Werthers Original TV ad
C W B
that the Werthers Original "...that first creamy taste was uncommonly good"
didn't make the top ten.
Personally I haven't got a problem with it, it's so bad it's kinda funny, if
cringe worthy but if you're the complaining type, then surely something
aimed so squrely at the paedophilia pound has got to wrankle.
Does anyone know the agency / Creative team that put this together?
Adrian E C Petford
>Seeing a feature on the most complained about adverts I was staggered to see
>that the Werthers Original "...that first creamy taste was uncommonly good"
>didn't make the top ten.
Amazing... generally, adverts don't register on me at all, but this
one never fails to make me cringe with embarrassment. Horribly
chocolate-box, over-sentimental and sugary in style, even by the
usual standards of advertising. And the voice-over is pretty
nauseating, too.
>Does anyone know the agency / Creative team that put this together?
No idea but (in true Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy style) they
should be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes...
:-)
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Fran McGuinness
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>"C W B" <c...@dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Seeing a feature on the most complained about adverts I was staggered to see
>>that the Werthers Original "...that first creamy taste was uncommonly good"
>>didn't make the top ten.
>
>
>Amazing... generally, adverts don't register on me at all, but this
>one never fails to make me cringe with embarrassment. Horribly
>chocolate-box, over-sentimental and sugary in style, even by the
>usual standards of advertising. And the voice-over is pretty
>nauseating, too.
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C W B wrote:
Seeing a feature on the most complained about adverts I was staggered to see
that the Werthers Original "...that first creamy taste was uncommonly good"
didn't make the top ten.
Personally I haven't got a problem with it, it's so bad it's kinda funny, if
cringe worthy but if you're the complaining type, then surely something
aimed so squrely at the paedophilia pound has got to wrankle.
Does anyone know the agency / Creative team that put this together?
Dave
Philip Morgan
Chettleburgh <d...@soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> Does anyone know when these wretched sweets <U>were</U> first made?
>I never heard of 'em before these ads.
>
That's cos they're German & the advert is even
more of a con than most
LouFiddler
<d...@soton.ac.uk> enquiringly writes:
> Does anyone know when these wretched sweets were first made? I never heard
>of
>'em before these ads.
Me neither, I'm sure they weren't around when I was a kid. Also, has anyone
noticed, if you suck them they last for about 12 hours - you die of boredom
before they're finished, BUT if you bite them, they're so effing hard that all
your teeth shatter and your fillings fall out....
from
Louisa Hennessy
Essex, UK, Europe
Simon Wyndham
>
> Does anyone know when these wretched sweets were first made? I never heard of
Brilliant description! :-)
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LouFiddler wrote:
In article <35C24CE9...@soton.ac.uk>, David Chettleburgh
<d...@soton.ac.uk> enquiringly writes:
> Does anyone know when these wretched sweets were first made? I never heard
>of
>'em before these ads.
Me neither, I'm sure they weren't around when I was a kid. Also, has anyone
noticed, if you suck them they last for about 12 hours - you die of boredom
before they're finished, BUT if you bite them, they're so effing hard that all
your teeth shatter and your fillings fall out....
Dreadful things. I tried them on my grandchildren, 9, 6 and 3, just to see what would happen.
I got a yuk, yuk and yuk. They wouldn't talk to me again until I bribed them each with half a pound of Smarties and a couple of Wagon Wheels.
Dave
Martin Underwood
David Chettleburgh <d...@soton.ac.uk> wrote in article
<35C601F3...@soton.ac.uk>...
What I want to know is: have Werthers started making some other type of
sweets which mean that the "paedo-sweets" have to have the adjective
"original"?
I've just seen the dreaded advert again now. It really is _cringe-making_!
The look on the kid's face at the end is the best emetic that I can
imagine!
Is it my imagination or have the adverts started using a soft "th" (as in
"path") in "Werther's"? I'm sure originally (pardon the pun) it used to be
a hard "th" (as in "there"). They're German, aren't they, so I suppose
really the name should be pronounce "Vairters". Or did someone decide to
Anglicise the name, as with Nestles which should be "Nestlay".
@nn@
>Is it my imagination or have the adverts started using a soft "th" (as in
>"path") in "Werther's"? I'm sure originally (pardon the pun) it used to be
>a hard "th" (as in "there"). They're German, aren't they, so I suppose
>really the name should be pronounce "Vairters". Or did someone decide to
>Anglicise the name, as with Nestles which should be "Nestlay".
>
LOL!!!!!
Just a point, Martin, but a pertinent one, huh?
LOL :-)
Know what you mean about the hard 'th'.
a.
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"Martin Underwood" Wrote
> <martin.u...@virgin.net> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 14:51:37 -0700
>
> What I want to know is: have Werthers started making some other type of
> sweets which mean that the "paedo-sweets" have to have the
> adjective "original"?
Neo Werthers?
>They're German, aren't they, so I suppose really the name should be pronounce
> "Vairters".
Ve Haf Vays of making you buy our sveets!
>Or did someone decide to Anglicise the name, as with Nestles
> which should be "Nestlay".
Anyone remember the orginal Milky Bar ads that ended with the sting "Nestles
Milky Bar", that was redubbed to "Nestlay Milky Bar" (that's Nestle with the
accute accent) sometime after they bought up Rowntrees and started
aggressively marketing the Nestle brand.
Presumably they thought us Europhobic brits who wouldn't know an accent if it
bit us on the nose, had suddenly mastered the art of French pronounciation
sometime in the late seventies ...
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>
> Anyone remember the orginal Milky Bar ads that ended with the sting "Nestles
> Milky Bar", that was redubbed to "Nestlay Milky Bar" (that's Nestle with the
> accute accent) sometime after they bought up Rowntrees and started
> aggressively marketing the Nestle brand.
>
> Presumably they thought us Europhobic brits who wouldn't know an accent if it
> bit us on the nose, had suddenly mastered the art of French pronounciation
> sometime in the late seventies ...
Now there's a blast from the past. Was I the only one who wanted to punch
that kid's lights out?
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"Martin Underwood" <martin.u...@virgin.net> writes:
>I've just seen the dreaded advert again now. It really is _cringe-making_!
Indeed. However, why does the old tosser say "I had a bit of trouble opening
that butter-candy sweet" when all you have to do is pull the twists at the
end (like on any toffee dressed up in that fashion) and it unrolls simply.
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>
> Or did someone decide to
> Anglicise the name, as with Nestles which should be "Nestlay".
'Nestle's' should be 'Rowntrees' on most of their confectionery products!
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@nn@
>neil_h...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
>>
>> Anyone remember the orginal Milky Bar ads that ended with the sting "Nestles
>> Milky Bar", that was redubbed to "Nestlay Milky Bar" (that's Nestle with the
>> accute accent)
(snip)
>Now there's a blast from the past. Was I the only one who wanted to punch
>that kid's lights out?
no.
"Milky Bars are on me!"...
grrr.
a.
Andrew Goodin
>that butter-candy sweet" when all you have to do is pull the twists at the
>end (like on any toffee dressed up in that fashion) and it unrolls simply.
Maybe coz he was young and had never had one before and didn't know how to open
one. Or maybe someone had superglued the wrapper as a joke!
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Dom
ChrisEilbeck <ch...@yordas.demon.co.uk> writes:
>I suppose it depends on whether you've got both hands free......
>
>Chris
:)
In the new 16:9 version of this advert, you can see he's got his hand up the
boy's arse to pull out another sweet, so now you know why they're brown
(allegedly)
David Gillies
> neil_h...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>>
[Milky Bar Kid...]
> Now there's a blast from the past. Was I the only one who wanted to punch
> that kid's lights out?
Yes you are. I wanted to hit him with a nail-studded baseball bat.
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| Anyone remember the orginal Milky Bar ads that ended with the sting "Nestles
| Milky Bar", that was redubbed to "Nestlay Milky Bar"
|
| bit us on the nose, had suddenly mastered the art of French pronounciation
| sometime in the late seventies ...
Another instance of this is the unfortunately named "Carte D'Or" ice
cream, which they rather stupidly pronounce correctly as "car door"
in the ads. Somehow the idea it conjures up of biting into a peice of
glass and metal doesn't convey the notion of a pleasurable eating
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Adrian Vickers
> Adrian Vickers <nos...@toolsbase.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> neil_h...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
>>>
> [Milky Bar Kid...]
>
>> Now there's a blast from the past. Was I the only one who wanted to punch
>> that kid's lights out?
>
> Yes you are. I wanted to hit him with a nail-studded baseball bat.
Errr, I meant *before* hitting him with the nail-studded bat.. <G>
Ever since Quake arrived on the scene I have wanted to nail-gun him
to a wall somewhere, but fortunately the ads are no longer on. Phew!
Gupta
<mcc...@festive.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>Indeed. However, why does the old tosser say "I had a bit of trouble opening
>that butter-candy sweet" when all you have to do is pull the twists at the
>end (like on any toffee dressed up in that fashion) and it unrolls simply.
Yes, but in those days the instructions were only in German.
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Julian Carr
Adverts have an amazing ability to bring out ones aggressive nature. I,
for instance, would like to crash, commando style, through the windows
of the Ferero Roche Ambassador's bloody Ball and machine-gun massacre
the lot of them. Now THAT would spoil them!
That should read Ferero Rochay, of course.
Weren't there several Milky Bar kids. They used to replace them when
when they got too old. This gives me disturbing visions of a Nestle
cloning farm somewhere.
Does anyone remember John from The Tomorrow People in the 70's Twix
adverts? Or am I too old and sad.
And Treets, when they were in different yellow packets?
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@nn@
>That should read Ferero Rochay, of course.
Ferrero Rocher.
Rocher means 'rock' in French.
Yip yip yay.
>Weren't there several Milky Bar kids. They used to replace them when
>when they got too old. This gives me disturbing visions of a Nestle
>cloning farm somewhere.
My friend auditioned to be a MBK!!!!!
Hahhhh!
Bet he feels embarrassed now.
>Does anyone remember John from The Tomorrow People in the 70's Twix
>adverts? Or am I too old and sad.
no, don;t remember.
>And Treets, when they were in different yellow packets?
Yes!!!! What happened to Treets?
Did they become the peanut M&Ms?
What do people think of the Sugar Puff Daddy??
a.
Adrian Vickers
> Adverts have an amazing ability to bring out ones aggressive nature. I,
> for instance, would like to crash, commando style, through the windows
> of the Ferero Roche Ambassador's bloody Ball and machine-gun massacre
> the lot of them. Now THAT would spoil them!
>
> That should read Ferero Rochay, of course.
For a brief while, "Echelentay" (that's the pronunciation spelling, of
course) became the office "word" for "Oh shit, it broke again!"
> Weren't there several Milky Bar kids. They used to replace them when
> when they got too old. This gives me disturbing visions of a Nestle
> cloning farm somewhere.
The specific one I remember is the bespectacled short-arse with the
light (white?) hair and a really irritatingly treble voice.
Julian Carr
writes
>>And Treets, when they were in different yellow packets?
>
>Yes!!!! What happened to Treets?
>Did they become the peanut M&Ms?
>
AFAI can remember
Treets:
a. Chocolate in shell ("melt in your mouth, not in your hand")
- think they became Minstrels
b. Peanut
- not sure these are even around now
c. Peanut, chocolate, toffee mixture
- became Revels
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Michael Beckett
>On Sat, 8 Aug 1998 Julian Carr wrote;
>>Treets:
>>
>>a. Chocolate in shell ("melt in your mouth, not in your hand")
>> - think they became Minstrels
>Minstrels. And I'm fairly sure the above slogan was always associated
>with Minstrels.
>
>I don't remember Treets having crispy shells - I'm sure the toffee ones
>didn't have them. I never ate the peanut ones, as peanuts make me
>rather ill.
>
>>b. Peanut
>> - not sure these are even around now
>
>>c. Peanut, chocolate, toffee mixture
>> - became Revels
>
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But did those sweeties *really* not melt in your hand? I can remember
Minstrels leaving choccy stains in my hands when I was young...I suppose it
depends on how long you hold them for :o)
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Julian Carr
8...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>On Sat, 8 Aug 1998 Julian Carr wrote;
>>Treets:
>>
>>a. Chocolate in shell ("melt in your mouth, not in your hand")
>> - think they became Minstrels
>Minstrels were always Minstrels - although IIRC they are now *Galaxy*
>Minstrels. And I'm fairly sure the above slogan was always associated
>with Minstrels.
>I don't remember Treets having crispy shells - I'm sure the toffee ones
>didn't have them. I never ate the peanut ones, as peanuts make me
>rather ill.
>
>>b. Peanut
>> - not sure these are even around now
>See above, I think M&Ms are slightly different animals.
>
>>c. Peanut, chocolate, toffee mixture
>> - became Revels
>Revels were always Revels - I remember adverts for them in the 70s.
>
Minstrels are more recent than Treets. Treets go back into the 60's.
They pre-date Revels too.
The phrase was "Treets. Melt in your hand, not in your mouth." That's a
definate quote, so because Minstrels took over the phrase, i asume they
were it's successor. They were exactly like Minstrels, with the same
crispy shell - thus the slogan. M&M's are an american import - during
the 80's I think. Totally different, more like Smarties. Peanut Treets
were round-ish - one peanut in chocolate and a shell outer.
Am I the only person that has boycoted Marathon, Yorkie, and Opal Fruits
now they have been dumbed down?
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snow
>The phrase was "Treets. Melt in your hand, not in your mouth." That's a
>definate quote, so because Minstrels took over the phrase, i asume they
>were it's successor.
Was that before or after they went into liquidation? Hands up who knows.
Sjr.
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Aug 1998 00:41:48 +0100, Julian Carr <julia...@gawayn.demon.co.uk>
had been moved to write:
> M&M's are an american import - during
>the 80's I think. Totally different, more like Smarties.
ONly nasty and cheap tasting. At the time they were introduced I seem
to recall Minstrels disappearing for a while, but they made a comeback
- hurrah!
>Am I the only person that has boycoted Marathon, Yorkie, and Opal Fruits
>now they have been dumbed down?
Marathon - "Snickers" (yuk)
Opal Fruits - "Starburst" (double yuk)
Yorkie - " ?????? " (huh?)
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<gil...@agnetha.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>>Am I the only person that has boycoted Marathon, Yorkie, and Opal Fruits
>>now they have been dumbed down?
>
>Marathon - "Snickers" (yuk)
>Opal Fruits - "Starburst" (double yuk)
>Yorkie - " ?????? " (huh?)
>
Yorkie's are still Yorkie's by name, but they used to be BIG, and easy
to open (another gripe - ever tried opening a soft Mars Bar). It was a
pleasure to unwrap the outer paper and foil to reveal the huge chunky
bar beneath. Now it's sealed in for freshness (=longer shelf life), and
is SMALLER.
What names are you going to make more exciting next? Mars, Twix, Kit-
Kat?
My message to chocolate manufacturer's is to leave them alone!
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<julia...@gawayn.demon.co.uk> wrote:
[snip]
>
>Does anyone remember John from The Tomorrow People in the 70's Twix
>adverts? Or am I too old and sad.
>
yes and yes in answer to your second question...and so am I :-)))
I was thinking about The Tomorrow People just recently and thought it
would make great viewing on UK Gold or Granada Plus. I used to think
it was great when they wanted a something to eat or drink and the
computer made it appear on the table....I believed in it for goodness
sake :)))))
>And Treets, when they were in different yellow packets?
Julian...you a 30 something too? :)
Cheers, Ian.
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Julian Carr
<address...@isp.com> writes
>
>>Does anyone remember John from The Tomorrow People in the 70's Twix
>>adverts? Or am I too old and sad.
>>
>
>yes and yes in answer to your second question...and so am I :-)))
>
>I was thinking about The Tomorrow People just recently and thought it
>would make great viewing on UK Gold or Granada Plus. I used to think
>it was great when they wanted a something to eat or drink and the
>computer made it appear on the table....I believed in it for goodness
>sake :)))))
I desperately want to see it again, but fear it may stand up well
compared to my memory. I was thrilled to find an old tape I'd made of
the theme music (tape recorder up against the TV speaker). It was a
brilliant thing. Also on the tape were themes to UFO, Colditz, The DIY
Film Animation Show, and Kung Fu.
I used to go dizzy trying to de-focus my eyes in the hope I would jaunt.
>>And Treets, when they were in different yellow packets?
>
>Julian...you a 30 something too? :)
>
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Aug 1998 02:49:54 +0100, Julian Carr <julia...@gawayn.demon.co.uk>
had been moved to write:
>Yorkie's are still Yorkie's by name, but they used to be BIG, and easy
>to open (another gripe - ever tried opening a soft Mars Bar). It was a
>pleasure to unwrap the outer paper and foil to reveal the huge chunky
>bar beneath. Now it's sealed in for freshness (=longer shelf life), and
>is SMALLER.
Sweets always get smaller. I remember Curly Wurlys when they were two
foot long and ripped out your fillings. When Mars Bars 'changed' the
calorie content was lower than before. Were they more healthy? NO!
The were *smaller*! Boo swizz :-(
>What names are you going to make more exciting next? Mars, Twix, Kit-
>Kat?
Well, they were going to change Twix to Raider but, for once, the UK
won out on that one. For now.
gennie
8...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>On Sat, 8 Aug 1998 Julian Carr wrote;
>>Treets:
>>
>>a. Chocolate in shell ("melt in your mouth, not in your hand")
>> - think they became Minstrels
>Minstrels were always Minstrels - although IIRC they are now *Galaxy*
>Minstrels. And I'm fairly sure the above slogan was always associated
>with Minstrels.
As a child in the US I remember this slogan as being the M&M song, load
of bull really as even on a cold day and being careful you would still
end up with rainbow coloured fingers.
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Richard Brooks
Julian Carr <julia...@gawayn.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <6qeivt$m7e$4...@pump1.york.ac.uk>, @nn@ <as...@york.ac.uk>
>writes
>>
>>Did they become the peanut M&Ms?
>>
>
>AFAI can remember
>
>
>a. Chocolate in shell ("melt in your mouth, not in your hand")
> - think they became Minstrels
>
> - not sure these are even around now
>
> - became Revels
>
Have they reduced the size of those boxes on sale in the cinema or is it
just me being a greedy bastard?
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C W B
> >>Am I the only person that has boycoted Marathon, Yorkie, and Opal Fruits
> >>now they have been dumbed down?
> >
> >Marathon - "Snickers" (yuk)
> >Opal Fruits - "Starburst" (double yuk)
> >Yorkie - " ?????? " (huh?)
> >
>
> Yorkie's are still Yorkie's by name, but they used to be BIG, and easy
> to open (another gripe - ever tried opening a soft Mars Bar). It was a
> pleasure to unwrap the outer paper and foil to reveal the huge chunky
> bar beneath. Now it's sealed in for freshness (=longer shelf life), and
> is SMALLER.
>
> What names are you going to make more exciting next? Mars, Twix, Kit-
> Kat?
>
> My message to chocolate manufacturer's is to leave them alone!
Sorry to come over all corporate but the name is changed as part of a global
branding campaign. This saves money (they don't have to print up different
promotions etc.) and eventually (if they get it right) increases brand
awareness. It's not about making the product seem more exciting.
The same thing is also happening a lot with all the Fruit & Fibre cereals at
the moment if you've noticed.
Also to all those that have posted "remember that bad ad from the
seventies". For my money if you can remember the ad, or it became classic
for whatever reason then it has succeeded... it is a good ad.
Rod Begbie
Julian Carr <julia...@gawayn.demon.co.uk> writes:
> Yorkie's are still Yorkie's by name, but they used to be BIG, and easy
> to open (another gripe - ever tried opening a soft Mars Bar). It was a
> pleasure to unwrap the outer paper and foil to reveal the huge chunky
> bar beneath. Now it's sealed in for freshness (=longer shelf life), and
> is SMALLER.
If you take a Yorkie bar, and scratch a bit off the 'O' so it looks like a
'C', and rearrange the chunks, it reads "CRIKEY".
It's true.
Rod.
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C W B <c...@dircon.co.uk> wrote in article
<cwb-110898...@bh-cw133-106.pool.dircon.co.uk>...
> Julian Carr <julia...@gawayn.demon.co.uk>
> > In article <35ce247c...@news.demon.co.uk>, Gillian Hardy
> > <gil...@agnetha.demon.co.uk> writes
>
> > >>Am I the only person that has boycoted Marathon, Yorkie, and Opal
Fruits
> > >>now they have been dumbed down?
> > >
> > >Marathon - "Snickers" (yuk)
> > >Opal Fruits - "Starburst" (double yuk)
> > >Yorkie - " ?????? " (huh?)
And also:
Treats - M&M's (with that horrible, ghastly, repulsive apostrophe!!!)
> Sorry to come over all corporate but the name is changed as part of a
global
> branding campaign. This saves money (they don't have to print up
different
> promotions etc.) and eventually (if they get it right) increases brand
> awareness. It's not about making the product seem more exciting.
> The same thing is also happening a lot with all the Fruit & Fibre cereals
at
> the moment if you've noticed.
Yes, but there's also brand loyalty - ie people remember the product by the
first name that they knew it by, irrespective of any changes to the name
after that.
Anyway, who in their right might came up with "Snickers" as a name? In any
English-speaking country, the first thing that springs to mind is
"knickers" - not really very flattering!!!!
I could cite a similar example from work: our Japanese head office wanted
to use the brandname "Grandpower" for its range of high-end server
computers, until we pointed out that "grandpower" sounds suspiciously
similar to "grandpa", with its connotations of an elderly, doddery, past-it
grandfather!!
Sorry to sound all patriotic, but why can't the global brandname be, for
once, the name that's used in BRITAIN. Ok, don't tell me. I know the
answer, it's always the same: the US is bigger than the UK!
The problem with global branding is that it leads to non-words that don't
mean anything in any language. Or else you get names which are initials
that no longer stand for anything: British Home Stores has started calling
itself BhS (note the bizarre mixed case that seems to be obligatory,
together with mixed typefaces in the brandname).
Chris M. Dickson
<r...@begbie.com> writes
>If you take a Yorkie bar, and scratch a bit off the 'O' so it looks like a
>'C', and rearrange the chunks, it reads "CRIKEY".
>
>It's true.
ROTFL!
I have a friend in Cumbria who likewise enjoys serving people weakly-
diluted glasses of that purple mixed fruit drink as advertised by Purple
Ronnie...
... Vomit.
Cheers!
Chirs
(and I think I'll let that typo stand...)
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Julian Carr
<c...@dircon.co.uk> writes
>
>Also to all those that have posted "remember that bad ad from the
>seventies". For my money if you can remember the ad, or it became classic
>for whatever reason then it has succeeded... it is a good ad.
It is fundamental error of all advertisers to imagine that an advert
will induce a purchase of the product. I remember adverts for reasons
often quite independant of the product being sold.
The policy of global branding is clear one. Raider should be altered to
Twix. Snickers (which sounds school-boy rude) should be changed to
Marathon. Starburst should be renamed Opal Fruits, and Yorkies should be
restored to their original size.
I can remember when Cadbury's Cream Eggs were too bing to go into my
mouth, and I had to gnaw at the pointy end before I could get in.
European version of well known UK brands are always inferior - something
to do with the chocolate mix. The basic difference being that our taste
nice. I had a Mars Bar in Poland last year which was tasteless.
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Wimbledon, uk
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Clive A. Shaw XV
years..superb stuff....
And they reckon 'a finger of fudge is just enough to eat' ?
bollox !
Clive.
Clive A. Shaw XV
> Julian Carr <julia...@gawayn.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > Yorkie's are still Yorkie's by name, but they used to be BIG, and easy
> > to open (another gripe - ever tried opening a soft Mars Bar). It was a
> > pleasure to unwrap the outer paper and foil to reveal the huge chunky
> > bar beneath. Now it's sealed in for freshness (=longer shelf life), and
> > is SMALLER.
>
Hmm....That sounds suspiciously like a Werthers Original
advert, which reminds me of the piss-take that Radio 1 did
on this advert a couple of years back, "I'm a Nazi war
criminal and I love giving Werthers Original....etc..etc"
Hilarious stuff, bit close to the line for the old Beeb
though...
Clive.
gennie
<gil...@agnetha.demon.co.uk> writes
>Well, they were going to change Twix to Raider but, for once, the UK
>won out on that one. For now.
Where are they called Raider?
--
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Adrian Vickers
>
> I can remember when Cadbury's Cream Eggs were too bing to go into my
> mouth, and I had to gnaw at the pointy end before I could get in.
>
This could, of course, have something to do with the fact your mouth
is now much bigger! <fx: ducking & running>
John Robinson
<julia...@gawayn.demon.co.uk> wrote:
[snip]
> I can remember when Cadbury's Cream Eggs were too bing to go into my
> mouth, and I had to gnaw at the pointy end before I could get in.
This couldn't possibly be something to do with your mouth (and
the rest of you) having got bigger since you first encountered a
Creme Egg, could it?
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Julian Carr
<etl...@etlxdmx.ericsson.se> writes
>An absolute favorite, you could make them last for
>years..superb stuff....
>
>And they reckon 'a finger of fudge is just enough to eat' ?
>
>bollox !
On a youth camp I was once on, the girls at the back, whilst singing
loudly, claimed that a finger of fudge was just enough to give a girl a
treat. But I didn't know what they meant. :-)
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Wimbledon, uk
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Julian Carr
<swipe>
>
>This could, of course, have something to do with the fact your mouth
>is now much bigger! <fx: ducking & running>
>
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Wimbledon, uk
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Julian Carr
<bro...@sv.span.com> writes
>
>Have they reduced the size of those boxes on sale in the cinema or is it
>just me being a greedy bastard?
>
Could someone else answer this. <g>
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Wimbledon, uk
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tony....@sun.co.uk
"Clive A. Shaw XV" <etl...@etlxdmx.ericsson.se> wrote:
>
> Robbie Baldock (real email address at foot of message) wrote:
> >
> > But what about TEXAN bars?!
> >
> > Robbie
> >
>
> years..superb stuff....
>
> And they reckon 'a finger of fudge is just enough to eat' ?
>
"A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat
A finger of fudge is just enough until it's TIME TO EAT..."
So eating fudge isn't eating.
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Richard Brooks
Julian Carr <julia...@gawayn.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <902806...@sv.span.com>, Richard Brooks
><bro...@sv.span.com> writes
>
>>
>>Have they reduced the size of those boxes on sale in the cinema or is it
>>just me being a greedy bastard?
>>
>
>Could someone else answer this. <g>
At the same time could anyone at Paynes (turn right at the 'five ways'
junction just south of 'Ikea' in Croydon) tell me if they pick chocolate
off the floor and throw it back in the vats like they used to. ;-)
Richard. (Greedy Bastard)
That shoots down my supply of Paynes in-house sales of those 50p large brown
bags of product mixtures with the yoghourt..yogurt..yog... y'know them sweets
that look like poppets but were smeg white on the outside!
Julian Carr
8...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>On Tue, 11 Aug 1998 gennie wrote;
>[Twix vs Raider]
>>Where are they called Raider?
>They were called raider in France and Germany (and doubtless many
>other countries) until a few years ago.
Still Raider last year in Germany. The wrapper looks exactly the same as
Twix, and the word Raider is written exactly like Twix - same type face,
sort of thing.
God, I'm dull.
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Wimbledon, uk
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Charles Batho
<julia...@gawayn.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>God, I'm dull.
Dull I'm God
Gillian Hardy
Aug 1998 09:12:39 +0100, "Clive A. Shaw XV"
<etl...@etlxdmx.ericsson.se> had been moved to write:
>And they reckon 'a finger of fudge is just enough to eat' ?
I saw that ad fairly recently halfway through something we were
watching in a media lecture. Needless to say, everyone started
singing the jingle. They don't 'em like that anymore.
Milky Way's aren't the same anymore either. They used to be a lot
bigger and nicer. Obviously not whipped 1 million (or was it a
thousand) times anymore :-(
>Robbie Baldock (real email address at foot of message) wrote:
>>
>> But what about TEXAN bars?!
Absolute murder if you had wiggly teeth. Or if you didn't for that
matter.
Gillian Hardy
Aug 1998 10:02:31 GMT, tony....@sun.co.uk had been moved to write:
>"A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat
>A finger of fudge is just enough until it's TIME TO EAT..."
>
>So eating fudge isn't eating.
Not dissimilar to the old Milky Way adage of 'it won't ruin your
appetite'. In other words, it won't fill you up so in effect you're
just consuming calories for the sake of it.
Dom
tony....@sun.co.uk writes:
>In article <35CFFC...@etlxdmx.ericsson.se>,
> "Clive A. Shaw XV" <etl...@etlxdmx.ericsson.se> wrote:
>>
>> Robbie Baldock (real email address at foot of message) wrote:
>> >
>> > But what about TEXAN bars?!
>> >
>> >
>>
>> An absolute favorite, you could make them last for
>> years..superb stuff....
>>
>>
>"A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat
>A finger of fudge is just enough until it's TIME TO EAT..."
I remember being pissed at a Uni Xmas do and hearing the small unknown band
playing the Monty Python theme (whatever the original name is) and I started
thinking that the "Finger of fudge" lyrics fitted perfectly, although the
tunes are fairly different, so I just shouted them out as loudly as I could...
"Of course I was verrry, verrry drunk"
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Rod Begbie
gil...@agnetha.demon.co.uk (Gillian Hardy) writes:
> Milky Way's aren't the same anymore either. They used to be a lot
> bigger and nicer.
Try a 'Flyte' instead - They're the old-recipe Milky Ways as far as I can
tell.
The red car and the blue car had a race,
All Red wants to do is stuff his face,
He eats everything he sees,
From trucks to prickly trees,
But smart old Blue, he took the Milky Way.
He's looking for a chocolate treat,
Fluffy and light,
Cause he knows it won't spoil his appetite.
(mmm..mmmmm..mmmmmmmm)
Oh no! The bridge has gone!
Poor old Red can't carry on!
But smart old Blue, he took the Milky Way!
The space one was pish by comparison.
Rod.
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In article <news-225...@demi.begbie.com>, Rod Begbie
<r...@begbie.com> writes
>The space one was pish by comparison.
Judge for yourself.
The red ship and the blue ship had a race,
All red wants to do is stuff his face,
He ate galactic diners
And lots of Ursa Minors,
But smart old Blue, he took the Milky Way.
(chorus as ever)
DibbadubbaDURRRRR...
<computer-voice> Watch out! The twin planets Boss and Nova! </c-v>
But Blue carries on up and over!
'Cos smart old Blue, he took the Milky Way!
Can anyone suggest a year for these things? I hope they're nice and old
so that me recalling it from years ago is impressive and that I can
credibly use the excuse that the only reason I know it is that I was
young and the advertisers did their job properly.
TRIIIIII-O! TRII-II-II-O! I WANT A TRIO AND I WANT ONE NOW!
(and a song... which no longer... rhymes...)
Chris
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SJ Emmons
>In article <6qrp7m$hao$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
> tony....@sun.co.uk writes:
>>"A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat
>>A finger of fudge is just enough until it's TIME TO EAT..."
>I remember being pissed at a Uni Xmas do and hearing the small unknown band
>playing the Monty Python theme (whatever the original name is)
Liberty Bell by Sousa.
I played that in a school concert (sans raspberry though ;)
>and I started
>thinking that the "Finger of fudge" lyrics fitted perfectly, although the
>tunes are fairly different, so I just shouted them out as loudly as I
>could...
>"Of course I was verrry, verrry drunk"
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"Trevor (Not Trevor)" <goat...@prioryv.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <0Xdi$EAUGm...@dickson.demon.co.uk>, Chris M. Dickson
><ch...@dickson.demon.co.uk> artesticulated
>>
>>TRIIIIII-O! TRII-II-II-O! I WANT A TRIO AND I WANT ONE NOW!
>>(and a song... which no longer... rhymes...)
>>
>
>And, of course, the oft-mentioned "Um Bongo" ad, which annoying kids
>everywhere decided to learn by heart and repeat until someone hit them.
Um Bongo, Um Bongo,
They drink it in the congo,
The python picked the passion fruit,
The marmoset the mandrin,
The parrot painted packets that the whole caboodle landed in,
So when it comes to sun and fun and music in the congo,
They all prefer the sunny, funny one they call Um Bongo !
Chris
>[Where DO you get it from, Rod? Truly thou art king of the umtm geeks.]
>
>
>
>Can anyone suggest a year for these things? I hope they're nice and old
>so that me recalling it from years ago is impressive and that I can
>credibly use the excuse that the only reason I know it is that I was
>young and the advertisers did their job properly.
>
>(and a song... which no longer... rhymes...)
Blimey! Must have been mid/late seventies? John Peel voiceover, IIRC
(which I probably don`t) ...to the Banana Boat Song` (...daylight come
and I wanna go home...)
Or am I getting as confused as I think I already am?
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Peter Thomas
>>That should read Ferero Rochay, of course.
>Ferrero Rocher.
>Rocher means 'rock' in French.
AFAIK, the French word for rock is 'pierre'.
>What do people think of the Sugar Puff Daddy??
Better than the real thing. (Mind, that's not too difficult, is it?)
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Chris M. Dickson
WRONG!!!
But smart old Blue, he *chose* the Milky Way.
They changed it between the car and spaceship adverts, for no
discernible reason whatsoever. I remembered this immediately after
turning the computer off and going to bed, and I couldn't be bothered to
correct my mistake at the time.
Sorry 'bout that
Rod Begbie
>>(and a song... which no longer... rhymes...)
Do you think in ten years, there'll be people posting to newsgroups going
"Do you remember that Riesen Chocolate Chew advert?"
Rod.
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Gary Robert Kelly
>The phrase was "Treets. Melt in your hand, not in your mouth." That's a
>definate quote, so because Minstrels took over the phrase, i asume they
>were it's successor. They were exactly like Minstrels, with the same
>crispy shell - thus the slogan. M&M's are an american import - during
>the 80's I think.
'88/'89? Around the same time as Skittles and Kylie + Jason anyway.
>Am I the only person that has boycoted Marathon, Yorkie, and Opal
Fruits
>now they have been dumbed down?
They've been 'globalised' more than DD'd. Only stupid bastards use the
term "dumbing-down". :D
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Adrian Vickers
> In article <iMhNXDAz...@prioryv.demon.co.uk>
> "Trevor (Not Trevor)" <goat...@prioryv.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>>And, of course, the oft-mentioned "Um Bongo" ad, which annoying kids
>>everywhere decided to learn by heart and repeat until someone hit them.
>
> Um Bongo, Um Bongo,
> They drink it in the congo,
> The python picked the passion fruit,
*THWAP* [1]
[1] Sound of raw fish striking flesh.
Gary Robert Kelly
>>If you take a Yorkie bar, and scratch a bit off the 'O' so it looks
like a
>>'C', and rearrange the chunks, it reads "CRIKEY".
>>
>>It's true.
>
>ROTFL!
>
>I have a friend in Cumbria who likewise enjoys serving people weakly-
>diluted glasses of that purple mixed fruit drink as advertised by
Purple
>Ronnie...
>
> ... Vomit.
In the evening I like nothing better than to relax with the latest issue
of that fine music and movies mag...
UCUNT.
Gary Robert Kelly
>Sweets always get smaller. I remember Curly Wurlys when they were two
>foot long and ripped out your fillings. When Mars Bars 'changed' the
>calorie content was lower than before. Were they more healthy? NO!
>The were *smaller*! Boo swizz :-(
Anyone else remember a 'sister' Mars bar called Nuts? Same typeface for
the logo, only with a yellow wrapper. And with nuts in. How long did
they last?
Gary Robert Kelly
<902524953.9445.0...@news.demon.co.uk>...
>> Weren't there several Milky Bar kids. They used to replace them when
>> when they got too old. This gives me disturbing visions of a Nestle
>> cloning farm somewhere.
>
>The specific one I remember is the bespectacled short-arse with the
>light (white?) hair and a really irritatingly treble voice.
That's like saying you remember the character from 'Chorlton & the
Wheelies' that had wheels on.
Gary Robert Kelly
>I was thinking about The Tomorrow People just recently and thought it
>would make great viewing on UK Gold or Granada Plus.
It's on the Sci-Fi Channel, Monday & Tuesday nights at 1 am.
Gary Robert Kelly
>>And they reckon 'a finger of fudge is just enough to eat' ?
>
>I saw that ad fairly recently halfway through something we were
>watching in a media lecture. Needless to say, everyone started
>singing the jingle. They don't 'em like that anymore.
I spent my early primary school years rocking out to the Blue Riband
Blues. And making like Animal to the closing music off Rainbow.
Mark Wayt
> typeface for
> the logo, only with a yellow wrapper. And with nuts in. How long did
> they last?
Yes, but don't let nestle hear you say that. They are still around, but
we seem to get the red wrapper with the islamic writing on the side,
BUT, I have seen the yellow wrappered one like you're on about.
Mark, York.
neil_h...@hotmail.com
gennie <gen...@mark-dio.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <35cf4258...@news.demon.co.uk>, Gillian Hardy
> <gil...@agnetha.demon.co.uk> writes
> >Well, they were going to change Twix to Raider but, for once, the UK
> >won out on that one. For now.
>
> Where are they called Raider?
Different product names on the continent have been an endless source of
amusement for British kids on school trips throughout the ages.
My personal favourites were 'Bum' bubblegum from Italy, and a French brand
of lemonade with the unfortunate name of 'Pschitt!'
neil h.
Nick Rothwell
> My personal favourites were 'Bum' bubblegum from Italy, and a French brand
> of lemonade with the unfortunate name of 'Pschitt!'
There's an entire book featuring these badly-named products, most of
which (unsurprisingly) are Japanese.
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(Which comes in a can which looks like a blue coke can - even has the
swirly ribbon device, but then it is made by coke!). It's quite nice - a
bit like purdeys salts water.
Mark.
Peter Thomas
>>Can anyone suggest a year for these things? I hope they're nice and old
>>so that me recalling it from years ago is impressive and that I can
>>credibly use the excuse that the only reason I know it is that I was
>>young and the advertisers did their job properly.
>>TRIIIIII-O! TRII-II-II-O! I WANT A TRIO AND I WANT ONE NOW!
>>(and a song... which no longer... rhymes...)
>Blimey! Must have been mid/late seventies? John Peel voiceover, IIRC
>(which I probably don`t) ...to the Banana Boat Song` (...daylight come
>and I wanna go home...)
mid 80s, actually.
And late 80s for the Milky Way space thing.
Sad Ken
<Xblac...@hotmail.com> writes:
>'88/'89? Around the same time as Skittles and Kylie + Jason anyway.
Anyone recall the chocolate bars from the same period named something like
"Lila Pause", with a lilac - coloured wrapper? I seem to recall I was the only
person I knew eating them. The ad had a cheerful tune, and lots of Swiss
mountainsides, dairy cows and maidens in it. They were quite nice, too.
Sad Ken
Gary Robert Kelly
<903140497.19723.0...@news.demon.co.uk>...
>>>TRIIIIII-O! TRII-II-II-O! I WANT A TRIO AND I WANT ONE NOW!
>>>(and a song... which no longer... rhymes...)
>>Blimey! Must have been mid/late seventies? John Peel voiceover, IIRC
>>(which I probably don`t) ...to the Banana Boat Song` (...daylight come
>>and I wanna go home...)
>
>mid 80s, actually.
>
>And late 80s for the Milky Way space thing.
More like 1991, or thereabouts.
"And I'm back in the attic, I'm playing with the embryo farm"
- The Mabuses
Gary Robert Kelly
>TRIIIIII-O! TRII-II-II-O! I WANT A TRIO AND I WANT ONE NOW!
At school it was:
Taaaam-pax! Ta-a-ampax!
I want a Tampax and I want one now!
Not one, not two, but three things in it,
Cotton wool, cardboard and a string on too!
Gary Robert Kelly
>>making like Animal to the closing music off Rainbow.
>
>It wasn't just me! Actually I downloaded the music and I still do it
>now. That drum fill kicks arse.
<shit-eating grin>
Gary Robert Kelly
<6r1613$uim$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>Different product names on the continent have been an endless source of
>amusement for British kids on school trips throughout the ages.
>
>My personal favourites were 'Bum' bubblegum from Italy, and a French
brand
>of lemonade with the unfortunate name of 'Pschitt!'
Anyone here ever bought a box of Nora Knackers?
Billy
>Have they reduced the size of those boxes on sale in the cinema or is it
>just me being a greedy bastard?
>
I think you may have gotten bigger rather than the box getting
smaller. Its the same with the leg room you now get in cinemas. I'm
sure when I was a kid there was much more legroom :-)
Billy
I don't believe in all that astrology rubbish because I'm a Leo
and Leo's don't believe in all that astrology rubbish
Chris Heathcote
>Anyone recall the chocolate bars from the same period named something like
>"Lila Pause", with a lilac - coloured wrapper? I seem to recall I was the only
>person I knew eating them. The ad had a cheerful tune, and lots of Swiss
>mountainsides, dairy cows and maidens in it. They were quite nice, too.
Made by Lindt, hence lots of lilc and swiss cows on the wrpper.
c.
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<199808150043...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
>In article <6qvsqi$345$1...@heliodor.xara.net>, "Gary Robert Kelly"
><Xblac...@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>>'88/'89? Around the same time as Skittles and Kylie + Jason anyway.
>
>"Lila Pause", with a lilac - coloured wrapper? I seem to recall I was the
only
>person I knew eating them. The ad had a cheerful tune, and lots of Swiss
>mountainsides, dairy cows and maidens in it. They were quite nice, too.
But vy are ze cows purple?
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see-my-sig-for-...@nospam.demon.co.uk (Peter Thomas) wrote:
> "@nn@" <as...@york.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> >>That should read Ferero Rochay, of course.
> >Ferrero Rocher.
> >Rocher means 'rock' in French.
>
> AFAIK, the French word for rock is 'pierre'.
No, the French word for "rock" is "rocher". "Pierre" means "stone".
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Rod Begbie
sad...@aol.com (Sad Ken) writes:
> Anyone recall the chocolate bars from the same period named something like
> "Lila Pause", with a lilac - coloured wrapper? I seem to recall I was the only
> person I knew eating them. The ad had a cheerful tune, and lots of Swiss
> mountainsides, dairy cows and maidens in it. They were quite nice, too.
Why is the Milka cow lilac?
Rod.
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Sad Ken
<Xblac...@hotmail.com> writes:
>>My personal favourites were 'Bum' bubblegum from Italy, and a French
>brand
>>of lemonade with the unfortunate name of 'Pschitt!'
>
>Anyone here ever bought a box of Nora Knackers?
>
Plopsies was a good breakfast cereal, as was it's competitor Crapsy Fruit. Wash
it down with Dribly lemonade, and cleanse yourself later with Sit and Smile
toilet paper.
Sad Ken
Mike Warren
> In article <35d0d6c0...@news.demon.co.uk>,
> gil...@agnetha.demon.co.uk (Gillian Hardy) writes:
> > Milky Way's aren't the same anymore either. They used to be a lot
> > bigger and nicer.
>
Buy a mars bar and remove the yukky toffee bit..
then youll have an old fashioned Milky way;)
Mike Warren.
Mike Warren
> H wrote in message <35cebfbb....@news.globalnet.co.uk>...
>
> >I was thinking about The Tomorrow People just recently and thought it
>
> >would make great viewing on UK Gold or Granada Plus.
>
Yes...especially the ones with Phillipa forrester
in them...the later ones...including the one where
she is clad in nowt but a bath-towel;)
Mike Warren.
Sad Ken
writes:
>Why is the Milka cow lilac?
>
I can't recall it being lilac at all. Don't know...
Sad Ken
@nn@
>>Anyone recall the chocolate bars from the same period named something like
>>"Lila Pause", with a lilac - coloured wrapper? I seem to recall I was the
>only
>>person I knew eating them. The ad had a cheerful tune, and lots of Swiss
>>mountainsides, dairy cows and maidens in it. They were quite nice, too.
>
>
>But vy are ze cows purple?
I remember those!
You can still get them i think. If not here, i am sure i saw them in
Spain last week.
Lila Pause: always sounded like a brand of sanitary towel to me.
a.
LouFiddler
Also still on sale in Germany, my mother-in-law brought some back for my kids.
Anna, I don't understand why you think they sound like a brand of sanitary
towel but I do know that I shall ALWAYS think of them the same way now. Thanks.
from
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SJ Emmons
>In article <6rdvg0$21s$2...@pump1.york.ac.uk>, "@nn@" <as...@york.ac.uk> writes:
>>"David Hookham" <da...@hookham.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>I remember those!
>>You can still get them i think. If not here, i am sure i saw them in
>>Spain last week.
>>Lila Pause: always sounded like a brand of sanitary towel to me.
>Also still on sale in Germany, my mother-in-law brought some back for my
>kids.
I bought them while in Germany thinking it would make a good gift and
reminder of the trip. Imagine my surprise when I found them on general sale
in Britain not 2 weeks after I got back. Doh!
<sad note>
While in a German chemists I recognised a Eurovision song entry over the
tannoy. And it wasn't the winning one either.
</sad note>
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Julian Carr
<loufi...@aol.com> writes
>In article <6rdvg0$21s$2...@pump1.york.ac.uk>, "@nn@" <as...@york.ac.uk> writes:
>
>>"David Hookham" <da...@hookham.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>>"Lila Pause", with a lilac - coloured wrapper? I seem to recall I was the
>>>only
>>>>person I knew eating them. The ad had a cheerful tune, and lots of Swiss
>>>>mountainsides, dairy cows and maidens in it. They were quite nice, too.
>>>
>>>
>>>But vy are ze cows purple?
>>
>>You can still get them i think. If not here, i am sure i saw them in
>>Spain last week.
>>Lila Pause: always sounded like a brand of sanitary towel to me.
>
>Also still on sale in Germany, my mother-in-law brought some back for my kids.
>towel but I do know that I shall ALWAYS think of them the same way now. Thanks.
>
>from
Definately in germany. They come in loads of different flavours, and are
really cheap. I was there touring t;ast year and we bought them by the
dozen.
Julian Carr
fitter happier more productive
LouFiddler
<S...@emmons.demon.co.uk> writes:
>On 19-Aug-98 11:13:34, LouFiddler wrote:
>>In article <6rdvg0$21s$2...@pump1.york.ac.uk>, "@nn@" <as...@york.ac.uk>
>writes:
>
>>>"David Hookham" <da...@hookham.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>I remember those!
>>>You can still get them i think. If not here, i am sure i saw them in
>>>Spain last week.
>>>Lila Pause: always sounded like a brand of sanitary towel to me.
>
>>Also still on sale in Germany, my mother-in-law brought some back for my
>>kids.
>
>I bought them while in Germany thinking it would make a good gift and
>reminder of the trip. Imagine my surprise when I found them on general sale
>in Britain not 2 weeks after I got back. Doh!
>
><sad note>
>While in a German chemists I recognised a Eurovision song entry over the
>tannoy. And it wasn't the winning one either.
></sad note>
Oh no SJ, you did? dear, dear, dear....:-(
James Masterton
>Peter Thomas wrote in message
>
>>>>TRIIIIII-O! TRII-II-II-O! I WANT A TRIO AND I WANT ONE NOW!
>>>Blimey! Must have been mid/late seventies? John Peel voiceover, IIRC
>>>(which I probably don`t) ...to the Banana Boat Song` (...daylight come
>>>and I wanna go home...)
>>
>>mid 80s, actually.
Sorry if this is resurrecting an old thread but I've been away from the
group for a few weeks. I can definately confirm the TRIO!!! advert as being
1984, for the simple reason that I can remember Bev Phillips doing a pretty
damn convincing impression of the girl in the advert when I was in the first
year.
>>And late 80s for the Milky Way space thing.
>
>More like 1991, or thereabouts.
Dated as late 1990 through 1991 due to memories of singing it in chorus in
the Sixth Form common room at school. Said jingle was actually turned into a
proper record, with Milky Way references removed of course. It was given a
Christmas theme, still about racing cars and called 'Home For Christmas Day'
and was credited to The Red Car And The Blue Car. It made Number 44 in
December 1991.
I have a copy somewhere if anyone is interested!
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