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Mark Mayhew
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 Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:26 am Post subject: Size Matters |
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We bought a pack of 6 Wagon Wheels in Tesco's today. The outside of the packaging has "size matters " written all over it.
On opening up one of the individual packs I am sure they are still smaller than I remember them being when I was a teenager.
Size does matter! |
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RockitRon
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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 Everything's smaller than it was then (well, nearly...)
A Mars bar used to last me all morning... when I was ten.
Some companies have been reducing the size of packs as a veiled price increase. Have you noticed that the 250g bars of Cadbury's Dairy Milk have shrunk to 230g?
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Rachel
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Wagon Wheels are proportionally smaller because we have grown. Back in the old days a Wagon Wheel was a two-hand job and many a mouthful too, but now with larger more dextrous fingers and more capacious mouths – they’re gone in a couple of bites- very disappointing. |
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SantaFefan
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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yes and they were covered in a decent thickness of chocolate too - not the waxy spray on rubbish used today... 
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Toggy
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| They are definately smaller, no doubt about it. |
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Shaky Fan
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I see Monster Munch are being advertised as "bigger like they used to be". What they don't add is that the price is also bigger at around 58p per bag! |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Some Females don't mind the Yorkie Bar in their handbags. |
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Rachel
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:47 am Post subject: |
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The Yorkie bar .. "Not for girls" campaign is for exactly the opposite reason.
Every girl should have one in their hand bag .... |
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RockitRon
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:33 am Post subject: |
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Every girl should have one in their hand bag .... |
...for self-defence, if nothing else. It's like a brick.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LH2pLzdeCP0
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SantaFefan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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talking of old chocolate bars... I thought of one the other day.
Swisskit. anybody remember that one?
"Would you risk it for a Swisskit?" was the catchline on the ads..
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RockitRon
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| Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Use the phrase but don't remember the content of or eating the bar - it was muesli apparently.
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