Jaffa Cakes
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Topic: Jaffa Cakes
Posted By: headfry
Subject: Jaffa Cakes
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 9:50am
I think the humble Jaffa Cake is fast becoming the forum mascot  Thinks.. i must find a T'shirt with a jaffa cake on the back, just for the shows!  |
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Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 11:20am
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yes thatīs a cool idea! i need one too!
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Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 11:33am
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omg yer also its about time it had a topic thign of its own - for about Ģ10-15 you could get a tshirt printed with a jaffa cake on it for the shows - how funny would that be loads of ajffa cake lovers walking round ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 11:38am
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we could found the jaffa cake club!
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Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 11:45am
Count me in!  ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC 
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Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 1:04pm
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Is this a girls only discussion? I too am a lover of the 'smashing orangy bit' but my wife can't get her head around the cake/biscuit conundrum so I'm not allowed any in the house. I have to make do with Tunnock's Tea Cakes. What about sponsorship from McVities? ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 1:16pm
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It's not a girl-only discussion, no way. It's open to all Jaffa Cakes lovers, especially the Trying-to-keep-the-wife-happy Contender-sailor type! (I've got one at home too As for a sponsorship, yep, we should apply. I'm sure their sales have gone up a lot recently ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 2:06pm
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Yeah definatly thinking sponsorship, but for what, get paid to post on here about how good jaffa cakes are. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 2:25pm
the best would be that they give us loads of packages of jaffa cakes
and we can give them to poeple on regattas! i wouldnīt give all to the
people, but at least some......
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Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 2:26pm
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The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy descibes the humble jaffa cake thus... http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A185104 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A185104 funny old world. ------------- FLAT IS FAST! Shifts Happen |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 2:30pm
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Yeah see we arent the only ones that have a thing for jaffa cakes ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 2:43pm
| i was surprised that there is a society for jaffa cakes at edinburgh university! |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 3:53pm
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It appears there was a Jaffa Cake Club in the Eighties! Can anyone who was a kid in the 80s remember this?? You can buy memorabilia on e-bay: We're not the only ones to discuss those yummy cakes at length and waste invaluable working hours http://www.poohsoc.org.uk/Archive/Correspondence/mcvities.html - http://www.poohsoc.org.uk/Archive/Correspondence/mcvities.ht ml
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Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 3:55pm
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wow - perhaps some devout member of the forum should take up the challenge and write to mcvities - i am curious to what the reply would actually be! ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 4:01pm
| oh how cute! a winnie the pooh club! |
Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 4:05pm
wow i love the reply they sent back to the winnie the pooh club, they do make a good point about dunk a bility as ive found out they kind of mess up your cup of tea and are best eaten undunked  ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 4:06pm
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You've got to believe it, Spot... We're talking English people there. Eccentricity is part of the fabric of life... And don't imagine that Winnie the Pooh societies are for kiddies....... No way! Respectable blue-rinsed grannies discuss at length Owl's reading abilities or pore over a map of the 100 AKER Wood. No wonder they need Jaffa Cakes to survive!!! Love the English, really ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: ianwat2212
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 4:26pm
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You really do wonder whether any1 at oxbridge actually does any work in between writing to bicuit companies and the huge number of other distractions, I went up to Oxford with my school recently and went round 3 colleges, I saw about 3 ppl working in total! My application's all but written!! ------------- Fireball RSA 14723 Simonis 35 "Scarlet Sun" SA 1500 Royal Cape Yacht Club |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 4:59pm
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i love winnie the pooh! iīve read it in english with about 10 years!
itīs so cute! talking about owl and winnie is very important!! the english are really a extraordinary sort of people! |
Posted By: Pierre
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 5:16pm
Spot192 & BNS be very carefull.....I live right next to where Pooh and his mates live.....
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Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 5:19pm
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wow u live near that forest place (soz lol forgot which forest it actually is) oh is it sherwood forest....hmmm acvtually think thats obin hood cant remember ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 5:20pm
In fact the cake/biscuit debate was won recently by McVities because they proved the difference between cakes and biscuits is that when stale, biscuits go soft but cakes go hard. What I can't fathom is why VAT (a tax on luxuries in theory) is applied to biscuits but not cakes - never mind, long live the JaffaCAKE. ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 5:24pm
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ahh thats an easy one soz i study accounting. well its because anything with chocolate is chargged vat because its considered confectionary. so chocolate biscuits are allwaysds more expensive. and unfortunatley jaffa cakes are included ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 5:26pm
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Curses. So even though they proved they were cakes they were still knobbled because of the chocolate? ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 5:28pm
yup if u look in the supa market youll notice chocolate biccies and cakes with chocolate in them are way expensive in comparison to others- harsh but true. not sure whether id reguard confectionart a luxury tho  ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 5:29pm
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But im willing to pay that little bit more as jaffa cakes with out chocolate ....................nooooooooooooo its too horrible to think about. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 5:30pm
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yep thats true jafa cakes are woth that little bit extra come on i mean your probobly only paying like hmm 20-30 p more which i fink is well worth it ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Matt Jackson
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 5:30pm
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Mmm - we'd better keep buying then to check they don't start making them with 'chocolate flavour coating'... blech. ------------- Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 6:54pm
| are there any different tastes than orange? cause my wannabe jaffa cake firm (griesson) offers them in wildberry flavour. |
Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:02pm
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erm no its only orange - but am interested as to what wildberry actually is , lol hmm dont think he could ever match the orange falvour]
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Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:11pm
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i havenīt tasted it. wasnīt brave enough!but it canīt beat orange i believe!
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Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:15pm
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it sounds to sickly, the orange one will rule forever ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:20pm
| yes even in germany! think with berries iīd bee too sweet. |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:20pm
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think i may have tried the elusive wildberry flavour and they wernt bad but not anything on normal jaffa cakes which is uprising since i dont normaly like orange. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:23pm
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yer i dont like orage chocolate or the fruit but i realy like jaffa cakes! ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:24pm
| i could die for english orange jam! |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:26pm
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the orange jam isnt that nice realy!!! i prefer strawberry! ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:27pm
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lol orange jam - dont u mean marmalade ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:28pm
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maybe.... havenīt tasted strawberry yet. but black berries. not so bad.
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Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:29pm
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so what you get english jam exported out to germany? ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:34pm
| in a gigant consumers market. you can get food from nearly every nation there. itīs called chivers. |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:37pm
ok. i think that it sucks that food that is meant to be english is made in pakistan!!! ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:38pm
| on the label it says itīs from england |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:42pm
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woohooo proper english stuff ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:43pm
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Raspberry Jaffacakes - Yumm Yummmmmm ------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:44pm
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yes weīre making progress in germany!
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Posted By: Mike278
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 7:45pm
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You might get english marmalade, but at least we get German beer ------------- Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 8:00pm
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yer i like the beer bit!! ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 8:04pm
| what beer? we have guiness down here! not from the uk but at least something! |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 8:36pm
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guiness is from irland!! ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 8:45pm
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And we get French wines and Italian cheese (or vice-versa Global culture? ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 8:56pm
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yer thax to the americans there is 6 mcdonalds in croydon and they are all within 2 minutes of each other! ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 9:05pm
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Yeah its geting so stupid now. Damn Globalisation. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: carshalton fc
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 9:07pm
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yer it sucks realy but that is why england is one of the most richest countries in the world!! ------------- International 14 1503 |
Posted By: brader's
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 9:50pm
Whats all this about Jaffa cakes baecause iv'e only just joined so i dont have a clue.
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Posted By: ssailor
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 10:11pm
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MMM jafa cakes lolol ------------- Any one in need of quality carbon fibre work (tillers etc) at decent prices! Int 14 Gbr 1244 'Nucking Futs' The New Port rule!!. |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 10:24pm
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We just introduced Spot to jaffa cakes, as in germany they dont have the Mcvites ones. So we are now dedicating a thread to them. All praise the jaffa cake. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Mike278
Date Posted: 16 Mar 05 at 10:29pm
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Warsteiner is always good for a start ------------- Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 1:07am
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Easy, ask carshalton, the man with interesting superlatives
You seem to be sharing the same name... Are you related? ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 7:13am
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hmm instead of starbck or Mcdonalds we should definatley hav a jaffa cake cafe or similar, id be like there fave customer! hmmm jaffa cakes ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 12:20pm
i really love coffee but the starbucks wannabe things are not very tasty! much too sweet!
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Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 1:53pm
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Spot, over here we get all sorts of Jaffa Cakes, you can buy normal Jaffa Cakes, Dark chocolate Jaffas, Jaffa Cake bars and Jaffa cake mini rolls and mini Jaffa Cakes. If you wanted some proper McVities Jaffa Cakes you can buy some on ebay i think! did you know the original recipe for McVitie's Jaffa Cakes is a closely guarded secret, the delicious combination of light sponge, dark chocolate and smashing orangey bit in the middle was first created over 60 years ago. ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 2:00pm
| very informative history! you can buy food on ebay? iīm not that used to ebay but really? |
Posted By: tgruitt
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 2:05pm
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yeah go to http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20473&item=4348199841&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2 0473&item=4348199841&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V there is a tube of Jaffas for sale there! ------------- Needs to sail more... |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 2:53pm
| thanks for your help iīm thinking about buying them! so tempting! |
Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 5:11pm
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yeah but i cant believe how much they are on there - some ppl were selling walkders crisps 6 pack once and the highest bid was Ģ10.00 couldnt believe it! ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 5:19pm
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found a solution for my jaffa cake problem. called a friend from bath
and heīs now bringing them down with him on easter! i count the days
till easter!
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Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 5:21pm
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sounds like a good plan however u may want to ask him to bring more than 1 box, because well erm once they are opened with in 5 minutes only crumbs are left ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 5:22pm
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Lol good idea, The secret Jaffa cake smuggler. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 6:58pm
| finally i found the dealer of my dreams! i asked him to bring me loads of jaffa cake boxes. i believe heīll bring loads cause he likes them too! |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 7:04pm
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Lol jut make sure he dotn eat them all on the way over. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 7:17pm
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oh havenīt thought of that before...hope he takes so much with him that he can eat one package or two, without me noticing it!
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Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 7:18pm
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Yeah whole suitcase full, probably get done by customs ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 7:21pm
| best would be that theyīre nt in the suitcase or backpack he can take with him into the plane. i mean near his seat. then it would survive the flight |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 7:24pm
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yeah true. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 7:28pm
| but what should i do if heīs travelling by car? |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 7:32pm
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dont know sorry. get him to fill the boot up. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 7:35pm
iīll try my best!
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Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 7:57pm
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hmm i wonder how many jaffa cakes it is possible to eat all at once. may be convinced to try this out at the weekend if i get bored ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:01pm
| nice idea! but make sure that youīll still fit into your neoprean after it! give us the full report then! |
Posted By: Harry44981!
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:14pm
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Word of warning: jaffa Cakes + salt water = not good! ------------- |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:17pm
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seems like you have some experiences! tell us! iīm not sailing in salty waters!
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Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:33pm
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Jaffa cakes + lake water = not good either. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:35pm
| are you taking them with you during sailing? i have to try that! |
Posted By: Harry44981!
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:38pm
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Yup shove 'em in a watertight container and shove them in support boat, make sure the container is waterproof though for the reasons above! ------------- |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:39pm
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YEAH, mine normaly go in my spini bags, or on the 200 the little bag that has the ends of the haliards in it. along with other things including a screwdriver last weekend. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:40pm
| thatīs a good idea! but i have to find some space on the 14 cause the support boats often just carry the ciggarettes for my dad! |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:43pm
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k well substitute the fags for jaffa cakes and all will be good. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:54pm
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the sailing trip of my dreams! on the wire and eating jaffa cakes......
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Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:58pm
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lol sounds fun. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 9:09pm
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think iīll dream about it this night!
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Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 9:12pm
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sorry but more than slightly worrying. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Spot192
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 9:15pm
| a bit yes! but havenīt been sailing for over 5 months now! |
Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 9:17pm
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Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 10:53pm
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Jaffa Cakes!! I got some in the shop tonight, had hardly a taste of them before I went to work... I've just come back and the box is nearly empty!!! What kind of family I have? They're worse than me... ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: KnightMare
Date Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 11:04pm
Lol, yeah you cant leave an open box about no matter how good the family is normaly. Jaffa cakes bring out the worst in people. ------------- http://theramblingsofmyinnergeek.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 18 Mar 05 at 12:27am
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And they bring out the worst in me! It's a great advantage to go to bed later than everyone else in the house.... Yummy! ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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Posted By: Mike278
Date Posted: 18 Mar 05 at 12:49am
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lucky you. I just got back from the pub and found that someone had eaten them all. ------------- Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. |
Posted By: hydrographer20
Date Posted: 18 Mar 05 at 7:12am
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how annoying. why no just stash them in a cupboard, you end up really good at hiding food especially when if u dont there no food eva. if u hide them in a cupboard u can build a hoard like stash for when winter comes ------------- byte me!- GBR 814 |
Posted By: Black no sugar
Date Posted: 18 Mar 05 at 7:39am
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Alternatively, you don't go to the pub! ------------- http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC
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