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Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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Thu, 4 May 2000 23:47:31 GMT
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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 ;-)

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

Richard



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  Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) range ! (...) Hmmm, maybe I just found Hersheys blander.... (...) Correcto, just choc-coated honeycomb. (...) Who looks at corporate sites ? Ick ! :^$ pete.w (26 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) I think that the best chocolate in the world is those guylian sea shells. (26 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) Susan, maybe we should swap ;^) (...) Any town/city with a university or population over 500,000 acquires diversity with the in and outgo of population. (...) Must be Cadbury's higher sugar content. Before travelling to the US, I wondered what (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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