Who Can Remember

[Mini Martyn]

What chocolate had the catch phrase "melts in your mouth and not in your hands?"

Thanks

[Duncan Stewart]

smarties?

[Wul]

Minstrels before they were taken over by Galaxy! :D

[Fontal]

M&M'S With their crispy shell

[Big Col]

Yup. It be M&M's. Yup yup.

[Bazthemod]

I thought it was Areo????

[minidriver#1]

quote:Originally posted by Bazthemod

I thought it was Areo????


try holding an aero in your hands with the rapper off for a few minutes then let us know what happens :D:blackeye: hehe

[Wul]

In the UK it was defo Minstrels - we'd never heard of M&M's back then or any dodgy white rap artists either :p

[GAJ]

Yup Minstrels!

[Gismo]

Had a whole bag of them at the pictures last night whilst watching Lord Of The Rings, i can confirm they defo did not melt in my hand :eek: but then they didn't last all that long either ;) burp, add to that the hot dog and ice cream :p did i go off topic

[Wul]

quote:Originally posted by Bonnie Scotland

did i go off topic


Yes - but you've made me hungry now!:clown:

[Julz]

quote:Originally posted by Bonnie Scotland

Had a whole bag of them at the pictures last night whilst watching Lord Of The Rings, i can confirm they defo did not melt in my hand :eek: but then they didn't last all that long either ;) burp, add to that the hot dog and ice cream :p did i go off topic


Goodness sake Alan, M&M's, hot dog, ice-cream AND a topic!!!:p:)

[Gismo]

Well if you are counting, i also had some of me julie's popcorn and the large diet coke, wasn't really all that hungry ;)

[duncan]

Glad to see it was just Diet Coke! ;)

[Willie M]

Definitely Minstrels. As Wul said, M&M's hadn't arrived in the UK at that point.

:D Can anyone remember which delicacy had the strapline, 'What has a hazelnut in every bite?' ;):D

[GAJ]

A squirrels... No a Topic!

[Willie M]

:D I think you were correct with your first guess Gaj ;)

[Wul]

OK then - for all you sweets fanatics out there what was "made to make your mouth water" :eek:

Clean answers only please!;)

[Burple]

quote:Originally posted by Wul

OK then - for all you sweets fanatics out there what was "made to make your mouth water" :eek:

Clean answers only please!;)


Oh come now...
try us with a hard one ;) (Easy tiger!! raaawwwrrrrr!)
Opal Fruits of course...

Waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy before this Starburst nonsense!!! :D:cool:

[seany]

opal fruits is not chocolate,

try a flake

[monkimagic]

What about " you never know when the nibbles will strike" ? was that not a chocolate ?

[Fontal]

Munchies

[r15col]

This is a memory trip!

Close your eyes and go back in time...
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac.
Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
Way back........

>I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
>The corner shop.
>Butterscotch.
>Skipping.
>Handstands.
>Football with an old can.
>Beano, Dandy, Buster, Twinkle and Dennis the menace.
>Roly Poly.
>Hula Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
>An ice cream cone on a warm summer night from the van that plays
>a tune -
>Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe Neapolitan or
>perhaps a screwball

>Wait......
>Watching Saturday morning cartoons....short commercials,
>The Double Deckers, Road Runner, He-Man, Zeebedee
>Tiswas or Swapshop?, and 'Why Don't You'? - or staying up for
>Doctor Who.
>When around the corner seemed far away and going into town
>seemed like going somewhere.

>Earwigs, wasps, stinging nettles and bee stings.
>Sticky fingers.
>Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro.
>Climbing trees.
>Building igloos out of snow banks.
>Walking to school, no matter what the weather.
>Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your
>stomach hurt.
>Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
>Being tired from playing....remember that?

>The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
>Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
>Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
>Choppers and Grifters

>I'm not finished just yet.....
>Eating raw jelly. Orange squash ice pops.

>Remember when...
>There were two types of trainers - girls and boys, and Dunlop Green
Flash - and the only time you wore them at school was for P.E.

>You knew everyone in your street - and so did your parents.
>It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.

>You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
>When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.
>When 25p was decent pocket money
>When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
>When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids got there.

>When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to
>dinner at a real restaurant with your parents.

>When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him
>to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.

>When being sent to the head's office was nothing compared to the
>fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
>Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because
>of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs etc. parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! - and some of us are still afraid of them!!

> Didn't that feel good?
>Just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!

>Remember when....
>Decisions were made by going " Ip Dip Dog sh*t"
>"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
>Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in
>"Monopoly".

> The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was germs.
>And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one.

>It was unbelievable that 'British Bulldog 123' wasn't an Olympic
>event.
>Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a catapult.

>Nobody was prettier than Mum.
>Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
>Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable aspirin.
>Ice cream was considered a basic food group
>Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true

>Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest
>protectors

>If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED.

> Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life...

[Wul]

I never had a pair of dunlop green flash - i usually got gola torpedo's with the plastic soles!

Some great memories there though! Making pea shooters from plastic tubing and a bag of dried peas - lethal if you got hit on the bonce! ;)

[broken_brian]

i ALMOST feel old reading that 2nd last post but it is so very true :):)
ps: im still scared of my mates mum cos she would still hit you for being cheeky :blackeye::eek:

[Heather]

This is a memory trip!

Thanks for that! made me and my fellow nurses smile today!

[Fontal]

Thats it I am now officialy getting old ;)

That is so true, it made me have a little giggle remembering how things used to be in the good old days ;)

[Julz]

[quote]Originally posted by r15col

Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
[quote]

Mmmmm, reminds me of yesterday!!:p

[Mini Martyn]

Forgot to mention Black Sand Shoes and Green Overalls at school!!

I dont feel old i was in Dublin at the weekend and got ID'd!!! :D:D

[Starky]

quote:Originally posted by Mini Martyn

What chocolate had the catch phrase "melts in your mouth and not in your hands?"

Thanks
I'm sure it was "Treats", they were called that before Minstrels.:)

[Wul]

No Starky! Treats were the predecessor to Peanut M&M's!

Like the joke about the boy who got a peanut stuck up his nose, the doctor poured some melted chocolate down his nostril then skelped the back of the boys head and it cam out a treat!

[Julz]

quote:Originally posted by Starky


quote:Originally posted by Mini Martyn

What chocolate had the catch phrase "melts in your mouth and not in your hands?"

Thanks
I'm sure it was "Treats", they were called that before Minstrels.:)


They do bloomin' melt, Kirsty gave us a tub of Minstrels yesterday, which the lid fell off of, and they proceeded to scatter all over the floor, melt and get squished into the floor mats!!:dead::disapprove:

[Burple]

quote:Originally posted by Julz


quote:Originally posted by r15col

Running till you were out of breath, laughing so hard that your stomach hurt.
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.

Mmmmm, reminds me of yesterday!!:p


Heh heh heh...
Just another normal Mini run for us lot then??? ;);):D:D
....and with some Kevin Bloody Wilson and the Banana splits thrown in for a giggle too!! :D:D:cool::clown:

[john]

You were close with Minstrels They were previosly called TREATS and they melt in your mouth not in your hands:)

[Starky]

quote:Originally posted by john

You were close with Minstrels They were previosly called TREATS and they melt in your mouth not in your hands:)
Thanks John, sorry Wul:)

[Wul]

OK OK! I admit defeat! It would appear Treats/ Treets came in toffee, peanut and chocolate flavour so i'll just be quiet now!;)

[Wul]

But they were still miles better than M&M's will ever be! :D

[DNV122]

waht about:

kicking a can of coke along the road from the local shop to the school then opening it up in front of your mates.......

going to school early to play football before school started, playing during all the breaks and finishing the day 29-25 winners !!

[Willie M]

Fond memories. Eating 3 packets of 'Space Dust' in a oner and eating a beef & tomato pot noodle 'raw' (straight out of the tub with no water added). Lovely :approve: <burp> :I

[Julz]

quote:Originally posted by Willie M

Fond memories. Eating 3 packets of 'Space Dust' in a oner

We were talking about this at work the other day!! You don't get space dust anymore, not that I found anyway, but you can occasionaly find a cheap imitation and Willie Wonka has some in one of his choccie bars!!! <POP>;):clown:

[Big Col]

:eek::eek::eek:

Oh my god!!!! What's happening to you all????? I can’t make it on for a few days and what happens??? One minute the site is a vibrant seething mass of banter and youthful energy, the next, a thread started by a seemingly innocuous question tilts the whole site into a downward spiral! All of the members who were full of such youthful exuberance just a few days before suddenly degenerate into a pack of reminiscing old fogies, sitting at their PCs sucking on a Werthers Original and talking about "The good ol' days". It's like a sketch from the ruddy fast show! 'It's a far cry from small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Isn't it? Mmmmm. Marvellous”. For the love of god people FIGHT THE MADNESS!! Don't give in to codgerism! Next thing you know this site'll be called www.newchairliftscotland.co.uk and you'll be swapping tips on the best false teeth adhesive and giving out advice on what knots to use for incontinence pants! Fight it! FIGHT IT DAMN YOU!:mad::mad::mad:

[Big Gordy]

Oh your back then I take it :p:D:approve:

[Wul]

Big Col - the link you posted doesnae work!:p

Hey - what about wham bars! Pink toffee with space dust through it!

[Starky]

Take a breath Big Col, 4 u take an 'art attack.

[monkimagic]

[quote]Originally posted by r15col

This is a memory trip!

Close your eyes and go back in time...
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac.
Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
Way back........

I got lost after closing my eyes, could'nt read the damn message :)