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      • ruaok
        (made in canada, eh!)
      • do those actually exist in .se?
      • navap wonders the same thing about Sweedish Berries
      • lauri
        nope, we don't have them in sweden :)
      • ruaok
        figured as much. :)
      • lauri
        well, we have similar candy of course, but not exactly those
      • ruaok
      • lauri
        now haribo we have
      • navap
        Ya they look like them
      • ruaok
        navap: those are german then.
      • navap
        Hm, well they're sold as Sweedish Berries over here :)
      • ruaok gets started doing the finances 11 minutes after the previous month is over
      • lauri
        here's the ultimate swedish candy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahlgrens
      • most sold car in the world :)
      • ruaok
        navap: remind me ,where is here?
      • lauri
        but they're more like peeps
      • navap
        Canada
      • ruaok
        ah. marketing is weird
      • navap
        Maybe someone though "German Berries" wouldn't go over too well over here? I dunno
      • lauri
        fascinating... malaco (who make the fish) are a swedish company
      • they just made up that product for the us market though
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      • srotta
        I was trying to show ruaok the ultimate chocolate, but Fazer site is failing me. :|
      • lauri
        nom nom, moomin toothpaste
      • srotta
        lauri: Those salmiak Serdish fish are at least sold in the ferries between Finland and Sweden.
      • Serdish? :P
      • lauri
        oh yeah, I find we do have 'pastellfisk' but only in the pick'n'mix boxes
      • they're not famous here or anything (and I don't think my grocery store even has them)
      • srotta
        Yeah, the local candy store probably has them here as well.
      • Haven't seen fruit flawored, though.
      • lauri
        other than cars, i guess läkerol is uber-swedish
      • whenever i am going to see anyone i get told to fill my bag up with those
      • ruaok
        lauri: tell your us friends they can buy them at World Market.
      • lauri
        it's usually the germans who want 'em
      • i have one friend who goes to switzerland just to buy the darn things :)
      • ruaok
        what? I've seen them in german stores too.
      • lauri
        so have i, but apparently not where he lives
      • i like the blue fruits one
      • ruaok
        lets see... tomorrow I am exporting: organic black beans, cliff bars, vitamin c, flavored coffee and jeans.
      • lauri
        heh, a side business you could turn that into
      • 'care packages, courtesy ruaok'
      • ruaok
        and a 32oz bottle of Tapatio hot sauce.
      • lauri
        that reminds me, i need a kiwi to buy me marmite
      • ruaok
        I'm always schlepping shit from point a to point b.
      • ruaok keeps away from that
      • I can probably find marmite in london.
      • should I ship some over?
      • lauri
        it's not the right kind :(
      • ruaok
        ah.
      • ruaok is not versed in the nuances of {marm|vegg)ite
      • lauri
        vegemite is australian, and yucky
      • alastairp
        lauri: hahah
      • ruaok
        lol
      • alastairp
        marmite > vegimite
      • lauri
        marmite in the UK is more like vegemite, but still edible
      • alastairp
        by far
      • ruaok
        marmite is a brand, right?
      • alastairp
        lauri: how much do you want?
      • ruaok: yeah
      • lauri
        lol, i just remembered the NZ expats store in London can ship me some
      • ruaok
        do you consider australia to be NZ west?
      • lauri
        and milo, and bluebird chips :)
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      • alastairp
        ruaok: of course
      • lauri: are you ex-nz?
      • lauri
        i am :)
      • ruaok
        lol. my favorite postcard when I visited.
      • alastairp
        where from?
      • lauri
        Whangarei
      • alastairp
        sweet
      • lauri
        you?
      • alastairp
        currently in Wlg, but originally Morrinsville (30 mins out of Hamilton)
      • lauri
        ruaok: when you're in london, you can visit the kiwi store, and buy some real marmite to try
      • it's under the opera house, near picadilly circus
      • oh, i know morrinsville :)
      • ruaok
        oh, I'll be there.
      • alastairp
        lauri: :)
      • awesome
      • ruaok
        but I doubt that I need some for myself.
      • alastairp: will you sort lauri on marmite so I don't have to? :)
      • lauri
        lol, it's ok, they take credit cards and ship all over europe
      • don't know why i didn't think of it before
      • alastairp
        ruaok: no, because then you could never learn to love it for yourself
      • :)
      • lauri
        http://www.kiwifruitsnzshop.com/ <--- you really should try some
      • it's way better than the british stuff
      • ruaok
        alastairp: heh. I dont think its possible to learn to love marmite after say... 10 years of age.
      • lauri
        omg, they have l&p
      • alastairp
        lauri: !
      • ruaok: yeah, probably
      • although, tbh, I haven't actually had any in years
      • ruaok
        lol
      • lauri
        the problem foreigners always make, is putting too much on
      • my husband tried it the first time, and slathered it on like peanut butter
      • ruaok
        1 ng is enough!!
      • alastairp
        ah, can't stand that
      • lauri
        and then took a bite before i could stop him
      • ruaok
        lol
      • alastairp
        lauri: and hated it?
      • RifRaf
        is it bad to add your own custom tags to files? like i want an artist country tag but can't see anything else it fits into really
      • lauri
        threatened to trhow it out of the house :)
      • alastairp
        bread + small bit of marmite + slice of cheese
      • that's all I had all through primary/intermediate/high school :)
      • lauri
        hot toaste + melty buttery + itty bit of marmite
      • alastairp
        mmmmm
      • that too
      • lauri
        wow, i can't spell, i should go to work or something
      • rifraf: you can do anything you like to your own files
      • RifRaf: but there's some systems about adding custom tags you might want to look into, and your media player may not know what to do with them
      • alastairp
        lauri: they only have 390ml bottles of l&p
      • lauri
        yeah, but i thought exporting that stuff at all was treason
      • alastairp
        quite possibly
      • lauri
        i'm so buying myself some for christmas
      • alastairp
        in fact, you left
      • now I know where you live
      • i've contacted the sekrit police, they're coming to bring you home
      • lauri
        i will pelt them with ahlgrens bilar until they give up and go away
      • RifRaf
        lauri, yeah trying to find that right names, like for subgenre am using Content Group which i working out is called grouping in picard
      • lauri
        also, it's winter here, they'll be frozen as soon as they get off the plane
      • RifRaf: there is a map of picard's tags vs multiple tag types, somewhere in teh wiki
      • alastairp
        lauri: yeah, stubbies + singlet probably wouldn't work too wekk
      • srotta
        lauri: What is marmite?
      • alastairp
        srotta: yeast sandwitch spread
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      • srotta
        Mmm.
      • :P
      • ruaok
        lol
      • lauri
      • srotta
        I've never fancied peanut butter, maybe I should try that one.
      • alastairp
        it's max <3
      • lauri
        depending where you're from, and which urban legend you believe
      • it's fermented meat and/or the leftover yeast from beermaking
      • alastairp
        huh, didn't know that
      • lauri
        however it's really made, it's a yeast extract, it's black, and thick like tar, smells like.... something really yucky, and tastes awesome
      • srotta
        :D
      • RifRaf
        lauri thanks for link, lookin now
      • srotta
        Well, can't really laugh, we eat some pretty weird stuff as well.
      • lauri
        indeed, who the hell thought up salmiakki
      • and how many people did they kill before perfecting it?
      • srotta
        I don't know, but it's a great thing they did.
      • lauri
        alastairp: salmiakki is some unholy mix of licorice and ammonium chloride
      • alastairp
        yum
      • srotta
        In school we used to make ammoniumchloride.
      • alastairp
        so, it smells like ammonia?
      • srotta
        A class mate of mine stole it from the chemistry storage.
      • lauri
        it doesn't really
      • srotta
        And happily ate it with a spoon.
      • lauri
        it's actually quite edible, tastes salty
      • dear god srotta, that's insane