I just got back from the Uk
May 2nd 2009, 12:39 pm
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I just got back from the Uk
And the list of things missing from Oz has now grown....
Pringles with more than 3 or 4 flavours
Toffee crisps
Revels
Malteasers with nice chocolate and proper honeycomb center
Minstrals
finger of fudges
Scotch eggs
Sausage rolls with just sausage meat in them
Pork sausages you actually want to eat
Dime bars
Golden Grahams
shoes in half sizes
Trousers in more than one leg size
Quavers
Hoola hoops
And before any defensive squid comes on and tells me yes you can get these
by driving 1500km to a sells british shop and pay 4 times the price, talk to the hand!
Even the marzipan tasted better!
Oh not moaning just saying is all.
Pringles with more than 3 or 4 flavours
Toffee crisps
Revels
Malteasers with nice chocolate and proper honeycomb center
Minstrals
finger of fudges
Scotch eggs
Sausage rolls with just sausage meat in them
Pork sausages you actually want to eat
Dime bars
Golden Grahams
shoes in half sizes
Trousers in more than one leg size
Quavers
Hoola hoops
And before any defensive squid comes on and tells me yes you can get these
by driving 1500km to a sells british shop and pay 4 times the price, talk to the hand!
Even the marzipan tasted better!
Oh not moaning just saying is all.
May 2nd 2009, 12:41 pm
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Re: I just got back from the Uk
I'd forgotten about shoes in half sizes!
May 2nd 2009, 12:43 pm
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Re: I just got back from the Uk
Dont know what to say, in disbelief really......as i can get all that crap in Perth if I choose to....
Dime bars, now theres an advert a few could easily star in!!!!
Dime bars, now theres an advert a few could easily star in!!!!
And the list of things missing from Oz has now grown....
Pringles with more than 3 or 4 flavours
Toffee crisps
Revels
Malteasers with nice chocolate and proper honeycomb center
Minstrals
finger of fudges
Scotch eggs
Sausage rolls with just sausage meat in them
Pork sausages you actually want to eat
Dime bars
Golden Grahams
shoes in half sizes
Trousers in more than one leg size
Quavers
Hoola hoops
And before any defensive squid comes on and tells me yes you can get these
by driving 1500km to a sells british shop and pay 4 times the price, talk to the hand!
Even the marzipan tasted better!
Oh not moaning just saying is all.
Pringles with more than 3 or 4 flavours
Toffee crisps
Revels
Malteasers with nice chocolate and proper honeycomb center
Minstrals
finger of fudges
Scotch eggs
Sausage rolls with just sausage meat in them
Pork sausages you actually want to eat
Dime bars
Golden Grahams
shoes in half sizes
Trousers in more than one leg size
Quavers
Hoola hoops
And before any defensive squid comes on and tells me yes you can get these
by driving 1500km to a sells british shop and pay 4 times the price, talk to the hand!
Even the marzipan tasted better!
Oh not moaning just saying is all.
May 2nd 2009, 1:05 pm
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Re: I just got back from the Uk
And the list of things missing from Oz has now grown....
Pringles with more than 3 or 4 flavours
Toffee crisps
Revels
Malteasers with nice chocolate and proper honeycomb center
Minstrals
finger of fudges
Scotch eggs
Sausage rolls with just sausage meat in them
Pork sausages you actually want to eat
Dime bars
Golden Grahams
shoes in half sizes
Trousers in more than one leg size
Quavers
Hoola hoops
And before any defensive squid comes on and tells me yes you can get these
by driving 1500km to a sells british shop and pay 4 times the price, talk to the hand!
Even the marzipan tasted better!
Oh not moaning just saying is all.
Pringles with more than 3 or 4 flavours
Toffee crisps
Revels
Malteasers with nice chocolate and proper honeycomb center
Minstrals
finger of fudges
Scotch eggs
Sausage rolls with just sausage meat in them
Pork sausages you actually want to eat
Dime bars
Golden Grahams
shoes in half sizes
Trousers in more than one leg size
Quavers
Hoola hoops
And before any defensive squid comes on and tells me yes you can get these
by driving 1500km to a sells british shop and pay 4 times the price, talk to the hand!
Even the marzipan tasted better!
Oh not moaning just saying is all.
May 2nd 2009, 1:10 pm
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Re: I just got back from the Uk
The simple answer is to never go back & then you will simply forget all these little things that can add up to one big thing!
May 2nd 2009, 1:17 pm
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Re: I just got back from the Uk
And the list of things missing from Oz has now grown....
Pringles with more than 3 or 4 flavours
Toffee crisps
Revels
Malteasers with nice chocolate and proper honeycomb center
Minstrals
finger of fudges
Scotch eggs
Sausage rolls with just sausage meat in them
Pork sausages you actually want to eat
Dime bars
Golden Grahams
shoes in half sizes
Trousers in more than one leg size
Quavers
Hoola hoops
And before any defensive squid comes on and tells me yes you can get these
by driving 1500km to a sells british shop and pay 4 times the price, talk to the hand!
Even the marzipan tasted better!
Oh not moaning just saying is all.
Pringles with more than 3 or 4 flavours
Toffee crisps
Revels
Malteasers with nice chocolate and proper honeycomb center
Minstrals
finger of fudges
Scotch eggs
Sausage rolls with just sausage meat in them
Pork sausages you actually want to eat
Dime bars
Golden Grahams
shoes in half sizes
Trousers in more than one leg size
Quavers
Hoola hoops
And before any defensive squid comes on and tells me yes you can get these
by driving 1500km to a sells british shop and pay 4 times the price, talk to the hand!
Even the marzipan tasted better!
Oh not moaning just saying is all.
when i got back from my holiday in scotland , everything here tasted orrible, the meat tasted verrrrrrrryy dodgy, but the memory of the taste is fading again and everything is edible again
Hopefully in another year i will be so brainwashed that i'll be saying how things are cheaper here (pmsl) and the pavements paved with gold.
May 2nd 2009, 1:29 pm
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Re: I just got back from the Uk
I don't give a toss about most British food (and please, Dairy Milk is not real chocolate) but I do buy shoes in half sizes in Sydney. 
May 2nd 2009, 2:03 pm
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Re: I just got back from the Uk
Are not those bars you can buy in Ikea the same as Dime bars? Can't remember exactly what they call them now.
And don't get me started on trousers. Having a slim athletic 16 year old son at 6 foot 3 I am just exceptionally grateful that I have a friend who's a seamstress. Especially when it came to finding him a suit for the year 12 grad ball.
And don't get me started on trousers. Having a slim athletic 16 year old son at 6 foot 3 I am just exceptionally grateful that I have a friend who's a seamstress. Especially when it came to finding him a suit for the year 12 grad ball.
May 2nd 2009, 2:14 pm
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Re: I just got back from the Uk
And how about WARM freshly baked farmhouse loaf of bread currently 70p in Morrisons... geez I must STOP buying it, i'll be fat as a house again 
Especially as i have just put a chunk of cheddar cheese with pickled onions and chives on it
Especially as i have just put a chunk of cheddar cheese with pickled onions and chives on it
May 2nd 2009, 2:22 pm
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Re: I just got back from the Uk
Nah, for me it was that last punnet of strawberries off the market - first English strawberries of the season. Pure gold! Only problem was though that they didnt last (with one granddaughter addicted to strawberries it was a close run thing as to who ate the most and the last two were eaten as we got in the car to head off to the airport on Tuesday).
Also, if Hotel Chocolat decides to move over here I would promise to be a faithful customer!
Also, if Hotel Chocolat decides to move over here I would promise to be a faithful customer!
May 2nd 2009, 2:23 pm
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Re: I just got back from the Uk
Stpo you're making us jealous
The biggest thing I miss is plain bread toasted with butter, plain bread is a Scottish thing and a must every time I go home.
The biggest thing I miss is plain bread toasted with butter, plain bread is a Scottish thing and a must every time I go home.