
Is this like the rebranding that's always happening like Immac is now Veet and Jif is now Cif?
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:27,
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Snickers is a crappy name for our beloved Marathon.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:31,
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I will not tollerate any of this namby pamby Startburst crap.
you have been warned
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:35,
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you have been warned

I'm still having problems remembering the 'new' name for Opal Fruits.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:33,
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it was just in the UK that they felt 'Cif' was to close to 'Syphilis' and wouldn't sell.
100% FACT!
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:31,
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100% FACT!

That's why we don't have to learn other languages, and we cross the language barrier by the use of shouting in English so that johnny foreigner can understand.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:33,
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get me egg and chips...
E G G A N D C H I P S
bloody work shy mumble mumble
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:37,
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E G G A N D C H I P S
bloody work shy mumble mumble

I once met a French couple who found it easier to understand us if we talked with 'Allo 'Allo accents. Was most amusing for us all.
Edit/ then they went and bloody beat us at Scrabble - in English. Fucking cheek.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:39,
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Edit/ then they went and bloody beat us at Scrabble - in English. Fucking cheek.

Caaaaannnnnn yoooooouuuuuuu (point to foreigner) speaaaakkkkiiieee (make mouthy movement with hand) daaaaa Eeeenglish?
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:38,
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I have hung my head in shame whilst abroad seeing other tourists doing that.
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:41,
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changed the English one to Cif because johnny foreigner pronounced Jif as if
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Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:47,
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