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Re: Rare LEGO Promotional Sets
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:05:11 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Chris Gray wrote:
> On 12-11-17 10:12 PM, Gary Istok wrote:
> > cereal maker WEETABIX (similar to USA "Cream Of Wheat") in 1980. It had a box
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> I'm allowed to be off-topic, right? :-)
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> WEETABIX is nothing like "Cream of Wheat". I don't know about the US, but for a
> while WEETABIX was sold in Canada as well. Think of small bran flakes moulded
> into an oval form, about 3/4 inch thick and 4 inches long. See:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weetabix
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> My grandmother used to *mail* them to us for a couple years. They came as mostly
> crumbs, so eventually she stopped.
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> -Chris Gray (NALUG)
Chris... like most American's, I've never had Weetabix before... I've based my
entire knowledge about it on Showtime's THE TUDORS miniseries BLOOPERS clip...
(starting at 3:13 in this clip)....
http://youtu.be/jh2-ztulM3E
It looked like Chocolate Cream of Wheat... but I guess it's not... ;-)
Gary Istok
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| (...) You're right, it does! I have no idea of what that was about. The comment was about it being "too biscuitty". Maybe they had just smushed them up a lot. I will admit to doing that occasionally. -Chris Gray (12 years ago, 19-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm allowed to be off-topic, right? :-) WEETABIX is nothing like "Cream of Wheat". I don't know about the US, but for a while WEETABIX was sold in Canada as well. Think of small bran flakes moulded into an oval form, about 3/4 inch thick and 4 (...) (12 years ago, 18-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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