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Chat => General => Topic started by: paulham on December 19, 2008, 02:11:02 pm

Title: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: paulham on December 19, 2008, 02:11:02 pm: I got sent this as an email today.

* when you spend £50

£50!!! on their chocolates? In one go!? They're taking the piss.

http://www.thorntons.co.uk/ThorntonsSite/pages/home/default.asp
It's not meant as a link advert, just to show how desperate things have got!
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: netbuddy on December 19, 2008, 11:14:00 pm: £50 on Thornton's stuff is not allot really. You could easily do £50 in Thornton's without breaking a sweat.
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: Jim@Chocolatemission on December 20, 2008, 12:46:08 am: you probably would break a sweat as you would probably be rather large if you ate over £50 of Thorntons!
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: netbuddy on December 20, 2008, 09:14:03 am: Oh, yeah, if you ate the bloody lot yourself. You'd most likely end up doing a chocolate yawn with that much of the stuff.
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: loulou on December 20, 2008, 07:26:21 pm: Please don't let anyone give me Thorntons this year.
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: Jim@Chocolatemission on December 20, 2008, 07:52:38 pm: I am gifting strictly Hotel Chocolat this year .... just don't tell anyone it is free :D
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: paulham on December 20, 2008, 08:54:37 pm: You and your free loading! (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dnaimages/boards/images/f_biggrin.gif)
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: smurfboy on December 21, 2008, 01:11:50 pm: Quote from: Jim@Chocolatemission on December 20, 2008, 07:52:38 pm
I am gifting strictly Hotel Chocolat this year .... just don't tell anyone it is free :D

Have I mentioned how much I love you? ;)
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: loulou on December 21, 2008, 01:33:50 pm: Oh yay Jim have you got us all presents?
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: drterror666 on December 21, 2008, 01:54:44 pm: Yay! HC presents!
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: Jim@Chocolatemission on December 21, 2008, 10:47:08 pm: errrr uh oh!!! Maybe I will run another competition in January! I am forever giving away free stuff!! I have for the last three months any way! Has anyone ever had the HC champagne truffles are they actually any good? Thats what most my family are getting!
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: drterror666 on December 22, 2008, 06:06:36 pm: Hotel Chocolate champagne truffles are best and booziest truffles in the entire universe (apart from Booja Booja, of course)! 10/10, no problem. I would also recommend their Drunken Raspberry's and Rum Truffles. Yum!
Title: Re: FREE Thorntons Continental (800g)*
Post by: smurfboy on December 23, 2008, 01:47:14 pm: Amen on the Drunken Raspberry. My absolute faves though are the Griotte Deluxe.