I sent my British friend 8.9 pounds of chocolate bars today...

Glenda

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:25 PM
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I sent my British friend 8.9 pounds of chocolate bars today...

Hershey's, Nestle's, you name it. He only recently tried American chocolate, and needed more. :)

Glenda

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Sequoia

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:27 PM
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1. Speaking of chocolate: Where's the Mars Bars?

I haven't seen that candy bar in the store or anywhere for a long time. Those were very good. Anyone seen them around?

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Veggie Meathead

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:27 PM
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2. Are you sending coal to Newcastle?The Brits have Cadbury's

which, in my humble opinion,is the best candy bar bar none.

May be you want the Brits to become as fat as we are. LOL.

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Glenda

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:29 PM
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I told him that's why we are so fat....

But he wanted them anyway. Maybe people want what they can't easily get.

Glenda

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Kellanved

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:51 PM
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10. Makes no difference

Hershey is the same inferior product as Cadbury. Contains fat other than cacao butter - it isn't even considered chocolate in wide parts of the civilized word.

</Chocolate Snob>

Also I have to wonder- getting bars from anywhere in the world (US, Japan, South America, ...) is hardly a problem here (Berlin), I am amazed that it is a problem in the UK.

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dammit905

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:29 PM
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3. Yes, send them gifts!

Edited on Thu Sep-16-04 06:29 PM by dammit905

I'm sick of being hated by Britons. The prejudice I've run into for being American is unfortunate. It's worse in Canada though, methinks.

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Glenda

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:31 PM
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5. LOL!! I am paving the way for John Kerry when he is President...

by sending chocolate to the Brits now. :D

Glenda

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muriel_volestrangler

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:29 PM
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4. No disrespect, but most American chocolate isn't up to much

I prefer continental (European) dark chocolate, but British milk chocolate tastes better than American.

What American chocolate does Nestle produce? Did they buy some American company, the way they bought Rowntree's in Britain?

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Glenda

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:32 PM
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7. Nestle's Crunch, for one

He said they used to have it there, but now he can't find any.

Glenda

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Magrittes Pipe

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:31 PM
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6. Are you sure his teeth can handle it?

:scared:

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Glenda

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:33 PM
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8. Do I look like a dentist?

I'm just the enabler here :D

Glenda

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AmericanErrorist

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:50 PM
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9. Did you send him Reese's Fast Break?

That delectable merger of nougat, peanut butter, and choclate? I couldn't imagine coming back to anything else after you eat your first Fast Break.

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DS1

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:52 PM
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11. What a freak

Americans know nothing about chocolate.

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Blue Gardener

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:57 PM
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12. But Europe has BETTER chocolate!

Why does he want American chocolate?

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EstimatedProphet

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Thu Sep-16-04 06:58 PM
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13. He likes them over British chocolate?

He's crazy then Flake bars ROCK!

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billbuckhead

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Thu Sep-16-04 07:16 PM
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14. Venezuelans claim they have the best candy bars

I tried a couple and they were good, I wished I could remember their names.

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miss_kitty

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Thu Sep-16-04 07:36 PM
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15. mmmm the best chocolate i had was in England...

it was Belgian Chocolate...

now i like to get that 70% cacao stuff in oversized bars...it is yummmy!

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