Peanus butter

monkey0506 · Mon 17/10/2005 02:18:42

I love this Engrish thing. But what's up with this "Walkers" business? I seriously expected it to say "Lays"...crazy British folks.

Kweepa · Mon 17/10/2005 04:31:12

Yeah, bloody Walkers.
They took over the crisps industry in the 80s - and forced my beloved Golden Wonder out.
At least Tandragee Castle is still home to Tayto. Mmm, Onion Rings.

Haddas · Mon 17/10/2005 08:44:51

1â,¬ for a bag of crisps? Come to Finland. It's atleast twice as much. Local gas-station here sells a bag for 3,30

Nikolas · Mon 17/10/2005 08:52:08

Haddas: Really? My god, so if you never it chips you can save the money and buy a nice two bedroom house anywhere in the world? 3.30 euro is a lot of money!

And a small comment on the Brittish. I'm not one, I like the country a lot, I love living here, but I fail to see a reason on the OPEL cars being named VAUXHALL. Same with WALKERS and LAYS...

Kinoko · Mon 17/10/2005 08:57:48

Wow guys, don't take me so literally. I was rounding for one thing. For another, you have no idea what size bag I mean.

Nikolas · Mon 17/10/2005 09:13:03

Quote from: Kinoko on Mon 17/10/2005 08:57:48
Wow guys, don't take me so literally. I was rounding for one thing. For another, you have no idea what size bag I mean.

Anyway, Kinoko, Japan seems so much cheaper than Finland...

Haddas · Mon 17/10/2005 11:23:28

We're like the 3rd or so most expensive country in Europe

Pet Terry · Mon 17/10/2005 14:01:05

But our bags of crisps are also HUGE. I mean, HUGE. I doubt even Haddas could eat a megabag by himself at one go.

And gas-stations are expensive places anyways.

Haddas · Mon 17/10/2005 14:05:12

HAH. I eat one an hour. Only time I haven't finished something is that one family pizza with cheese crust and 4 different kinds of fatty meat and extra cheese. Believe me I'm a master eater. The smallest glass I drink from is a 0.5 l pint and I empty it quickly.

Nikolas · Mon 17/10/2005 14:50:56

Quote from: Haddas on Mon 17/10/2005 14:05:12
HAH. I eat one an hour. Only time I haven't finished something is that one family pizza with cheese crust and 4 different kinds of fatty meat and extra cheese. Believe me I'm a master eater. The smallest glass I drink from is a 0.5 l pint and I empty it quickly.

Ok. About beer: Now that my wife is gone and I can party all the time, I drink 6 pints of beer every day. Three for lunch and three in the evening. I can also eat a full size pizza with all kinds of meat, and of course extra cheese. But in the evening I only eat a salad... for 4! You know, 200 gr. of letuce, half a bottle of ceasar sauce, lots of parmegiano cheese, and some chicken (150-200 gr).

I try to watch my silouette!!!!!!

Kweepa · Mon 17/10/2005 14:59:34

Quote from: Nikolas on Mon 17/10/2005 08:52:08
I'm not one, I like the country a lot, I love living here, but I fail to see a reason on the OPEL cars being named VAUXHALL. Same with WALKERS and LAYS...

Walkers is a subsidiary of Lays (now I dislike them even more! thanks!), and produces a completely different product. Crisps, not chips.

As for Vauxhall, why not call all the cars General Motors? Because people recognise the brand. British people are buying the cars and they want to buy Vauxhall, not Opel or GM. According to this wikipedia article it was mainly big companies buying company cars that forced Vauxhall to stay Vauxhall:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel

Haddas, you realise that's not something to be proud of...

Haddas · Mon 17/10/2005 15:03:07

Quote from: SteveMcCrea on Mon 17/10/2005 14:59:34
Haddas, you realise that's not something to be proud of...

Each to his own

Also I never said pint of BEER. I mean pint of anything. Juice, Lemonade, Spirits, Battery Acid, Cleaning products.. you name it!

Nikolas · Mon 17/10/2005 15:23:38

Quote from: SteveMcCrea on Mon 17/10/2005 14:59:34
Walkers is a subsidiary of Lays (now I dislike them even more! thanks!), and produces a completely different product. Crisps, not chips.

I know, I saw that afterwards, my mistake...

As for Vauxhall, it's just that all other countries have OPEL, just an observation...
BTW, I find most intelligent, and much more convinient the left driving, but it remains the fact that the rest of Europe is driving on the right side.

Kweepa · Mon 17/10/2005 17:49:40

Quote from: Haddas on Mon 17/10/2005 15:03:07
Also I never said pint of BEER. I mean pint of anything. Juice, Lemonade, Spirits, Battery Acid, Cleaning products.. you name it!

Aah, I see. Then hold your head up high, young man!

Las Naranjas · Mon 17/10/2005 23:26:10

Thank Napoleon for the disparity of which side is drivn on.

Vive la difference!

Nikolas · Mon 17/10/2005 23:34:00

Viva!

Elliott Hird · Tue 18/10/2005 22:38:06

Quote from: esper on Sun 16/10/2005 07:35:42
Hambourkers???

Anyway...Ã,Â My friend in college married a Canadian girl, and her brother came down for the wedding (Elliot Hird, are you from Canada??? Her name was Kristine Hird, and I think she might have had a brother named Elliot)... He came bearing two of the stupidest potato chip flavors I have ever seen in my life...

Dill Pickle... and Ketchup.

Now, the Canadians seem to be taking over America, because we're selling Dill Pickle flavor in all our supermarkets. The Ketchup brand seems to have yet to catch on though... And also the Dill Pickle flavored popcorn...

Although I must say, prawn chips and mayonnaise and beef chips sound even worse...

Me? Canadian? Hahahaha. British, actually.