Comments | venta: Vanilla smile and a gorgeous strawberry kiss

venta

Vanilla smile and a gorgeous strawberry kiss

Aug 15, 2013 12:07

Yesterday, I invited people to play Be Surprised By The Price of Confectionery. And many of you did, thank you.

( The Answers, or Your Chance To Be Surprised )

shopping, answers, food, silly games

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valkyriekaren August 15 2013, 13:48:59 UTC

Where the hell can you find a B&B for £35? Every time I've looked recently (usually for work purposes) it's been more like £50 - £70.

valkyriekaren August 15 2013, 13:48:03 UTC

A finger of Fudge is just enough, Twix fits, but Marathon *really* satisfies, as the old advertising slogans used to say.

I'm currently traumatising my 22-year-old workmate with bizarre stuff from the 1980s. I've already shown her the jawdroppingly racist Kia-Ora advert, and next I'm going to introduce her to The Hitman and Her.

venta August 15 2013, 13:55:30 UTC

Whenever there's a snack gap... Twix fits! I don't remember the Marathon one, though. Though I do recall that someone, somewhere, is having a Toffee Crisp.

next I'm going to introduce her to The Hitman and Her.

I'm pretty sure workplaces are covered by the Geneva Convention, y'know.

valkyriekaren August 16 2013, 11:32:49 UTC

True, and I'm pretty sure showing people most of The Hitman & Her counts as sexual harassment too.

exspelunca August 15 2013, 13:57:32 UTC

Wonder if economists, wanting to make price comparisons without the hassle of exchange rates, still use numbers of Mars bars to compare prices. This begs the question of whether Mars bars themselves are a strict comparison in terms of price across the world but, then, get two economists and you've got three opinions.

venta August 15 2013, 15:03:02 UTC

A definition I found yesterday of economics:

The science of explaining tomorrow why the predictions you made yesterday didn't come true today.

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venta August 15 2013, 15:16:36 UTC

Even if the actual bar has changed size, I still think the concept of "a Mars bar" could be a useful thing. So long as you aren't using it as an actual substitute for an exchange rate.

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bateleur August 15 2013, 16:46:35 UTC

As far as I'm concerned these are all LOLprices. But then, I don't even put up with supermarkets' multi-pack prices and generally pick things up only when the rotating special offers tell me it's OK. Mars Bars, therefore, are 35p. Polos are 25p. No idea about Fudge, but (ironically?) I wouldn't expect much below 20p!

stegzy August 15 2013, 19:49:15 UTC

When ever I fancy something sweet with a savoury accompaniment I still, at the age of nearly forty, treat myself to a packet of Space Raiders and a Chomp. They both fulfil that Choccy-salty snack craving for under 50p.

The high price of "premium" chocolates and crisps is the main reason I buy Chomps and Space Raiders.

And why I'm fat.

Probably.