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Sue Nov 22nd 2011 1:21 pm

Is it just me? ....
 
.......but when I see the Christmas Hershey's ads on TV I just think "yuck." The last thing I would want to find in my Christmas Stocking is a Hershey's Kiss (akin to a lump of coal in my book ;) :eek: )

(sorry to all those who like Hersheys)

Bob Nov 22nd 2011 1:38 pm

Re: Is it just me? ....
 
It is kind of on par with being given a satsuma isn't it :lol:

Sally Redux Nov 22nd 2011 3:05 pm

Re: Is it just me? ....
 

Originally Posted by Sue (Post 9749117)
(sorry to all those who like Hersheys)

Shouldn't that be condolences?

nethead Nov 22nd 2011 3:16 pm

Re: Is it just me? ....
 

Originally Posted by Bob (Post 9749144)
It is kind of on par with being given a satsuma isn't it :lol:

I'd much rather have a satsuma.

sime303 Nov 22nd 2011 3:47 pm

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I should win a ****ing oscar, when I get given Hershey's and look 'em in the eye and utter the words "oooooh my favourite"

Mummy in the foothills Nov 22nd 2011 3:55 pm

Re: Is it just me? ....
 

Originally Posted by nethead (Post 9749259)
I'd much rather have a satsuma.

So would I. :lol:
I just saw the one where someone pops a hershey kiss in the little girls mouth at the end and did say "Yuck" out loud, Dh laughed.

materialcontroller Nov 22nd 2011 9:20 pm

Re: Is it just me? ....
 
Hersheys Chocolate is like a synonym for so much else from the USA.

Tasteless and unsophisticated.

Sue Nov 23rd 2011 2:17 am

Re: Is it just me? ....
 
Just to balance things out a bit I also can't stand the old British classic .... CUSTARD.

I have very scary memories of my school puddings swimming in the stuff. One time the lunch monitor made me eat my pudding in spite of me telling her I didn't like custard (the dinner ladies just shoved it on top my apple pie) and I preceded to throw up all over her shoes. (That'll teach her :D )

(Once again ... apologies to any custard lovers out there)

BritishGuy36 Nov 23rd 2011 2:21 am

Re: Is it just me? ....
 

Originally Posted by Sue (Post 9749117)
.......but when I see the Christmas Hershey's ads on TV I just think "yuck."

Indeed.

Why anyone would want to eat brown candle wax is beyond me.

Uncle Ebenezer Nov 23rd 2011 2:24 am

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Originally Posted by BritishGuy36 (Post 9750169)
Indeed.

Why anyone would want to eat brown candle wax is beyond me.

I'd rather eat ear wax. Anybody's.

scrubbedexpat097 Nov 23rd 2011 2:26 am

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I saw a commercial for Hersheys where the chocolate looked like the inside of an aero bar....please, no...they aren't trying to copy my most favouite chocolate bubble bar are they????:sick:

rpjs Nov 23rd 2011 2:33 am

Re: Is it just me? ....
 
OH tries hard to counter my anti-Hersheyism with "oh but Cadbury's is just as bad". I don't like Cadbury's either but I'd rather eat a ton of it than an ounce of Hershey's.

Uncle Ebenezer Nov 23rd 2011 2:39 am

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Originally Posted by rpjs (Post 9750198)
OH tries hard to counter my anti-Hersheyism with "oh but Cadbury's is just as bad". I don't like Cadbury's either but I'd rather eat a ton of it than an ounce of Hershey's.

Comparing Hershey's to Cadbury's is like comparing liver-sausage to foie-gras. (Except I like liver-sausage, but you get the idea.)

Bob Nov 23rd 2011 2:49 am

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Originally Posted by Sue (Post 9750164)
Just to balance things out a bit I also can't stand the old British classic .... CUSTARD.

Oh I agree, it is a bit of lumpy minge....but now and again, a can of birds custard does hit the spot, like beans on toast :lol:

HP brown sauce/Daddy's, Pork Pies, Kidneys in Steak and Kidney Pie, Salad cream....all minging.

GetOutOfBlighty Nov 23rd 2011 2:54 am

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Originally Posted by Bob (Post 9750216)
Salad cream....

YOU WHAT?! :angry_smile:


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