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12 Mar 2003, 15:26
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I am an idiot
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The official 'Chocolate bars are not as big as they used to be' Thread
I dont know about you but when I was a lad Wagon Wheels were as big as real wagon wheels. Now they are more like a digestive biscuit! Which incidentally, used to be bigger than the 2 mouthfuls they are now.
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12 Mar 2003, 15:28
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Henry Kelly
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Wagon Wheels did indeed shrink.
The ****s.
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12 Mar 2003, 15:29
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Dirte
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Its a law of nature.
Good chocolates shrink, and cost more.
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12 Mar 2003, 15:30
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Forever Delayed
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Mars, Snickers and Dairy Milk - all smaller.
But Boosts are big, which is nice.
M.
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12 Mar 2003, 15:31
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Poster Professionale
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Your only bigger and greedier.
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Originally Posted by Nodrog
I wish we could trademark for a less shitty poster
hahahahahahaha, get it?
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12 Mar 2003, 15:32
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I am an idiot
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Oh yeah, what about Curly Wurly's? Now smaller than a smurfs penis 
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12 Mar 2003, 15:37
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Its because your hands, mouth, and any other bodily partsyou compare the size of chocolate to have grown, whereas the chocolate hasn't.
Or its a global conspiracy involving willy wonka, and assorted other chocolate makers. Take your pick.
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12 Mar 2003, 15:46
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Dirte
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jammers
Its because your hands, mouth, and any other bodily partsyou compare the size of chocolate to have grown, whereas the chocolate hasn't.
Or its a global conspiracy involving willy wonka, and assorted other chocolate makers. Take your pick.
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When you have a choice like this, you MUST go for the conspiracy.
They are so much more fun!
Oh, and it is a conspiracy. I know. "They" told me.
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12 Mar 2003, 15:53
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Your only bigger and greedier.
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Originally Posted by Nodrog
I wish we could trademark for a less shitty poster
hahahahahahaha, get it?
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12 Mar 2003, 15:54
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It was a Stupid Dream
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Marathon > Snickers
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12 Mar 2003, 15:54
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Dirte
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Quote:
Originally posted by Cynical Oracle
Your only bigger and greedier.
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Not me. When i was a kid, i was a greedy little bastard.
Now, i think, i have improved a little. And im very small, so im not much bigger.
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12 Mar 2003, 15:55
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Quote:
Originally posted by Cynical Oracle
Your only bigger and greedier.
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If you insist on repeating yourself, you might at least have the courtesy to correct your elementary grammatical error.
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12 Mar 2003, 16:06
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Throwing Shapes
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Not chocolate but I remember things like Wham! bars used to be huge. Chewy too. Now (if indeed you can still get them) they're just tiny crunchy and crap.
And I swear Chewits have got smaller too (or less of them).
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12 Mar 2003, 16:07
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Throwing Shapes
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jammers
Its because your hands, mouth, and any other bodily partsyou compare the size of chocolate to have grown, whereas the chocolate hasn't.
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Not true, the actual net weight is down on the wrappers too.
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12 Mar 2003, 16:34
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Clerk
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Steven Jay Gould actually wrote an article about this in one of his regular essays. There's a whole statistical analysis that can be done about the size of Hershies apparently.
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12 Mar 2003, 17:12
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Originally posted by Starbucks
Marathon > Snickers
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hey man im so old school i remember the name older=better so if i post the old name im cool and superior
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12 Mar 2003, 17:28
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Curly Wurlies are ace
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12 Mar 2003, 17:33
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It was a Stupid Dream
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Originally posted by Deffeh
hey man im so old school i remember the name older=better so if i post the old name im cool and superior
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opal fruits > starburst
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12 Mar 2003, 18:43
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Its the nature of chocolate bars. They become cheaper and cheaper (in real terms, ie the price stays the same for a while) and smaller and smaller, then when they reach a small enough size, the company sends out the "newer bigger" more expensive version and the cycle starts anew.
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12 Mar 2003, 18:47
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Henry Kelly
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There's a bit there that applies.
Barely.
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12 Mar 2003, 19:39
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Cooki-Monster
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mong
Mars, Snickers and Dairy Milk - all smaller.
But Boosts are big, which is nice.
M.
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Boosts have changed quite a bit they are nice now must be the glucose they put in it
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12 Mar 2003, 19:48
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Yorkies where shrunk for a while, and that can be proven
They used to spell Y O R K I E across the blocks. They lopped one off and simply wrote yorkie across each block :eek:
I dunno if its back to normal
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12 Mar 2003, 19:53
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Lord Denning
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Quote:
Originally posted by BesigedB
Yorkies where shrunk for a while, and that can be proven
They used to spell Y O R K I E across the blocks. They lopped one off and simply wrote yorkie across each block :eek:
I dunno if its back to normal
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They should have written Y O R K Y 
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12 Mar 2003, 20:45
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bunga
Its the nature of chocolate bars. They become cheaper and cheaper (in real terms, ie the price stays the same for a while) and smaller and smaller, then when they reach a small enough size, the company sends out the "newer bigger" more expensive version and the cycle starts anew.
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the justification of the ´king size mars bar´however is completely different.
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12 Mar 2003, 21:19
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Throwing Shapes
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Possibly the most tragic marketing effort was Mars trying to palm of Snickers without the nougat for the same price - some limited edition nonse. *Surprisingly* that strategy collapsed a few weeks later.
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12 Mar 2003, 21:20
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Throwing Shapes
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Quote:
Originally posted by Starbucks
opal fruits > starburst
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Treats > Peanut M&M's
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