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General Category => Deals => Topic started by: smurfboy on November 15, 2006, 07:10:49 pm

Title: After Eights
Post by: smurfboy on November 15, 2006, 07:10:49 pm

Two boxes for £3 at Somerfield

Title: After Eights
Post by: loulou on November 25, 2006, 11:09:01 pm
Morrisons 300g boxes £2.69 and buy one get one free. Empty shelf.
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Post by: kevvosa on November 25, 2006, 11:14:15 pm
I saw there were loads of the After Eight milk chocolate bags left yesterday but the dark choc ones had all gone. 
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Post by: loulou on November 25, 2006, 11:15:18 pm
I like the milk choc ones in the boxes.
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Post by: oldspice on November 26, 2006, 09:37:45 am
After Eights have a chemical taste to them these days.
Title: After Eights
Post by: smurfboy on November 26, 2006, 11:50:06 am
Is anyone else annoyed by the fact that although the milk ones come in a blue box, they still come in black envelopes? How are the guests at your sophisticated soiree supposed to know which are which?
Title: After Eights
Post by: loulou on November 26, 2006, 12:39:30 pm
Well you could take a bite out of all the milk choc ones or you could put them out seperately.
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Post by: kevvosa on November 26, 2006, 02:20:19 pm

Quote from: smurfboy
Is anyone else annoyed by the fact that although the milk ones come in a blue box, they still come in black envelopes? How are the guests at your sophisticated soiree supposed to know which are which?


Best thing to do would be to eat all the milk choc ones, buy a box of cheap imitation After Eight and put them in the little envelopes. No one will ever know
Title: After Eights
Post by: loulou on November 26, 2006, 04:31:09 pm
I would know cos after eights have after eight written all over them.
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Post by: kevvosa on November 26, 2006, 08:03:11 pm
Smurfy says he's tried it before - did anyone notice?
Title: After Eights
Post by: smurfboy on November 26, 2006, 10:18:17 pm

It wasn't specifically with After Eights - I just put some own brand chocs out on a fancy plate and let people think they were posh.

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Post by: loulou on November 27, 2006, 01:27:21 am
That's a good idea.
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Post by: oldspice on November 27, 2006, 07:10:30 am
Does anyone remember those false silver-looking containers that were made especially to hold After Eight boxes? That was the days when After Eight were considered luxuries. You see loads of them at car boots these days.
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Post by: loulou on November 27, 2006, 10:49:43 am
Yes I remember those. Weren't they supposed to be the height of sophistication?
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Post by: kevvosa on November 27, 2006, 02:27:34 pm
Bizarre to think that anything connected to After Eight should be considered sophisticated. 
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Post by: loulou on November 27, 2006, 09:21:58 pm
and ferrero roche.
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Post by: kevvosa on November 27, 2006, 09:42:21 pm
And Quality Street. 
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Post by: loulou on November 28, 2006, 10:44:19 pm
When was sophistication linked with QS?
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Post by: goldencup on November 29, 2006, 08:58:09 am

Quote from: loulou
I would know cos after eights have after eight written all over them.


People at my parties are far too drunk to bother reading what the chocolates say on them. 

Title: After Eights
Post by: kevvosa on November 29, 2006, 09:56:32 am

Quote from: loulou
When was sophistication linked with QS?


I've known a lot of people who think Quality Street is posh and upmarket. Mind you, they weren't posh themselves so maybe there's the clue.
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Post by: oldspice on November 30, 2006, 06:55:20 am
I won't be buying any this year that's for sure. Do you remember the scandal last Christmas when they put loads of revolting mini Yorkie bars in QS to make up the weight and get rid of them? Many people were horrified.
Title: After Eights
Post by: kevvosa on November 30, 2006, 04:57:42 pm
I was one of them! Of all the cheap tricks Nestle could pull.

My mums giving me a tin for Xmas and they better not have any in this time.