First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

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First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by Julian Mince » Wed Nov 04, 2026 10:36 am

..then they took the Rice out of Rice Krispies: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqvg0y44ym7vo

Is nothing sacred? It's no wonder the youth of today are like they are.
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Re: First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by Redpig59 » Wed Nov 04, 2026 11:26 am

Tsk!
They'll be changing the name of Marathons next.
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Re: First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by Julian Mince » Wed Nov 04, 2026 11:34 am

Redpig59 wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 04, 2026 11:26 am
 Tsk!
They'll be changing the name of Marathons next.
I would have to write to Mr Echo if that were to happen.
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Re: First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by Redpig59 » Wed Nov 04, 2026 11:38 am

And they had better not mess with Spangles!
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Re: First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by Julian Mince » Wed Nov 04, 2026 12:15 pm

Redpig59 wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 04, 2026 11:38 am
 And they had better not mess with Spangles!
That would push me right over the edge, make no mistake!
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Re: First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by Redpig59 » Wed Nov 04, 2026 1:10 pm

I would write to the MD of Woolworths and threaten to boycott them if they tried that nonsense!
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Re: First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by Phillip Phlopp » Wed Nov 04, 2026 1:21 pm

This would never have happened under TLSK. Hang your head in shame Mr Burnham. And you embarrassed TLKCIII with your loose talk about giving people of a darker hue trillions of our money after we had set them free. Ungrateful wretches.
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Re: First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by Julian Mince » Wed Nov 04, 2026 1:23 pm

Burnham has to go!
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Re: First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by Red Baron » Wed Nov 04, 2026 2:00 pm

I liked Spangles - especially the 'Old English' flavours. I looked them up on Wiki to find out what happened to them.

This made me laugh:
When Spangles were introduced in 1950, sweets were still on ration, and the price of sweets had to be accompanied by tokens or points from one's ration book, but Spangles required only one point instead of the two required for other sweets and chocolate.
This bonus, accompanied by effective marketing, made Spangles even more popular. American actor William Boyd was chosen to front the advertising campaign as a character he made famous in numerous films, Hopalong Cassidy, along with the slogan "Hoppy's favourite sweet".



Another slogan was "The sweet way to go gay!"
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Re: First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by Redpig59 » Wed Nov 04, 2026 3:39 pm

Red Baron wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 04, 2026 2:00 pm


Another slogan was "The sweet way to go gay!"
Yeah I don't think that they would use that line now.
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Re: First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by Phillip Phlopp » Wed Nov 04, 2026 9:26 pm

Or 'A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat'.

I blame 1970s entertainment stars.
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Re: First they made Wagon Wheels smaller..

Post by RockitRon » Wed Nov 04, 2026 11:47 pm

Julian Mince wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 04, 2026 10:36 am
 ..then they took the Rice out of Rice Krispies: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqvg0y44ym7vo

Is nothing sacred? It's no wonder the youth of today are like they are.
And it's no use running down to your local supermarket to stock up on the old recipe - they've already put the new stuff in.

However, the own-label equivalent, costing about half the price, still uses the old recipe and is still available.
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