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Subject: 
Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Fri, 5 May 2000 00:02:25 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Franks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Peter White writes:
> 
> > > Heh.  The Lone Star franchise seems to exist everywhere *except* the
> > > Lone Star State (Texas, USA).  So yes, your having Lone Star
> > > restaurants in Sydney is exactly analogous to our having Outback
> > > Steakhouses in Houston.  Ugh.
> > 
> > Susan, maybe we should swap ;^)
> 
> Maybe it's just a giant mistake?
> 
> 
> > > > One myth that's true though is that Cadbury's chocolate is better
> > > > than Hershey's (and I can speak from a tasting experience). <GD&R>
> > > 
> > > Mmmm, Cadbury's!  And say, doesn't the Violet Crumble (yum!) come from
> > > .au?  ... sure does, check out <URL:http://www.violetcrumble.com/>,
> > > which is not the official site but instead some enterprising person
> > > from California who ships it within the USA.  I can't find an official
> > > site for Hoadley's; is there one?
> > 
> > Must be Cadbury's higher sugar content. Before travelling to the US,
> > I wondered what the fuss was about Hershey's (I still do).
> > Cadbury's now have a range of icecreams that mimic their chocolate bar • range !
> 
> Cadburys is higher in sugar? I always find NA chocolate too sweet - weird!
> Anyway - what is the difference between a 'Violet Crumble' and a Cadburys
> 'Crunchie'? As far as I can tell they look the same ;-)

Hmmm, maybe I just found Hersheys blander....

Correcto, just choc-coated honeycomb.

> Also - I tried <http://www.cadburys.co.uk/> which now is top of my list of
> horridly evilly smelling annoying corperate sites. Urgh!

Who looks at corporate sites ? Ick ! :^$

pete.w



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  Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) Maybe it's just a giant mistake? (...) Cadburys is higher in sugar? I always find NA chocolate too sweet - weird! Anyway - what is the difference between a 'Violet Crumble' and a Cadburys 'Crunchie'? As far as I can tell they look the same ;-) (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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