The Rant Thread

They need stabbed themselves,give them their own medicine. Stab them,break their legs or arms...the only way these fuckers will learn is through pain

Moving subject a bit, but this one's been bulding up on me for years. I'm pissed off with the companies that change the names of their products. First it was Marathon to Snickers, from a calorie and carb filled bar the name of which implies the level of energy packed inside, to a bar of chocolate that sounds vaguely like ladies undergarments. Then came Opal Fruits, they're coloured like banded opals and they taste of fruit (sort of) Opal Fruits! Now they're called Starburst. STARBURST! They're a little bit tangy, let's name them for what happens when a gigantic ball of hydrogen and helium goes nova, annihilating everything within several cubic light years! Immac as well, women I know (yes I know women, I'm not even related to some of them!) used to shave their legs, armpits and bikini lines with Immac, as it left them immaculately smooth in theory, now though they do it with Veet, which presumably makes their legs faster? (as a kid I thought new trainers did this for my feet) and Oil of Ulay has now become Oil of Olay, previously I never thought of it at all, now it makes me think of bull-fighting. I refuse to talk about coco-pops (changed and changed back) or Jif cleaning fluid!

Sorry, rant over. If you're wondering what set it off, it's that MTV2 were just playing House of Pain - Jump Around as part of the top ten of 1992. I realised the song was released sixteen years ago and suddenly felt middle age creeping up on me, provoking me to grumble about stuff that's changed since I was a little kid. If A Spider Monkey is hanging round with his Uncle Albert picture, I'm sure I'd deserve it.

its 10 fucking years from the 90s

tmfkamr-gummidge Wrote:Moving subject a bit, but this one's been bulding up on me for years. I'm pissed off with the companies that change the names of their products. First it was Marathon to Snickers, from a calorie and carb filled bar the name of which implies the level of energy packed inside, to a bar of chocolate that sounds vaguely like ladies undergarments. Then came Opal Fruits, they're coloured like banded opals and they taste of fruit (sort of) Opal Fruits! Now they're called Starburst. STARBURST! They're a little bit tangy, let's name them for what happens when a gigantic ball of hydrogen and helium goes nova, annihilating everything within several cubic light years! Immac as well, women I know (yes I know women, I'm not even related to some of them!) used to shave their legs, armpits and bikini lines with Immac, as it left them immaculately smooth in theory, now though they do it with Veet, which presumably makes their legs faster? (as a kid I thought new trainers did this for my feet) and Oil of Ulay has now become Oil of Olay, previously I never thought of it at all, now it makes me think of bull-fighting. I refuse to talk about coco-pops (changed and changed back) or Jif cleaning fluid!

Sorry, rant over. If you're wondering what set it off, it's that MTV2 were just playing House of Pain - Jump Around as part of the top ten of 1992. I realised the song was released sixteen years ago and suddenly felt middle age creeping up on me, provoking me to grumble about stuff that's changed since I was a little kid. If A Spider Monkey is hanging round with his Uncle Albert picture, I'm sure I'd deserve it.

Agree with you about product name changes. You mentioned Opal fruits, whatever happenned to Spangles? Did they die out or did they change name?

Doesn't bear thinking about does it? At least growing up in the 90's the only embarrassing family photos involve a centre parting and a Manics t-shirt with some swearing on it. I'm filled with nothing but pity for those who have to look back and see themselves dressed like Gary Numan or A Flock Of Seagulls or something. Why are student types trying to bring all of that back anyway? It was bad enough the first time!

TheWatcher Wrote:whatever happenned to Spangles? Did they die out or did they change name?

Not sure I remember those ones... But then again I remember a sweet that everyone I talk to insists never existed, called Pacers, little spearmint chewy things, they were lovely. (if they were real) Honestly can't say I know about Spangles though, what kind of sweet were they?

tmfkamr-gummidge Wrote:Not sure I remember those ones... But then again I remember a sweet that everyone I talk to insists never existed, called Pacers, little spearmint chewy things, they were lovely. (if they were real) Honestly can't say I know about Spangles though, what kind of sweet were they?

Pacers??? You're making it up lad!

When I was a kid, I used to get a quid on a Friday afternoon after school to spend at Martins Newsagents. Without fail, I got two packs of Premier League stickers, a pack of Mintola's and as many 3p Tabs as I could get with the change. LIVING THE DREAM, LIFE WAS GOOD! Then, out of the blue, they changed Mintola's to After Eight Munchies... it just wasn't the same!

A part of me died that day Gummidge, its still quite hard to talk about to be honest...

tmfkamr-gummidge Wrote:

TheWatcher Wrote:whatever happenned to Spangles? Did they die out or did they change name?

Not sure I remember those ones... But then again I remember a sweet that everyone I talk to insists never existed, called Pacers, little spearmint chewy things, they were lovely. (if they were real) Honestly can't say I know about Spangles though, what kind of sweet were they?

I just found out that Spangles have there own wikipedia entry here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spangles

Spangles were discontinued in the early eighties.

tmfkamr-gummidge Wrote:But then again I remember a sweet that everyone I talk to insists never existed, called Pacers, little spearmint chewy things, they were lovely.

Spearmint Chews

I remember these as well matey, came in a green pack with white text if i remember, yeah they were nice, like an opal fruit but spearmint flavoured.
Showin' our ages here

What about Old Jamaica chocolate bars, they were the bomb!!
Rum 'n Raisin.

TheWatcher @post 68

That would explain my lack of knowledge about them. Just fractionally before my memory banks started working properly, having been born in '79. Mrs. Gummidge remembers them though and assures me they were not only lovely, but good value as well. Don't see why they have to discontinue perfectly good lines. As well as the qausi-mythical Pacers, I used to love something called a Cobana (sp?) bar, it was all coconut and cherry flavoured, also a dirt cheap little thing called a Betta Bar, a sort of chocolate covered cinder toffee style thing. I still miss Burton's Fish & Chips too... swines