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Was CUK better in the old days?
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Oh come on, that's a definite improvement!Originally posted by northernladuk View PostThe Sherbert Fountain has the liquorice in it and it's now in a plastic bottle.

You'd only get half of the sherbet out before the top of the cardboard/paper tube holding the stuff collapsed into a dribbly mess..."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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I also remember trying to make the sherbet explode by blowing it across a lit match.Originally posted by cojak View PostOh come on, that's a definite improvement!
You'd only get half of the sherbet out before the top of the cardboard/paper tube holding the stuff collapsed into a dribbly mess...
Those were the days....
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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I wasn't allowed to play with matches...Originally posted by cojak View PostI also remember trying to make the sherbet explode by blowing it across a lit match.
Those were the days....
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It was better before all the betwetters joined and users and mods could take a joke. Now your likely to get banned for giving your opinion about a TV series.
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I bought a load from the Cadbury's outlet store in Salford a couple of weeks agoOriginally posted by doodab View PostEverything was better in the old days. Especially sweets. Whatever happened to those sherbet things you dipped liquorice sticks in? WTF was in sherbet anyway? Has it been banned?
Both Sherbet Fountains and Dip Dabs.
They've changed the lollies in Dip Dabs though
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI hadn't really understood this 'pwned' expression until I read DirtyDog's post.Comment
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It was better when we had milan posting about how it was better on the "old board", and how he had many "keyboard / coffee interface" moments.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI hadn't really understood this 'pwned' expression until I read DirtyDog's post.Comment
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Aye. Dear departed days.Originally posted by expat View PostI liked Freelance Informer.Hard Brexit now!
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At least you could tear the paper tube to get the sherbet out, unlike this one I had the other dayOriginally posted by cojak View PostOh come on, that's a definite improvement!
You'd only get half of the sherbet out before the top of the cardboard/paper tube holding the stuff collapsed into a dribbly mess...
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI hadn't really understood this 'pwned' expression until I read DirtyDog's post.Comment
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