The happiness didn't last long.

[Stat Brother]

Less than 24 hours to be precise.

We have a chairman with big pockets and normal sized arms, a half built stadium, and now hopefully the final piece of the puzzle, in Mr Poyet.
NSC hasn't had a binfest for days, and it's flair this n' flair that, all should be right in the world, and I was until 11:30 when I saw these.

All new Sherbet Fountains, where to being:-
-It's a screw top.
-They are plastic, no paper round a toilet roll.
-There's no liquorice sticking out the top.
-The inside of the tub is white, so you don't know when it's empty. I spent hours looking in to see if I'd finished. I'm 39 years old, it's difficult to justify that time to my boss.
-It's not possible to scrunch the tube to get one big lump of shebert, hitting you in the back of the throat.

AS FOR THE LIQUORICE.
It's bad enough I no longer sticks out of the top, but it's tiny.
At the end of the whole experience I wasn't left with a rock hard lump of liquorice which I was unable to digest. The tooth pick was just gone.

I'm ashamed to call myself English, come on NSC the future might be bright the future might be Brighton, but there are still plenty of battles we have to fight. I give you.

BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL FOUNTAIN.

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

I agree Stat - when will they stop messing with our food? Remember Opal Fruits? Marathon? SpaceDust?
They keep rebranding and downsizing whilst jacking up the price and it's just not on!

 

[skipper734]

Wagon Wheels are microscopic now as well. Or am I just getting bigger?

 

[Harley S]

Yes, & how small is the orange bit in Jaffa Cakes nowadays !!

 

[Spun Cuppa]

Perhaps we could get Gus to have a word? When he's finished walking on water, of course

 

[Zeke Rowe's shoes]

Wagon Wheels are microscopic now as well. Or am I just getting bigger?

they clearly used to be the size of actual wagon wheels.

 

[Zeke Rowe's shoes]

Yes, & how small is the orange bit in Jaffa Cakes nowadays !!

appropriate name you've got for this thread!

 

[Easy 10]

Just on environmental terms I cannot BELIEVE Bassetts have made such an arsecake out of one of their premiér products. Instead of the traditional bio-degradable cardboard SHEATH, we now have this plastic monstrosity to contend with ? I am shocked to the core, and appalled.

I shall be penning a strongly worded letter to Bertie Bassett in the morning, and will be following this up with a prolongued and extensive leaflet campaign in order to raise awareness. As soon as I learn how to spell lickerish.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Not only can you not get Coffee walnut whips anymore, they also took the bloody walnut out of the inside, leaving a solitary half walnut on the top

PS Easy, I think lickerish is taking this thread slightly off topic

 

[skipper734]

Err. Sorry Easy I have just eaten his head.

 

[Easy 10]

Err. Sorry Easy I have just eaten his head.

Well, he had it coming after...after THIS.

 

[Altered State]

Wagon Wheels are microscopic now as well. Or am I just getting bigger?

The WW packets in our local shop say 'SIZE MATTERS'! They still seem to be smaller than actual wagon wheels though.

And Bertie Bassett OUT - Dave Bassett could do a job there?

 

[Twinkle Toes]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Sack The Board & P45 for Bertie 'Judas' Bassett!!

 

[marcos3263]

I've been an avid reader of NSC off and on for many years, I have laughed and I have cried along with the comments but nothing has driven me to actually post anything as I never thought my opinion would count.

However I too am angered by the gradual destruction of all elements of my childhood - what legacy can we leave our children and our children's children if the basics are gone.

Its the simple pleasures in life that make it worth living.

so I'm going to hold my breath and stamp my feet until they bring real sweets back

 

[skipper734]

Hornby train sets are made in China. Meccano is made in France. And on and on.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Proper sweets

 

[skipper734]

3d.

 

[jezzer]

remember the pez sweets with the toy dispenser?, you used to flick the head back and a pink one would pop out, sounds rude dunnit.

 

[jezzer]

oh yeah and tuti fruti`s, they were lovely and chewy, used to shove about 15 in my gob at once to make a giant chewy ball of delight

even mars dont taste the same anymore

 

[Juan Albion]

remember the pez sweets with the toy dispenser?, you used to flick the head back and a pink one would pop out, sounds rude dunnit.

Still common around here. Do you need me to send you some?