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[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally Posted by ferretchucker

you americans have some things better. Your nice houses are better than our nice houses, your themes parks are better, you're police force is better. We just have better television shows, sports games, sweets and chocolate. :)

I live in New Orleans, so I'm going to have to strongly disagree with better police force. Of course you already know what I have to say about sports.

[hellfire1]

Originally Posted by Disease

Smarties came first, that is why M&m's went for the selling point, melts in your mouth, not you're hand, it was a dig at smarties...

From Wikipedia (but then again, we never know the veracity of these sites):

"The official M&M's website states the idea for M&M's came from the Spanish Civil War: "Legend has it that, while on a trip to Spain, Forrest Mars Sr. encountered soldiers who were eating pellets of chocolate encased in a hard sugary coating. This prevented it from melting. Inspired by this idea, Mr. Mars went back to his kitchen and invented the recipe for M&M'S® Plain Chocolate Candies." The chocolate that the soldiers were eating were coated to prevent chocolate from sticking to their fingers. Forrest Mars was traveling with a member of the Rowntree family, "...and Rowntree went on to make Smarties, a candy similar to M&M's."[2] After the rights were purchased by Forrest Mars Sr. and R. Bruce Murrie in 1929, they had to reintroduce them to the domestic market with a different name because there was already a candy product sold in the U.S. under the name Smarties. To identify their new brand, they combined the first initials of their last names: M & M."

And the fact that it says "Legend had it" can also cast some doubt on how true it is. :p

[Disease]

You know I could edit wickpedia right now and enter an elabarate story about smarties, but I can't be assed...

[hellfire1]

Haha... do it !

[Disease]

Maybe I should just edit the m&m's one and say how it is a marketing strategy...

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally Posted by hellfire1

Haha... do it !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_%28Nestl%C3%A9%29

[hellfire1]

Originally Posted by AUSTIN316426808

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_%28Nestl%C3%A9%29

:D :D :D :D

[Disease]

From Wickipedia...


The official M&M's website states the idea for M&M's came from the Spanish Civil War: "Legend has it that, while on a trip to Spain, Forrest Mars Sr. encountered soldiers who were eating pellets of chocolate encased in a hard sugary coating. This prevented it from melting. Inspired by this idea, Mr. Mars went back to his kitchen and invented the recipe for M&M'S® Plain Chocolate Candies." The chocolate that the soldiers were eating were coated to prevent chocolate from sticking to their fingers. But really that's just a load of Bullshit, but hey, believe what you will.

[tic]

Originally Posted by ferretchucker

you americans have some things better. Your nice houses are better than our nice houses, your themes parks are better, you're police force is better. We just have better television shows, sports games, sweets and chocolate. :)

Excuse me but I happen to work with the Police, when you are older and work with them yourself then you can decide, until then shut it or I'll have to make some enquiries.

Rowantrees' who make smarties belong to a Swiss company therefore are technically not "english", if they ever where.

I am also very patriotic. I am English, born there, lived there, however I now live in Scotland and can understand why the Scots hate the English. I used to think it was because the English had a better national football team, and I do support them over the Scot's side - when England beat Argentina in the World Cup a few years back, the only way I could watch it, was in a bookies in Glasgow, thankfully I was a good runner then, cause when Beckham scored I cheered, much to the annoyance of the Scots people in the bookies at the time, who were ripping up their betting stubs - however why is it that everything is English this, and English that.

I suppose now it's the English Army who are over in Iraq, no Scots (who incidently have gained more medals than any English regiment), no Irish or Welsh.

No, its called the British Army, because it's made up from ALL British nationalities.

The Union Flag is again not the English flag but the flag of the Union, ie England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

I am personally getting just a little bit sick of people who think that when I say British, Britain, GB or the UK I am saying English or England. NO I AM NOT



No wonder Scotland wants Independence.

[Disease]

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