douglas industrial empire a few months back when I stored a supply of Manx
kippers in the fridge there for a couple of days. Everyone's lunch
sandwiches took on a whole new lease of life! Unfortunately the only
kippers we get in our shops here in Oz are total crap. I reckon I could just
about tolerate living in the UK as long as I had a regular supply of Manx
Kippers.
Congratulations to all my Pommie playmates on your 400th anniversary
tonight. Please light a sparkler for me!
Nick
Taniwha
Carl Douglas wrote:
> And sure we celebrate tomorrow the 400th
> anniversary of someone trying to blow up our Parliament, but not more
> weird than all the other inhabitants (also weird) of this weird globe.
At this precise moment I'm sitting here listening to crackers and sky
rockets going off around three bonfires my neighbours have going at the
moment. We are even more weird for celebrating an event which happened
on the other side of the world closure to our first discovery than the
present or before our second discovery.
> If you want really weird, think about people who live mostly below sea
> level (the Dutch & inhabitants of New Orleans), or those who stand
> upside-down & claim to enjoy Vegemite.
>
> Now that's a new topic. "Why is Vegemite so inedible & Marmite so truly
> excellent?" - Discuss.
>
Vegemite is crap, Marmite is fantastic.
Vegemite is grape juice, Marmite is wine.
Vegemite is cheddar, Marmite is blue vein.
Vegemite is Honda Civic, Marmite is Morgan.
Especially when it's in a marmite and honey sandwich, second only to a
honey and pickled onion sandwich.
Taniwha.
Taniwha
Taniwha wrote:
Jeez...
For closure read closer.
This did not follow the message I replied to. Any reasons?
Taniwha.
Carl Douglas
> Carl Douglas wrote:
>
>> Bonne...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> This whole thread just reaffirms my belief that Brits are really,
>>> really weird.
>>>
>>
>> Bill's not a Brit, but is an expert on Jaffa Cakes. Nor are Keiran,
>> Ewoud or Walter British.
>>
>> Sure Brits are weird. And sure we celebrate tomorrow the 400th
>> anniversary of someone trying to blow up our Parliament, but not more
>> weird than all the other inhabitants (also weird) of this weird globe.
>> If you want really weird, think about people who live mostly below sea
>> level (the Dutch & inhabitants of New Orleans), or those who stand
>> upside-down & claim to enjoy Vegemite.
>>
>> Now that's a new topic. "Why is Vegemite so inedible & Marmite so
>> truly excellent?" - Discuss.
>>
>> C
>>
> Carl,
> Why, when it is widely known that a person's finances and freedom are in
> no greater jeopardy than when government is in session, would people
> celebrate Guy Fawkes's failure?
Wise words, Walter. I favour a hung parliament - not the well-hung
sort (unless by the neck) but the kind our German friends have voted
for. It shows up the scheming & preening politicos in their true
colours: rather than accept the people's verdict - that they should work
together for the good of the nation - they fight & scheme for petty
power like pigs at a trough. Servants of the people - my arse! The
good thing is, until they have the wit to compromise they can't start
legislating.
> I ain't British - most of my ancestors, though, are Scottish and Danish.
> (Definitely not English)
We're all world citizens, but it will take an awful lomg time for that
message to get across. Unless, of course, we're discussing Rugby
Football & those pesky New Zealanders are on tour .....
> And - Marmite does taste better than Vegemite IMO.
>
> W
And that's clearly the team view. :)
C
--
Carl Douglas
ALASDHAIR JOHNSTON
"Walter Martindale" <wmar...@telusblockspamplanet.net> wrote in message
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> andy....@ps.ge.com wrote:
>> Why is it impossible to only eat 1/2 a tube of jaffa cakes?
>>
Joan McGalliard
> I hadn't realised the antipodes were so far from civilisation... ;-)
NZ, maybe, but Jaffa cakes are well known and widely available in Oz.
Of course, bulimic eating in Oz is reserved for Tim Tams.
--
Joan McGalliard, UK http://www.mcgalliard.org
Chris Wade
wrote:
>Vegemite is crap, Marmite is fantastic.
>Vegemite is grape juice, Marmite is wine.
>Vegemite is cheddar, Marmite is blue vein.
>Vegemite is Honda Civic, Marmite is Morgan.
>Especially when it's in a marmite and honey sandwich, second only to a
>honey and pickled onion sandwich.
>
>Taniwha.
But Marmite does have one significant hydrodynamic disadvantage to
Vegemite - it really makes a mess of nicely buttered toast if your
dearest beloved (and avowed hater of Vegemite) has requested just a
light smearing of the M substance.
Whereas Vegemite has the consistency and mechanical characteristics of
crack-sealing putty, Marmite's inate stickyness betrays it at the
crucial test. That and it doesn't taste as good as vegemite either -
but I love the cycling tops and commercials they've done for it!
Also to be considered is why the Brits continue to exist under the
clear misapprehension that a Penguin is in some infintessimally small
manner somehow equivalent or even superior to the Tim Tam. Poor
misguided fools... Give them an Empire to run - fine - but leave them
in charge of really important matters such as breakfast & sandwich
spreads and biscuits and they're all at sea. But it could be worse -
we could be comparing the dire state of affairs in the US.
I hear they do not even know what a Mint Slice is! Unbelieveable...
Cheers,
Wado
daniel...@hotmail.com
all our salesforce. Needless to say I case or 2 was also ordered for
the office (well we had to know what our salesmen were selling !) So i
tended to have a case (not a box, but a case) of Jaffa cakes, hob nobs,
caramels, chocolate digestives etc, permanently under my desk. It
played havoc with my waistline as did the free vending machines which
not only contained McVities products but also KP ones, I have to tell
you that mini cheddars are a close second to jaffa cakes in terms of
"nibblebility".
McVities played heavily on the fact that most Premiership football
teams supplied Jaffa Cakes at half-time as they are an excellent source
of instant energy.
John Mulholland
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>
> Adam wrote:
>> Why is it impossible for fishermen to allow scullers to pass without
>> shouting abuse at them, despite us only taking up about a second of
>> their day?!
>
> doing HUGE BEAMING SMILES which you flash sharply to right and left as
> you go past a fisherman while simultaneously yelling "Mornin'" as you
> sprint by.
>
> Two benefits
> 1 - fisherman so surprised he can't say anything because you spoke
> first
> 2 - significant aerobic strengthening by shouting loudly while sculling
> firm pressure (equivalent to an additional minute of firm pressure per
> word yelled)
>
> B
>
Rebecca,
You may get that reaction; I'm more likely to get, "What're you looking at,
you old *****!" I also have to do an additional minute of firm pressure to
get out of casting range. Funny old world?
John Mulholland
John Mulholland
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The Tyne has changed now. The salmon try to jump aboard the boats to avoid
the seals!
John Mulholland
Jon Anderson
> You may get that reaction; I'm more likely to get, "What're you looking at,
> you old *****!" I also have to do an additional minute of firm pressure to
> get out of casting range. Funny old world?
Rebecca must have some special magic quality. I've seen fishmermen
having a go at scullers during *races* as they tried to fish near the
finish line.
Jon
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OnStream: acco...@rowing.org.uk http://www.rowing.org.uk/
[ All views expressed are personal unless otherwise stated ]
Allan Bennett
<URL:mailto:j...@durge.org> wrote:
> John Mulholland wrote:
> > You may get that reaction; I'm more likely to get, "What're you looking at,
> > you old *****!" I also have to do an additional minute of firm pressure to
> > get out of casting range. Funny old world?
>
> Rebecca must have some special magic quality. I've seen fishmermen
> having a go at scullers during *races* as they tried to fish near the
> finish line.
>
Remember that there is a very fine line between a fisherman and an idiot
sitting on a riverbank...
Allan Bennett
--
Nick Suess
"Allan Bennett" <lazy...@auntyUCE.com> wrote in message
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>
> Remember that there is a very fine line between a fisherman and an idiot
> sitting on a riverbank...
>
>
shouldn't that be "between a fish and an idiot sitting on a riverbank" ?
daniel...@hotmail.com
I snared a fishing rod whilst doing a head in a single. The hook and
line got embedded in the fin and the fisherman wasn't holding the rod
at the time so I pulled it into the river and had to do the remaining
3K dragging the damn thing behind me like a sea anchor !
Rob Collings
> I snared a fishing rod whilst doing a head in a single. The hook and
> line got embedded in the fin and the fisherman wasn't holding the rod
> at the time so I pulled it into the river and had to do the remaining
> 3K dragging the damn thing behind me like a sea anchor !
Just be glad you didn't have to tow the fisherman as well!
Rob.