Reply to: Someone's put a black streak on Mars.

[Sysman]

Use as a reserve currency:

It has been observed on several occasions that the price of a Mars bar correlates fairly accurately with the change in value of the pound sterling since World War II.[18]

Alan Coren had something to say about that in a brilliant 1970s short story / essay* on inflation and Post Office Savings Accounts (which paid peanuts in interest). His position was that it wasn't worth saving in inflationary times.

* I can't remember the name of the book, but it was a collection of short stories. Very funny, though it would be dated nowadays.

[TimberWolf]

As a nipper I thought that Milky Way must be the only food product that was marketed as having no food value - "The sweet you can eat between meals without ruining your appetite". Those ads put me off buying Milky Way in my hiking days; Mars and Topic bars were what I took with me instead.

As we all suspected, Mars Bars have been getting smaller:

In the second half of 2008, Mars UK reduced the size of regular bars from 62.5g to the current 58g. Although the reduction in size was not publicised at the time, Mars claimed the change was designed to help tackle the obesity crisis in the UK. The company later confirmed that the real reason for the change was triggered by rising costs.
Mars bar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Use as a reserve currency:

It has been observed on several occasions that the price of a Mars bar correlates fairly accurately with the change in value of the pound sterling since World War II.[18]

Deep-fried Mars bar

Main article: Deep-fried Mars Bar

This is a Mars bar which has been coated with batter and deep-fried in oil or beef fat. First reports of battered Mars bars being sold in Stonehaven[citation needed], Scotland date back to 1995.[13]

Deep-fried Mars bars are available from some fish-and-chip shops in Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.[14][citation needed]

[Sysman]

FTFY

Slough!!!

In 1932, Forrest Mars, assumed estranged son of American candy maker Frank C. Mars, rented a factory in Slough and with a staff of twelve people began manufacturing a kind of chocolate bar that had not been seen before in the UK. At that time most chocolate was simply a solid block, whereas the Mars bar consisted of nougat and caramel covered in milk chocolate. It was modelled after his father's Milky Way bar, which was already popular in the US.[3] Today the basic recipe is unaltered but the size of the bar and the proportions of the main components have changed over the years.

As a nipper I thought that Milky Way must be the only food product that was marketed as having no food value - "The sweet you can eat between meals without ruining your appetite". Those ads put me off buying Milky Way in my hiking days; Mars and Topic bars were what I took with me instead.

[wobbegong]

http://www.windows2universe.org/mars/images/mars1.gif

Come on, own up, which of you was it?

We're waiting.

Alright, alright, I'm sorry. I had a bad vindaloo. I'll clear it up in the morning though. Honest.

[MarillionFan]

Nope. Looks like a giant dragon to me. Beady eye looking up at you and wings curled to the left.

[Board Game Geek]

Shadow of the Imperial Star Destroyer?

That's what I saw as well.

[Addanc]

Sorry, ran out of bog paper

[administrator]

http://www.windows2universe.org/mars/images/mars1.gif

Come on, own up, which of you was it?

We're waiting.

Shadow of the Imperial Star Destroyer?

[Sysman]

Don't buy these whatever you do:




Be alert because they appear at random intervals instead of the proper ones. I've been had twice now.

Any idea which country they are manufactured in? We had a look at a wrapper yesterday and although it gave the adresses of Mars in various countries, it didn't say which country they are made in.

[Churchill]

Did you know... Mars bars are called that because they were invented and made by the Mars family? Nothing to do with the planet. As David Mitchell pointed out on the wireless the other day..

FTFY

Slough!!!

In 1932, Forrest Mars, assumed estranged son of American candy maker Frank C. Mars, rented a factory in Slough and with a staff of twelve people began manufacturing a kind of chocolate bar that had not been seen before in the UK. At that time most chocolate was simply a solid block, whereas the Mars bar consisted of nougat and caramel covered in milk chocolate. It was modelled after his father's Milky Way bar, which was already popular in the US.[3] Today the basic recipe is unaltered but the size of the bar and the proportions of the main components have changed over the years.

There ya go my duck-faced friend!

[Platypus]

Did you know... Mars bars are called that because they were invented and made by the Mars family? Nothing to do with the planet. As David Mitchell pointed out on the radio the other day..

Yeah, right, and I suppose that the 'Milky Way' was invented and made by the 'Milkyway' family was it?

[dang65]

Did you know... Mars bars are called that because they were invented and made by the Mars family? Nothing to do with the planet. As David Mitchell pointed out on the radio the other day..

[TimberWolf]

Don't buy these whatever you do:




Be alert because they appear at random intervals instead of the proper ones. I've been had twice now.

[hyperD]

Shuttle pilot emptying his ashtray out the window?

[Platypus]

Probably just BP doing an exploratory drill!!