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Slug commented on the post, The Things Kids Say! 1 day, 15 hours ago
The ancient word “vexed” meaning angry, which I associated with Victorian English, has made its way firmly back into the modern kids’ lexicon – as in “I hate my boyfriend. He is making me well vex.”
Every […]
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 4 days, 3 hours ago
Nothing to do with jangly guitars, unfortunately. It was the catchphrase from a series of TV ads for Wrangler jeans. The boss’ minion would do something dumb, causing the boss to exclaim “Good grief, Rickenbacker” […]
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 4 days, 3 hours ago
I adored all the Irwin Allen shows; Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, Lost In Space, Land Of The Giants, Time Tunnel – all brill. But then he went into movies (Towering Inferno and The Poisedon Adventure were both […]
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 4 days, 4 hours ago
My ‘plo’ was a joke, of sorts, on the typo in Rigid’s previous post. But I still don’t see the sexual nature in it for it to be construed as Freudian. Are you implying it’s something to do with foreskins? […]
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 5 days, 21 hours ago
Yes, that was the joke. How is it Freudian though?
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 5 days, 22 hours ago
Sainsbury’s tried stocking them a few years back, but the chocolate digestives organised a petition to complain about them leaving the biscuit aisle in a mess and nicking unattended iced gems, so they got moved […]
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 5 days, 22 hours ago
Sorry, but you’ll need to explain the possible Freudian aspect to me.
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 6 days, 4 hours ago
Awopbopaloobop
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 6 days, 12 hours ago
Very Nasty. They were Colgate flavoured Opal Fruits.
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 6 days, 12 hours ago
In the 70s, plo neck jumpers were absolutely de rigeur for the well dressed aircraft hi-jacker.
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 6 days, 12 hours ago
I think that was Cadbury’s Milk Tray (a bar version of their still available and rather nasty Milk Tray selection box)
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 6 days, 13 hours ago
Ooh, Mackintosh’s Mint Cracknel…a thin choccy bar with a sort of spun sugar centre that resembled luminous green fibre glass. Also Lime Cracknel, which I preferred.
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 6 days, 14 hours ago
I liked Cresta but it had the weirdest taste, like the sweetest, most artificial concoction the factory could possibly devise. It would probably be illegal today. But the very best thing about Cresta was the cool […]
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Slug commented on the post, Bygone brands 6 days, 14 hours ago
Old Jamaica was relaunched by Cadbury’s just last year, as a flavoured Bourneville bar, and is widely available. Not quite as I remember it but it’s not bad.
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Slug commented on the post, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President 1 week ago
Who now sees him as “as probably the best ex-President the US has ever had” ? Certainly not the average American.
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Slug commented on the post, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President 1 week ago
It’s being frequently repeated on Sky Arts at the moment.
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Slug commented on the post, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President 1 week, 1 day ago
Musically, it’s an interesting film. I particularly enjoyed the footage of Dizzy Gillespie playing ‘Salt Peanuts’ with Carter doing the vocals.
But ask the average American, including dyed in the wool Democrats, […]
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Slug commented on the post, Australia v India Test series 1 week, 1 day ago
Terrific sport. This is why Test cricket is so much more satisfying than the 20/20 thrash fest.
Rishabh Pant was sensational but that was a truly magnificent team effort from a severely under-strength India team. […]
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Slug commented on the post, Phil Spector dead 1 week, 2 days ago
Liam n’ Noel clearly agree with you.
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Slug commented on the post, Phil Spector dead 1 week, 2 days ago
Wasn’t Spector himself the main man behind the short lived ‘Back to Mono’ campaign? Or was it just a cool button badge and nothing else? I believe he even got Lennon on board with it.
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