Eric McLoughlin Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 an ice cream cone with a Flake stuck in it is called a "99"? the English always refer to "out there" when talking about places abroad (the Americans, and the Irish for that matter) always say "over there")? Just mindless Friday evening muses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Bill Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 I always thought it was because when I was smaller they cost 99p... Is that possible? ☹️BB *smile*Vorsprung Durch Insurance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 Google say: here possibly... Keep BC free and open for ALL. Membership No. 43xx Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug phillips Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 You live and learn. Ok then, why is OXO called OXO then. 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 Doug, Su77on Se7ens See our web site here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric McLoughlin Posted December 5, 2003 Author Share Posted December 5, 2003 I thought it was called Oxo becuase it was made up of crushed and dehydrated Oxen. I think "Googling" is cheating - but that was an interesting reply. Obviously nothing to do with 99p as they predate decimalisation by yonks. Decimal day was 15th February 1971 by the way. So, that's one up on the Google details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud 9 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 Doug....no one could pronounce XOX 😬 On the hill , not over it!! Member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 then explain SPAM Steve B Big Black Beast^3 SV VHPD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Whitley Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 A girl I knew was chatted up at a night club by a bloke who was giving her a spiel about his "company motor". When they left he started to walk towards an expensive Mercedes but when she stopped at the passenger door he said "No, not that one, this one." - pointing to an ice cream van 😬 "I didn't know whether I was going to get a 69 or a 99" was how she put it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossybee Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 Decimal day was 15th February 1971 by the way Very true Eric, that was a VERY VERY special day Rrrrrosssssss!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owelly Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 OXO is called OXO 'cos thats wot it said on the sides of busses and itf it wos called summat mor diferent, nobody would know wot it wos *confused* savin up to be eccentric. but for now, i'll just be stupid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Brother Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 SPAM "Shoulder Pork and hAM" "SPiced hAM" More here Steve Se7en-Up! Not going to you know where with you know who in 2004 😬 Edited by - Se7en-Up! on 9 Dec 2003 17:01:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Brother Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Spam Trivia! By World War II, Hormel had sold twenty thousand tons of Spam. Then, during the wartime meat rationing, Spam got popular... If all the cans of Spam ever eaten were put end-to-end, they would circle the globe at least ten times. In the U.S. alone, 3.8 cans of Spam "are consumed every second"(assuming SPAM is eaten 24 hours a day, 365.25 days a year). Senator Robert Byrd of West Viginia eats a sandwich of SPAM and mayonnaise on white bread three times a week. Residents of Hawai'i eat an average of four cans of SPAM per person per year, more than in any other place on Earth (Elsewhere in the Universe, who knows?). By 1959, a billion cans of SPAM had been sold. The two billion mark was hit in 1970, followed by three billion in 1980, four billion in 1986, and five billion in 1993. That's a lot of SPAM! In Korea, SPAM is sold in stylish presentation gift boxes of nine cans each. SPAM stolen from army PXs can be found on the Korean black market. And there are Korean imitations called Lo-Spam, Dak, Plumrose, and Tulip, to ensure that no one need go without. Nikita Krushchev once credited SPAM with the survival of the WWII Russian army. ''Without SPAM, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army,'' he said. SPAM is sold in over 99% of U.S. grocery stores. The SPAM luncheon meat trademark is registered in 93 countries. Over 60 million people in the U.S. eat SPAM. SPAM is made in two U.S. locations - Austin, Minnesota, and Fremont, Nebraska - and seven other countries: England, Australia, Denmark, Phillipines, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. In 1989, the U.S. armed forces bought 3.3 million pounds of SPAM. Over 141 million cans of SPAM are sold worldwide each year. Steve Se7en-Up! Not going to you know where with you know who in 2004 😬 Edited by - Se7en-Up! on 9 Dec 2003 17:04:53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 When Mrs M had fearful morning sickness, she lived on Spam. I ate out. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 There is also, apparently, a nightclub in Anchorage, Alaska (Mr Whitekey's Fly-by-night Club IIRC) which specialises in Spam canapes and cocktail snacks. The entire menu contains Spam. If you order vintage champagne, all the Spam is free all night. Classy joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideways Sid Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 think they called it a 99 because you could'nt really get away with asking for a 69 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric McLoughlin Posted December 9, 2003 Author Share Posted December 9, 2003 Steve, in America you would have been arrested for posting that Spam Message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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