2001-05-06
Snickers and Starburst are American candies. If the names were changed, it
was due to American influence, not to European.
This Stephen Davis, if I'm not mistaken, use to post to the UKMA site, then
for some reason stopped. But, I suspect Chris booted him out, because he
didn't conform to Chris' anal rules. But then, before he booted me out for
the same infractions, there weren't many people posting anyway. So, it was
no big loss to me. By now, Chris must be the only one posting to that site.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
>Don't halt progress
>
> After being inspired by the Metric Martyr's campaign, I
> have decided to start a campaign of my own. It is a
> protest against the way our great British products have
> been renamed to suit the European market. Who can
> forget the way our Marathon bar was changed to
> Snickers, our Opal Fruits changed to Starburst or more
> recently, how Jif was changed to Cif?
> I object to the cavalier way our country has run
> roughshod over the wishes of the British people to
> pander to the whims of the EU commissars on this
> matter and hope everyone will back my campaign to
> bring back the traditional British names to these
> products.
> After all, I feel my campaign cannot fail. Like the Metric
> Martyr's campaign, it is anti-European, stupid, useless,
> totally pointless and utterly irrelevant. It should therefore
> go down a storm with much of the great British public,
> who obviously prefers inane stupidity to robust common
> sense.
>
> Stephen Davis,
> Doxford Park,
> Sunderland
