£21 for four fantas

[Scary]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Kola

Packed full of tartrazine, looks like radioactive urine, tastes of chemicals.

Also strangely addictive.

[doodab]

These days they mix cola with orange and call it schwip schwap. Or Spezi.

[Mich the Tester]

so Bomber Harris owes me £15, the schweinhund

Ze Germans are truly innovative when it comes to making disgusting tasting drinks. On a visit to the DDR in 1987, I sampled some of this, a truly vile attempt to make a sort of commie cola. It smelt like tar and tasted rather like I imagine tar tastes. I think ze Germans should stick to making beer and Riesling.

[EternalOptimist]

You bought a piece of history,
Fanta has its origins in Germany,[1] when a trading ban was placed on that nation by the Allies during World War II.[1] The Coca-Cola GmbH, therefore was not able to import the syrup needed to produce Coca-Cola in Germany.[1] As a result, Max Keith, the man in charge of Coca-Cola's operations in Germany during the second World War, decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time,[1] including whey and pomace – the "leftovers of leftovers", as Keith later recalled.[2] The name was the result of a brief brainstorming session, which started with Keith exhorting his team to "use their imagination" ("Fantasie" in German), to which one of his salesmen, Joe Knipp, immediately retorted "Fanta!".[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta

so Bomber Harris owes me £15, the schweinhund

[Paddy]

Took the grandkids to see the cirque du Soliel last week, and we had a fantastic time.

but...
It cost me £21 for four little orangey drinks and one little pop of boxcorn.

i can get five pints and a kebab for that, and still have enough left over to feed me whippet

You bought a piece of history,
Fanta has its origins in Germany,[1] when a trading ban was placed on that nation by the Allies during World War II.[1] The Coca-Cola GmbH, therefore was not able to import the syrup needed to produce Coca-Cola in Germany.[1] As a result, Max Keith, the man in charge of Coca-Cola's operations in Germany during the second World War, decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time,[1] including whey and pomace – the "leftovers of leftovers", as Keith later recalled.[2] The name was the result of a brief brainstorming session, which started with Keith exhorting his team to "use their imagination" ("Fantasie" in German), to which one of his salesmen, Joe Knipp, immediately retorted "Fanta!".[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta

[gingerjedi]

If no-one was prepared to pay these prices they wouldn't sell any, only this morning I was shaking my head at the local council run sports centre where the machine wanted £1 for tea in a plastic cup.

We take drinks and food with us wherever we go.

[Scary]

Has anyone noticed how Fanta differs according to the country you're in? In Bolivia it's a much deeper orange colour and for some reason I felt compelled to drink it with every meal. I haven't really touched the stuff since.

[northernladuk]

Took the grandkids to see the cirque du Soliel last week, and we had a fantastic time.

but...
It cost me £21 for four little orangey drinks and one little pop of boxcorn.

i can get five pints and a kebab for that, and still have enough left over to feed me whippet

Went to see the same with SWMBO and paid 9 quid for a drink and hot dog. I could hardly eat it for choking on the price.

[EternalOptimist]

Why are you buying your grandkids a sweet sugary drink with no nutritional value? Do you not like them?

like them ?
Have you heard what they do to fat guys with baldy patches ?

[sasguru]

Why are you buying your grandkids a sweet sugary drink with no nutritional value? Do you not like them?

[TimberWolf]

Took the grandkids to see the cirque du Soliel last week, and we had a fantastic time.

but...
It cost me £21 for four little orangey drinks and one little pop of boxcorn.

i can get five pints and a kebab for that, and still have enough left over to feed me whippet

IGYC

[Mich the Tester]

Took the grandkids to see the cirque du Soliel last week, and we had a fantastic time.

but...
It cost me £21 for four little orangey drinks and one little pop of boxcorn.

i can get five pints and a kebab for that, and still have enough left over to feed me whippet

You should follow MTT's rule of entertainment decisions; when in doubt, choose the pub.

[EternalOptimist]

That's what Grandads are for.

It's in the job description...

We invented a new game in the upstairs of the trafford centre.
'Drop the chewy onto the fat mans baldy patch'. I have never seen two kids laugh so hard, pure evil. I dont know where they get it from

then theres a shop called buildabear. jeez, talk about money for old rope

[cojak]

That's what Grandads are for.

It's in the job description...

[EternalOptimist]

Took the grandkids to see the cirque du Soliel last week, and we had a fantastic time.

but...
It cost me £21 for four little orangey drinks and one little pop of boxcorn.

i can get five pints and a kebab for that, and still have enough left over to feed me whippet