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I finally had to order up some Jaffa cakes to see what the big deal was. YAWN. 
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 Obviously your tastes are not refined enough to enjoy that imported delicacy. Feel free to send me any leftovers.
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I finally had to order up some Jaffa cakes to see what the big deal was. YAWN.
What BRAND did ya get , John ?
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Musta gotten one of those "me too" brands. Only McVities makes real Jaffa Cakes.
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I can't remember. I left them at work. It starts with a B, I think.
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Probably Borden, I know they make em.
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I finally had to order up some Jaffa cakes to see what the big deal was. YAWN.
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Hmmmmmm you have to eat the McVities Jaffa cakes please take it from us Brits we know quality, after all we have given the world Triumph, nookie broons and Fish n chips now thats a day out a wee jaunt on yer bike stop off for a nookie broon or two and polished off with a fish supper.... I can see work getting binned today at this rate.... 
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McVities Jaffa cakes MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 
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I finally had to order up some Jaffa cakes to see what the big deal was. YAWN.
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did you mean to multiply there?..that doesnt add much..ahah
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Send me some and I'll be happy to do a taste test. 
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McVities Jaffa cakes MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Smashing orange bits!
They make rather good biscuits as well, especially the chocolate covered Hobnobs.
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Send me some and I'll be happy to do a taste test.
They're on their way in the next couple of days John.
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McVities Jaffa cakes MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Smashing orange bits!
They make rather good biscuits as well, especially the chocolate covered Hobnobs.
Chocolate covered Hob Nobbs, Yes, happily eat a pack of them in one sitting. 
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I knew I could count on you, big guy. 
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McVities Jaffa cakes MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Smashing orange bits!
They make rather good biscuits as well, especially the chocolate covered Hobnobs.
Chocolate covered Hob Nobbs, Yes, happily eat a pack of them in one sitting.
A pack? What, and leave the other pack in the cupboard un-opened? That's just plain rude! 
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Probably Borden, I know they make em.
Burton's. They're kinda growing on me. 
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Yeh, Hob Nobs are the commando's of the Tea dunkers... not like those weakling Rich Teas!!
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I hate Rich Tea. So bland and boring. Might just as well dunk a slip of cardoard in me tea.
Now McVities Digestives, now thats some serious dunking biccies. Just make sure you dont over dunk.
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What language is that? 
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What language is that?
That's an Ooop North regional accent. (Bolton I believe??)
BTW, to prevent confusion, a brew is a cup of tea, ok? EG: "Fancy a brew Ray?"
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What language is that?
English......Duh 
Honestly, you Americans. 
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That's an Ooop North regional accent. (Bolton I believe??)
Bolton...could be. I guessed Leeds. Deffinatly from North of the Watford Gap. Which to any Londoner means...................... Foreign. 
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THREAD HIGHJACK!! Hey Mark, good luck first match of the new season - BOING BOING BAGGIES!!! West Brom will be pushing for Europe next season ..... gotta go, matron is bringing the little red pills again! 
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THREAD HIGHJACK!!
Hey Mark, good luck first match of the new season - BOING BOING BAGGIES!!!
West Brom will be pushing for Europe next season ..... gotta go, matron is bringing the little red pills again!
I was all over the fixture list when it came out on monday. Checking who we play and when So pleased to see us up agaisnt the baggies on day one and at home. I do like a nice easy stroll on the first day.
3 points in the bag.........NEXT!
Only a few more weeks of this boring summer and then life can get back to normal.
UP THE ARSENAL!!!! 
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OH, DO NOT soil my Jaffa cake thread with soccer talk!
tut, tut, tut. You just dont understand us brits do ya.
A long time ago a quote was made in england. I'll try and remember it.
Unknown person. "To some people, football is life and death". Bill Shankley (or was it Bob Paisley) "Oh no, my dear man. It is far more important than that"
Never a truer word said. 
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Yeah, I know. It's like Canadians and hockey.
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OH, DO NOT soil my Jaffa cake thread with soccer talk!
tut, tut, tut. You just dont understand us brits do ya.
A long time ago a quote was made in england. I'll try and remember it.
Unknown person. "To some people, football is life and death". Bill Shankley (or was it Bob Paisley) "Oh no, my dear man. It is far more important than that"
Never a truer word said.
It was Bill Shankly
He also said ...
"If he had gunpowder for brains he couldn't blow his cap off."
"Brian Clough's worse than the rain in Manchester. At least God stops that occasionally"
"We absolutely annihilated England. It was a massacre. We beat them 5-4." -- (Thoughts on a wartime Auld Enemy clash)
"You son, could start a riot in a graveyard." -- (to Tommy Smith)
"The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game"
"If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing"
"Football's not a matter of life and death ... it's more important than that"
Last one from me, I promise FJ 
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us folks in the black country were looking forward our first game of the season,great a day trip to france imagine our suprise to find LE ARSENAL are based in london
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I think we need a special board for discussing that silly kickball game. Didn't the French invent it?
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us folks in the black country were looking forward our first game of the season,great a day trip to france imagine our suprise to find LE ARSENAL are based in london
ha ha, thats actually pretty funny.
Welcome Jules! Englishman in Stafford, so who is your team.
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google black country,we're the team in blue n white  apologies to FriarJohn for hijacking this thread 
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Nope, looks like the English got dibs on the inventin' soccer thing. Checked the good ol' Wikipedia that leads to other sourcesd etc., etc., and so on, ad nauseum. Very proud of their kickball game they are. So much so that they let the international governing body live in Switzerland. What the heck is up wit' 'dat? FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Wow! That is so very English.
I have never had the pleasure of a Jaffe Cake. Ordered some once from an importer but they took my money and then waited a month to let me know they were out of stock. Finally got my cash back but that ain't what I wanted.
Ride On!
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I read somewhere (cant remember just where) that the game of soccer, was intevneted durring the middle ages. And was called "Danes Head". Because the Danes at the time where Viking and the body of a dead raider on a raid gone wrong, would be decapitated and the head used for a ball.Later a real ball was used. Dont know how true or untrue that is. But anyhow I've already expressed my opinion on Jaffa Cakes, And Newcastle Ale. But you will never get me to like Soccer 
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I've got a store nearby that sells a lot of imported foodstuff. I've bought an tried the Vitties on at least two occasions. I've tried my damnedest to acquire a taste for them, but it seems to me that our brothers and sisters from across the pond have a strange propensity for waxy, bad tasting chocolate over crappy flavored dough. IMO (and to each their own) The crappy little hockey pucks make ‘little Debbie’ into food fit for royalty… 
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