MARMITE RULZ AND VEGEMITE SUX SHIT

vege

marmite is vile

http://youtube.com/watch?v=y6GCmpxo1JM i hav not seen this ad before.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-878Nc4gzPA

i <3 u ruby but you are dead wrong on the yeast extracts front.

;_;

i don't understand this vegemite love

marmite+vogels toast+tons of butter+ dipped in milky milo= HAPPINESS

maybe if you cry directly into your vegemite it will taste better.

ALTHO YOU BLASPHEMERS PROBABLY LIKE STUPID GAY BOURNVITA MORE THAN MILO

my mum used to tell me that i should shut up and eat vegemite, since they 'taste the same'.... but she HATED marmite. fucking crazy woman.

ok so now i know why i really love marmite.

milo is obviously amazing.

i used to think akta vite was ok but it's actually gross

Vegemite and butter on like shitty toasted turkish bread = tha best.

waht is akta vite?

ok wilter we still friends since you like milo <3 <3 <3

i mean maybe if you cry directly into your marmite it will taste better, vegemite couldn't taste any better than it does already.

and milo is good so you have to <3<3<3 me too.

ok antipodean friendship is still intact <3 <3 <3 estela

my new fave thing: milo and vita 'original creamy' soy milk A++++++

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/Nestl%C3%A9_Milo_Comparison.jpg/250px-Nestl%C3%A9_Milo_Comparison.jpg
wtf

i know!! i found this out when i was trying to explain to jordan what is milo

Also there is Canadian milo it sounds awful tho:

Nestle has now introduced a Canadian version of Milo. It is made in Canada. It dissolves rapidly like Quik, probably due to market expectations, but still retains the Malt flavour. It is also sweeter than other varieties.

quik is for children ffs.

akta vite is bad milo competitor that is full of folate apparently

milo's great

no vote for NEVER HAD MARMITE NEVER HAD VEGEMITE ?? consider this a vote for milo then

if you've never had either then just vote MARMITE OKAY

I refuse to pretend to have a preference for what kind of processed manure you people on the wrong side of the planet rub all over yourselves before sexual intercourse

stop giving us ideas

it makes great lube

don't knock it till you've tried it, tombot

gross.

marmite maybe.

OMG sex ed when i was 14: teacher told us a story about a teenage couple using vicks' vaporub as lube..... YAOOOOOOOW

I wonder if that was on the curriculum: "warn the students of the discomforts of rubbing vaporub on their genitals".

which side are you from tombot, the inside?

My bassist once told the story of his masturbation experiences with ICY/HOT to the recording engineer when we were doing some songs and it definitely was a WTFTMI moment.

too much incandescence

too much icyhot

too much injudicious grointment

i would just like to point out that grointment has been otm throughout this thread

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

grointment.

out of loyalty to the board, affection for both the australian and the new zealander members, and because i lack personal experience with both vegemite and marmite, i voted twice, one time for each.

my aunt told a girl at her school that marmite was good for your skin and the next day the girl complained it had got all over her pillowcase. she was an olden days drongo.

lol that's ridiculous.

vegemite on toast with a fried egg is good hungover food fyi.

i am going to host a "which is better vegemite or marmite" tasting party (provided i can figure out where to buy them) when remy's here. won't that be fun?

to be brutally honest, i think it will be a bad times party.

vegemite is hangover miracle food.

lxy, i will send you some if you want, one of each.

i think we will have enough to drink that it will be a good times party in the end, but thank you for the warning, wilter.

thanks, estela, i'll let you know. first i will look around to see if i can find some here. say, did you ever try the bugles?

lol no, when i went to order them they were waiting for a shipment to arrive, then they moved premises and kept sending out funny frazzled email bulletins about how everything would be on track soon so i just left it, but i'll try again.

i just checked: any day now

I've noticed there are loads more places that stock American confectionary these days. Have you noticed this, estela?

yes and i'm glad because i have excessive <3 of milk duds and babe ruths.

<3 movie candy

TBBH, I'm not that into sweets, but it makes me happy that there is hershey's nonsense and stuff available, it makes aus confectionary seem super lame.

There is a really good place in Coolangatta.

where? (not that i get down there very often.)

In the shopping resort thingy. I don't even know what they call it these days, "showcase"?? on the ground floor. It has been there since I can remember.

YAY MILK DUDS

why does one recalcitrant dud always stick to the bottom of the box?

i always like that stubborn one the best, it is a classic dud.

actually, that one is the "dud", and the rest of them are known as "milks", hence the name

"recalcitrant dud"

the greatness of milk duds can not be exaggerated

lxy you must let me or estela send you the marmite and vegemite for your party - english marmite is VERY different to nz marmite, and if you do find some it'll probably be the yucky english stuff.

if i can get my hands on marmite or vegemite, i promise to make a drink out of each of them and report back.

FB will join me in this endeavor, he just isn't aware of that fact yet.

thank you, ruby. i will be sure NOT to buy a sucky english version, and will surely let you know if i am unable to find the real deal.

see, the offers for sending completely justify my dual, self-cancelling vote. i cannot not be forced to choose.

whatwhatwhat?? there are different marmites? why would they do that?! proper (uk) marmite is the pure, distilled essence of happy dreams - equal parts ambrosia, nectar and mana. vegemite is okay because it has a different name and it's your own fault if you buy that instead, but it makes me sad that there is a (likely inferior) product masquerading as marmite.

lol so rong.

apparently ppl use both the mites as warm flu remedy drinks. Sounds awful.

I think if you mixed some into a bloody mary it wouldn't be that horrific.

found the britishes local store http://www.abritishaffaire.com/ lol nice name

xpost I'm sure that John will be able to report on its efficacy on whatever ailment he has managed to contract by the time he gets his hands on both items

i left "lack of horrific" behind long ago when it comes to drinking thanks to ILX supporters of the FB and JJ will drink it threads

john justen, i am happy to also mail you some vegemite and marmite if you would like (vegemite is going to win.)

John - Dan P can hit you up with some marmite and possibly even some vegmite next time he sends you poop in the mail as we have a lotta irish stores here in Boston that carry it.

ha, maybe you could just go to that Irish Indeed store in St. Paul (on Randolph and... uh, one of the cross streets that I pass on my way to St. K) and buy some there. If nothing else, I'm sure you could get some lovely green tschotkes.

ok i have A PLAN

estela, you send vegemite to jj and lxy

i will send marmite to jj and lxy

then we will sit back and watch the fun times begin

and WTF mr spiralli???? nz marmite is the BEST you crazy man

Hello I am interested in this different NZ marmite? What's that about then? Explain me the difference?

I tried some of that champagne marmite (UK) the other day. Couldn't tell the difference tbh.

i dunno, i can't say without having tried the NZ version but if therre was thing The Man didn't need to fuck with, it was marmite. does the NZ one have lamb in to boost the economy?

lamb joke

sorry. i can't help it.

spiralli out of control

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1/1090960-Local_Customs-Australia_and_Oceania.jpg

^this was good. Better than the cheeseburger in a biscuit or cheeseburger shapes or whatever.

spiralli out of control

lool

okay ruby and estela, i will accept your offers of shipping the goods so as to ensure we are tasting the proper variety of product. i do not want to risk spoiling the results with an inferior brand or shoddy imposter.

jergins, help me think what to send in return that they can't get in their respective home countries.

hamburger helper. i guarantee they don't sell that nywhere outside of North America. or beefaroni.

i've just read up on both products and i think i will like both of them.

i am not sending hamburger helper or beefaroni, by the way.

tbbh you will like Vegemite better.

Also you guys mustn't let the fact that NZ is probably better than Aus, in general, sway you.

vegemite is more mellow, marmite is sharper.

i haven't actually tried the britishes version of marmite but i'm still willing to bet it is the inferior product.

i will try to remember to post you some tomorrow, lxy

i will follow the lxy lead and accept shipment as well

yay, i can't wait to send vegemite off to be crowned winner, send your addresses!

If you haven't had British marmite how do you know it's different? Maybe marmite is always THE SAME. It could be the elusive universal truth.

emails sent

no no no i've been told it's different and i BELIEEEEEEEVE

ok i have your address already lxy, and now i jj's address. i just have to remember to post tomorrow.

estela, DON'T BE COUNTING YOUR CHOCOLATE EGGS BEFORE THEY HATCH.

ALSO: I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A BLIND TEST i.e. when you receive your antipodean products, you must get someone to put them both on toast and not tell you which is which, and then taste. in the spirit of fairness and impartiality.

i'm not putting toast in my drink

i have standards

not many, but still

The line has been drawn and it has been drawn at TOAST

put SAO in drink.

then it wld get SOGGY

^^very bad australian boarding school jk

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=soggy+sao

but srsly vegemite on SAOs is the bisnis.

i am starting to fear that we are speaking a language that shares much of its lexicon with english but is in fact, full of wacky made up words like SAO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAO_%28biscuit%29

Acronyms are FUN

yay! address is sent, estela!

thank you for your generosity and thank you for your interest in science, friends.

i think marmite-covered toast fingers would make a nice garnish in a bloody mary

ok! got both yr addresses, will send as soon as i can, i must fly, i am late for work.

Can I send everyone concerned some Bovril so you all stop eating yr ridiculous thrush pastes and gets some meaty goodness* inside you instead?

*I understand there's no meat in it any more so vegetarians, your lifestyle choice need not be compromised!

Okay, wikipedia tells me they have re-stated beef in the recipe. Will this be a problem?

reINstated, gah

Hang on what the fuck?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bd/NZ_Marmite_Vegemite.jpg/180px-NZ_Marmite_Vegemite.jpg

"New Zealand-made Vegemite and New Zealand Marmite side by side"

MARMITE LOOKS LIKE THIS:

http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk/weblog/archives/images/marmite.jpg

thank you mark c., verynice! i will pass on the beef-bovril but jergins / lingerbert / remy might like to add that to the contest. one of y'all should speak up if you would like to accept this offer.

(i am developing a theory that eating this type of ...stuff... makes people GENEROUS!)

see i told you the britishes version was all different.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
I WINMARMITE WINS!!

THANK YOU, JORDAN, FOR YOUR DECIDING VOTE. THAT IS WHY I LOVE YOU.

i think seeing ruby's joy makes all of us winners.

conditional love granted as exchange for a false testimony makes nobody a winner, lxy.

this is my saddest, sternest itr moment yet.

ESTELA ;_;

ps. i can't mail the marmite for a few more days, sorry guyz

yay, i can't either, not until monday at the earliest.

sorry i made you cry, ruby, if you were here i would prepare you a delicious vegemite snack to cheer you up.

stop the fussin and the fightin

lxy and i and johnj and remy will judge and you two will shush until then. no more recriminations, no more tears

fairness personified

>_<

your eyes look puffy.

(i said that in a concerned tone, not in a 'next i'm going to pull your hair' tone, i don't even have such a tone.)

FUCK THIS

unhappy little vegemites

so basically anything edible that people want to send me, i will put it in a drink, fyi

ruby, i'm sorry our friendship got a yeast infection, please know i <3 you even more than vegemite.

oh i definitely <3 you more than marmite. marmite is not a daily thing for me, i eat it for awhile then i get sick of it then i eat it again. you and wilter, however, i like EVERYDAY <3 <3 <3

aw<3

THE END

(until the verdicts come in.)

ADDENDUM:

Australians in Hong Kong are finding expatriate life harder to cope with due to a shortage of one of their favourite foods - Vegemite, a news report said on Sunday.

Supplies of the popular spread have run out across the city of 6.9 million, where tens of thousands of Australian expatriate business people, diplomats and their families live.

Many families unable to do without Vegemite as a way of starting their day have resorted to getting relatives to bring in supplies when they come on visits, the Sunday Morning Post newspaper reported.

Schoolboy David Atkins, who attends the Australian International School, told the newspaper he was miserable after going for three weeks without his favourite spread.

"We have some now because Auntie Karen brought some up from Sydney, and they have plenty of Vegemite there," he said.

A spokeswoman for one of Hong Kong's two main supermarket chains Wellcome said suppliers had blamed the shortage on a change of the company that packages Vegemite for export in Australia.

But a spokesman for Vegemite's manufacturer Kraft told the newspaper the explanation seemed unlikely and promised: "Rest assured we will work to ensure Vegemite is back in Hong Kong as soon as possible."

British-made yeast extract Marmite, which looks similar to Vegemite but has a different taste, is still available in Hong Kong but many Australians refuse to accept it as a substitute.

damn straight

"We have some now because Auntie Karen brought some up from Sydney...

well that couldn't be cuter.

and thx ruby for posting

^^Sarcasm..

jesus, that's confusing, isn't it?

posting posting posting posting

thanks ruby for posting the marmite, thanks estela for posting the quote.

better?

nononono. It was a lame lame joke suggesting you should not be thankful for someone posting u marmite. u_u.

Carry on.

had i seen this, i would've voted marmite

Would you now.

Be real, son!!!

It's ok, we can just say that one of Rubyredd's many, many votes was one for you, rox.

HAHAH YES

i voted on your behalf, roxy

one of y'all should speak up if you would like to accept this offer.
I ACCEPT

"YEAST EXTRACT" SOUNDS FUCKING DELIGHTFUL IF ANYTHING DOES

i only sent a small 125g jar of marmite to lxy and jj because that shit is expensive to post from halfway round the world, if it turns out you all hate it.

if, otoh, you all really like it, then i would be willing to send more. because that's the kind of girl i am.

heart u

when i come visit seattle we shall sit on lxy and jergz's porch and eat marmite on toast and drink the milo that i will have also brought with me and listen to golden-oldie pumpkin songs. it will be great.

i haven't mailed the vegemite yet but i am on it.

ha i had never really listened to a smashing pumpkins album until like a week ago. i was at my mom's and my brother had left behind a bunch of his old cds that he didn't want anymore. i took the best of barrington levy (a cd i had bought him for christmas several years ago, the little prick); mos def- the new danger; smashing pumpkins - mellon collie and siamese dream. mos def sounds pretty bad after a listen. mellon collie has some pretty good stuff though. didn't realize how many singles came off of that one. haven't listened to siamese dream yet.

estela i would've figured you to be more prompt, less tardy with your affairs. i guess i was wrong.

yes, totally wrong, i am a shambles.

You have such an adorable, cheery way of shambling! :-)
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looool

Thankyou, Lingbert. :-)

update: today i purchased two small jars of vegemite.

Did anyone want me to send Bovril? No? ;_;

i don't know what bovril is but i'll eat it

send it to lxy

Okay - webmail me address lxy!

(isn't lxy a vgtrn?)

marc c,

we've got some YES for BOVRIL! i shall webmail you?

(yes - how you know that is a mystery to me - but the boys are not.)

thank you ALL for assisting with this international collaboration of taste-testing. it is very exciting.

that c. how? kkkkkkk

i'll drink anything so sure

webmail sent

webmail sent and thanks again!

Got both yr webmails! Thank you and I will buy some bovril as soon as I don't forget to buy some bovril (anyone with a memory like mine will understand exactly what I mean).

John and Jergins, you must both a) drink bovril as per insructions and b) eat bovril on white bread toast with butter/spread of your choice. I strongly advice smearing less bovril on than you might think - if it's opaque, there's too much and it gets overpowering.

lxy, when I mentioned it had meat in it you said you wouldn't eat it, so I donned my putting two and two together hat and deduced your Vegetarianity. No stalking involved :)

Hang on, was it jergins who was going to eat my beef paste? Or lingbert? Which one is lxy's boyfriend?

lol, mark. obviously you missed the UNNECESSARILY EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION on this topic in other threads. no boyfriends, just boys.

the tasting committee will be comprised of:

jergins, lingbert, remy and me. bovril is for boys only, though.

:)

"lxys boyfriend" is not a person, it is a FEELING

uhh.

Should I send remy a jar too? (I know you don't like me remy but I'm sorry I've been a cock to you and I'd like to partly make up for it by sending you delicious steaming goodness if you'd like some)

lxy, that EXTENSIVE THREAD was got me hooked on ITR in the first place :)

I have never had Vegemite, but I love Marmite. Someone send me a jar and I will tell you if it stinks or not.

if we keep this up, i think these food donations may get the american economy back on track

I could use a thing of ketchup while we're at it.

mark c.,

i roped remy into our tasting party since he's coming to sea-wa.

so: i am planning to share all of the varieties with him.

of course if he wants his own "amends" jar, he will probably pipe up when he gets to a computer.

roxymuzak,

LOL!

"lxys boyfriend" is not a person, it is a FEELING

-- John Justen

OMG YES JOHN JUSTEN

sometimes we are alll of here at itr are lxy's boyfriend.

roxy, did you get my postcard? if so, and your postal system is to be trusted, i might send you marmite.

hahahahahahaha ruby...

mom, dad, meet my boyfriend, ITR.
what? no, right there, on the screen.
yeah yeah, right here, the whole thing. no, all of them.
no, it's not a person, it's a FEELING.
oh forget it. we're leaving now.

Yes, Rubes, I got it just the other day! I tried to find that thread to thank you for it, but it seems to have fallen off New Answers, and I can't remember what it was called anyway. Thanks!! It totally brightened my week.

(Oh, and I've had Marmite before! I love it! Send some to a nonbeliever in my stead.)

Hey Emily!

Hey Mark! Long time no C.

thanx mark c i will eat or drink or whatever i'm supposed to do with that whatever stuff and i will enjoy it.

dear roxy, if you promise to eventually get around to putting up the 1p3 best blonde poll (that sunny is going to win) i will mail you vegemite.

marmite is good with cheese too

vegemite is good with cheese; marmite is marmite with cheese.

I looooooool'd

i still don't even understand what marmite nor vegemite is. i know i can look it up, but they sound really artificial and false, and it's probably better that i don't know what i'm eating before i eat it.

lol what jokes will follow that comment omg lol tee hee

i like how non-commital roxy was about the blonde poll. and straight-up changed the subject!

thread needs bovril pix

http://www.trueartworks.com/large/0000-5632.jpg http://www.cardmine.co.uk/list24/a240847.jpg http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/29025-large.jpg

Tesco didn't have the wee jars of Bovril. My search will have to move further afield.

this morning i smiled at the two dear little jars of international vegemite sitting patiently on my kitchen bench but that is as far as it went, i was too busy to mail them. 'not today,' i told them. 'we don't mind,' they said, 'how long will we be we going for? when can we come home again?' and i turned my face so they would not see my tears.

u got mail, estela

Hey estela, do you want some bovril?

"Alas! my poor Brother"

i sent you a reply, roxy.

thank you, mark c, but i've had bovril before, it has quite a few nostalgic fans over here.

there is a reasonably high chance that the tasters won't like any of our offerings but we will deal with that if and when it happens.

Is your lack of comment on bovril's deliciousness a polite way of expressing your dislike?

Also - where do cherry ripes come from? Aus or Ca?

i figured out what i'm going to send to our kind overseas friends!!

mark c and estela, webmail addresses to me?

Sent! Woo!

received, mark c. !YaY and HurraY!

what are you going to send lxy? or is it a surprise?

A surprise! A surprise!

of course it is a surprise. do you even know me, lingblert?

no who are you

i AM a surprise!

(i don't know what it means but i like how it sounds)

hahahahaha this thread

oh shit i just remembered: promite >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> marmite.

what is promite and do we have to taste that too?

oh shit accent monkey asked me to send her promite months ago and i never got round to it! i hope she doesn't see this thread and get mad that i sent off marmite to other ilxors so quickly!

Guys I found the bovril! Now I need to figure out a) a way of packaging it and b) US customs laws.

Waitrose - where I specifically went for bovril (but ended up doing a $225 shop) - didn't have any! But they did have vegemite!! The world is UPSIDE DOWN!!!

how many mites do you people have

I had scabies once.

please don't send those

It's okay, they cleared up a good nine years ago. Only infestation I currently suffer from is moths. Though it was kind of poignant - I emptied, swept and bleached the shelves where the moths had been breeding, and a few hours later I found one solitary moth sitting on the back wall in an empty cupboard.

EARLY ARRIVAL POINT TO MARMITE!

promptness is one of itrs core values

yesterday,

jergins: i got mail from so-and-so today.
lxy: but no marmite?
jergins: what?
lxy: no marmite?
jergins: huh?
lxy: are you saying no marmite arrived today?
jergins: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??!!!
lxy: DID A PACKAGE FROM RUBYREDD COME IN THE MAIL TODAY!!?!
jergins: all i could hear was "nomar might, nomar might, nomar might."

YAY JOHN JUSTEN YOUR POSTAL SYSTEM DOES NOT SUCK BALLS AFTERALL

i don't know if this has been mentioned, but a little warning:
while vegemite is fairly mellow, marmite is STRONG - only use about half a teaspoon on a piece of bread. (obv this advice is for the seattle crowd, not for you mr justen, who will only be enjoying marmite in a drink. in which case, one whole teaspoon to one medium sized bloody mary would probably be adequate)

lxy, i hope your marmite arrives soon!

I will send the bovril on the weekend, promise! Rubes, did you make any kind of customs declaration? Also, come chat :)

i just wrote "prepackaged food" which is what i usually put when i send chocolate and stuff to jordan, and it gets there fine. no chatz today! must clean room! the minimisation process is beginning and i've already gotten rid of two huge rubbish bags of clothes... i'm boxing up all my books now ;_;

did slow estela send the vegemite yet

nomar might yet

lingbert: no but i have got some bubble wrap now. progress, not perfection.

slow estela sounds like the name of a gullible character from a fairy tale, a plain looking girl with limited prospects inexpertly wielding a broom.

i need to know something, if i include a surprise (a nice one) for sara in the package to john is it going to cause inconvenience, i don't know how far away you are from each or how often you catch up.

it should be no problem, unless it is a really nice thing in which case i will keep it and stop returning her phone calls

estela, I <3 you.

John, you are lucky that I am fond of you.

i know, it helps me get free nice stuff!

I am so tired that I have lost all my impulses to strangle you, John.

WHERE IS MY SURPRISE PEOPLE

FUCCCCCCCK. I just went to make some toast with vegemite at work and some arsehole has finished the jar off and left it empty in the fridge >:O

you keep it in the fridge?

At work, it is put in the fridge, not by me.

oh shit there is milo in this piece of shit i just remembered ^_^

Bovril all boxed up (homemade boxes made from hacking up a case of Amarone) and ready to go!! Hope customs don't play hardball.

Gah, post office is closed saturday afternoons. Sorry guys, will be a little bit more delayed ;_;

that's okay, seeing as our marmite still has not arrived. wtf postal service.

it's fun to know that things are crawling their way to us, ever so ever so slowly.

look who is crawling now

i apologize for my previous post. it's making me queasy.

lxy, it was a bit weird writing "lxy" on an address label - there won't be postal confusion once it arrives, will there?

all her bills arrive that way

LXY all caps no last name

i'm really upset the marmite hasn't arrived. i posted it two weeks ago! i'm going to write a letter of complaint to the US/seattle postal service.

you aren't serious are you

what makes you think i'm not serious?

it's highly mysterious since no one would ever steal marmite.

maybe it's ended up in some us postal service biohazard disposal facility.

estela that is not nice

i was coming from a place of <3, trying to steer people away from suspecting that you only pretended you had posted it, which is what i suspect.

that is akin to saying i like john justen more than i like lxy, which is not nice (or true) at all

that's right, i forgot john justen's had arrived, i will have to do some more thinking about this.

less thinking more mailing woman

sweetheart

dear one

i will be clutching bubble wrap while i do my further thinking, it will look promising.

sweetly, dearly clutching bubble wrap, all the time thinking, thinking, then realising with a start that the post office has closed.

um it's sunday

realising with a jolt that it's sunday.

a jolt is far more shocking than a start, i may need to rest for a couple of days, take it easy, not rush around doing errands.

won't you be shocked by the big newspaper on the porch

it might be very bad for my sweet heart.

on thursday i entered the post office, looked at the mailing boxes and padded envelopes for sale, thought for a minute, then left again. i should have stayed and bought these particular little boxes they had, they were perfect, but there was a long line of people with frosted hair and grim sets to their mouths, and over by the window all the customer pens were broken so there was a lot of angry scritching going on, it wasn't conducive.

wtf @ the post office near my work: it's the middle of the city, and everytime i go there, no matter the day or the time, it's totally packed. HELLO GET MORE STAFF

socialolism

i have probably had dismal times in that post office as well, maybe you have seen my unhappy ghost, stuck in the line forever.

postlol service

post lolffice?

i keep waiting for my toothless post office clerk to retire. i can't look at her

one day at the post office in orlando an unusual man materialised at my side and asked me to smell his bag, a shiny paper gift one, which i did not.

the ghost of drug couriers past

i detected an overpowering scent of rat.

IT HAS NOW BEEN THREE WEEKS SEATTLE POST OFFICE PLZ GIVE LXY THE MARMITE

And the bovril plz.

i think the squirrels stole it

WE ARE IN BOVRIL BUSINESS HERE PEOPLE

i couldn't picture a better monday

5 days, people. UK wins the posting/delivering contest by miles and miles.

THANKS THANKS THANKS, MARK C!

;_;

UK is waaaaay closer to you than nz, tho!

i haven't given up hope, ruby!!!!

well, maybe john justen can scoop out half his marmite and send it on to you. in the interests of fairness. or i'll bring some with me in two months and mail it to you once i'm in the states.

personally, just btw you and me, i think this was some kind of SABOTAGE on the part of estela.

hmm i wonder which person hasn't sent vegemite yet

maybe john justen can scoop

don't want to know what he uses as a scoop

ahem TO MOLLIFY LINGJACKSON OVERDRIVEBERT WHO IS THE SQUEAKY DESERT FIEND, POST ON THIS THREAD AND ONE OF YOUR FRIENDLY ITR MODS WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE WICKED AWESOME, AND POSSIBLY OFFER AN EFFUSIVE STATEMENT OF スペースシャワーTV（スペースシャワーティーヴィー、Space Shower TV） は、株式会社スペースシャワーネットワークが運営している日本初の音楽専門チャンネル。

no but seriously ahem cough cough ahem

ATTN: ESTELA MARK C WILTER

well i am willing to drink pretty much anything, but AS THE OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS TASTE TEST HAVE NOT MADE THEIR CASE in the interim it is clear that MARMITE IS THE BEST OF YOUR ODD FOODS NOW AND FOREVER until i have a valid ACTUALLY HERE IN MY POSSESSIONATE CHALLENGER

xpost howdy i am still alive at least as far as i can tell

-- John Justen, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 20:34

Marmite is icky. Full stop.

Jergins, when will you be able to taste the heavenly elixir that is Bovril?

mere hours.

how do i eat this? on toast?

mark c sent me instructions for best preparation. we got it covered.

John Justen, will you get fluffy bear to drink it with you as well? Assuming it ever arrives.

i have mailed the vegemite.

some applause would be appreciated.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g76/SmileysAnimations/Applause.gif

oh jergins you shouldn't have, but thank you anyway.

i have to go to work now, but if other people want to leave me applause i can collect it later.

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AWESOME WORK ESTELA!!!!

I applaud you.

lingbert: the slowest clap

Good show, estela.

even though i am blushing furiously and feeling very uncomfortable i intend to graciously accept these accolades and not succumb to the urge to denigrate my achievement so, difficult though this is for me, i thank you, one and all.

all hearts and flowers and kudos? YES!

BOVRIL

IT IS HERE

so i dissolve this in something, yes?

(no urgency, i'm at work so experiments will have to wait their turn)

HOT BOVRILLED RUM

oh god

John, there are 2 ways to consume Bovril:

1) make a tasty hot drink by dissolving however much of the it it suggests in boiling water

2) (and this is the good one) toast some fresh white bread, butter (or margarine) generously, and while still as hot as possible, spread bovril very thinly - most of the bread should be visible through the bovril. If the bovril is completely opaque at any point it's too thick. I reckon you'd need less than half a teaspoonful per slice.

2) should be the method for all three on toast when the judgment day arrives, as it will: the mills of itr grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small.

Gah, estela, you have ruined my plan: that m- and v-mite would suffer through over-application, and subtle, sexy bovril would be the only sensible alternative for new, tastier America.

Seriously people, eat the spreads already. I need feedback!

I've started eating kangaroo since my try-hard gourmand friend convinced me it's better for teh environment, leaner, reasonably priced etc.

Estela, you in on the kangaroo steak action at all??

I remember eating 'kanga bangas' and they were fucking awful, but I can hack the steakz.

(i thought this an appropriate place to start roo meat discussion)

why not?

eat the spreads already.

i was thinking i needed to try all at the same time in order not to be prejudiced. is that wrong?

is it quite gamey-tasting? i've never had it.

bovril tastes like ox not rabbit!!

Rubyredd, It is a bit gamey tasting but it is very much a red meat. You can't overcook it, it dries out really easily. I find it to be like super-lean lamb.

WANT

ruby i don't want to bump that other thread so i'll say it here: there are some great Aberhart pix wow. would <3 <3 <3 a postcard thanks :)

cool! i thought you might like. i'll post my paper on this particular image i'm sending you so you understand it... (jokes! :))

http://www.lumiere.net.nz/reader/media/images/img_aberhart4.jpg

please do

net images/postcards don't really do his work justice. i saw his exhibition last year and it was AMAZING. he really captures that latent 'settler nightmare' or colonial gothic image of nz, and avoids the stereotypical tacky icons.

soooooo serious
Is there an age before which children shouldn't have Marmite?

95

i got a super awesome american treat from lxy!

almond roca: buttercrunch toffee with almonds!

it is utterly DIVINE <3 <3 <3 <3

i can't stop eating this stuff

That does sound rather tasty. I'm a sucker for almonds.

ohyay, ruby! and guess what?!! MARMITE IN THE HOUSE!!!!!!

thank you thank you!

the two little jars look so sweet sitting on the windowsill together, waiting for their wee australian partner to arrive. it's like detente through jarred comestibles.

sara, do you want me to send you some almond roca? i will if you webmail your address!

okay now we've got 2 of 3 i'm baout ready to do this thing

jergins?

yes my dear

<3

the vegemite will be there soon, which means the small sweet surprise will be there soon too.

OMG SEATTLE POST OFFICE YOU DON'T SUCK SO BAD AFTERALL

i won't send that letter of complaint now.

(lxy, i have about 4 pieces of almond roca left... i'm such a piggy! but it is SO FREAKIN GOOD)

lxy, you are too sweet! You guys have to stop offering to send me things. I can't even get organized enough to get my bathrooms cleaned right now, much less send things via post office. The guilt will kill me!!!

hey lady i'm offering not asking so send your address already!

xox

ruby, i know, right? soooo good. the day i mailed it i had to go buy some for myself because it was all i could do to refrain from ripping open one of the packages.

once all three are here, i will do a proper test on toast. i will not count my black label experiment in the final results

also, jj and fb will still drink it.

So you're drinking toast now, too?

lxy, I will try to webmail my address to you and then this summer I will try to send something back. (Don't worry, not poop. That is strictly John's department, whatever he might tell you.)

O HAPPY DAY THE VEGEMITE HAS ARRIVED!!!!!!

we will have a taste test very soon and record our results here. live blog it? post pictures? youtube? who knows??!

anyway, thank you, dear estela, for the lovely package! thank you! thanks!

<3,
lxy

i think there should be categories in the judging, eg. best looking jar, nicest colour of spread, nicest texture, nicest smell, best taste with margarine, best taste with butter, best taste in a bloody mary, etc

nicest colour of spread

I don't think we should worry about this one.

live blog it?

lol @ u

those are good ideas, ruby! we could plan an entire contest weekend.

re color: why not?

re live blog: why not?

re trying to get this posted: pipe down for a second, all y'all.

categories are good. i rate everything!

lxy, isn't the vegemite label handsome?

colour: because they all look dégueulasse

there needs to be a best mailer's pet posing with a jar category.

i am so happy to have successfully mailed the vegemite, at times i doubted my abilities.

YOU DID GOOD!

who are our judges? me and lxy and remy and lingbert? what night? Wednesday would work well for me.

you can show lingbert what my dog looks like, i believe he will like him, he seems to have a soft spot for woolly fools.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2010/2487339165_934a7d1055.jpg

they are darling, aren't they?

<3<3<3 our beautiful podium.

even a dirty windowsill can look lovely in the right light

the luminous glow of vegemite makes everything beautiful.

taste the vegemite already

email to linbert, remy, jergins

our overseas spreadables have all arrived!

are you free this wednesday for an evening of adventure?

I will so be there.

I like the bovril bottle.

yay, remy!

text to ligbert:

tasting party wednesday; you in?

(because i am impatient.)

you guys should have fifth party present to perform a blind test so there is no bias...

a blind (double-blind? is that what they call it?) taste test is a good idea

i emailed the windowsill photo to f. at work and he wrote back 'Yeechh!!!', i'm pretty sure he thinks they should all come last-equal.

linbert?
ligbert?
what kind of talk is this.

she always misspells lingbert for some reason.

also, i am going to taste the hell out of those 3 repulsive looking things.

also, i was unaware of a dog photo, but i will report back once i've seen it.

p.s. did you know that neither lxy nor jergins likes dogs? jergins once even said "i hate dogs." it's tragic.

oh dear oh dear ;_;

my heart is broke.

how can you hate this:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2298848408_ddee16430e_o.jpg

(our dog bella, whom i will miss so much when i leave)

how could he say that

xpost cuet!

she bit my ear the other day, in her excitement at seeing me and me cuddling her. she's v v excitable.

xpost i know, she is the awesomest dog, so much personality

lingbert wrote the saddest, most shocking p.s. i have ever seen.

rr, i think i might not have told the ear biting story at this juncture.

so glossy and sappy <3<3<3

Aw, dogs are cute and I like them, but they are also a ton of work.

A lot of people who don't like dogs have had bad experiences with a dog at sometime... could that be it?

p.s. bella is v. v. cute!

i was going to say that the explanation is that they are both demonspawn, but i think even demons like dogs

i'm sorry. i didn't mean to unleash this maelstrom of sadness on itr.

I'm gobsmacked.

A lot of people who don't like dogs have had bad experiences with a dog at sometime... could that be it?

I think this is it. Also ppl who are just scared of them. Also neat freaks who think they are dirty and disgusting.

we should shoot lingbert for bringing us this terrible message.

don't kill the messenger

i didn't mean it, i need lingbert alive and well and voting for v.

lxy likes dogs fine

et tu, jergins?

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd251/LBC_NiGGa/Top%20Dawg%20Ent/jayrock20.jpg

this seems like a good time to admit i don't like sardines.

i dont like pickles, or bananas

i hate anchovies. and olives. and corn. and capers. and mushrooms. and smoked salmon.

will never eat a shrimp

I don't like firefox.

i pretty much hate everything. i mean except all y'all.

I didn't like no country for old men as much as i liked there will be blood.

tim tams are meh

you know what i love, though? that internet ho thing of john justen's. it will make me laugh forever.

tim tams? i don't know what they are but i bet i don't like them.

i prefer chitchats, altho the new toffee nut crunch timtams are pretty good.

John Justen is funney. Judith Lucy is not.

Bovril looking mighty tasty there! Mmm Bovril!

Bovril looking mighty nasty there! Mmm shit-in-a-jar!

That's not exactly unbiased, Lingbert! </3

x-post Truth BOMB

lxy likes dogs fine

-- jergïns, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:11 AM (9 hours ago)

this doesn't seem accurate, but you're her s.o., so i guess you would know best.

Nick, don't try it

i haven't tried it yet, Mark C, but it does look really nasty. "beef extract." what does that even mean. i will find out tomorrow.

http://images.google.co.uk/url?q=http://www.commadelimited.com/code/css_pres/images/puppy_01.jpg&usg=AFQjCNHFsY2ztFg8zQFIzNHL_BgjDIkWLA

mmmmm Bovril milkshake for the summer

(^^^ GIS for "remorseful puppy")

In what bizarro world is "beef extract" more unpleasant and/or weird than "yeast extract"? (Vegetarians don't count)

Why OH Why all the extractering?

it's been pointed out before, but the Marmite on display in the pic up there is the NZ version (sweetened with caramel and honey), not the original and best

yeast extract sounds nasty too

the point was to try the NZ version, thus the sending and and not purchasing locally.

I am confused by all the extracts, but the jars really do look cute on that shelf.

you're her s.o.

i will kneecap u

run limpbert run!

we should shoot lingbert for bringing us this terrible message.

-- estela, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:39 (Yesterday) Link

don't kill the messenger

-- Rubyredd, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 05:42 (Yesterday) Link

i didn't mean it, i need lingbert alive and well and voting for v.

-- estela, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:08 (Yesterday)

i'm glad you don't want to shoot me :D

i believe that tonight is the night

to shoot lingbert?

baseball bat to kneecap. see if marmite or vegemite or bovril revivifies him.

a true test

KEEP YOUR HEAD LOW LIL BUDDY xpost ok wait your knees high?

this will happen as soon as i remember which box i packed the other 2 in also estela your little dog looks AWESOME but don't tell him i said that or he will become fattened with praise

estela the red candy things you sent are really really good

what are the red candy things?

i got orange candy things

maybe they're orange. maybe i'm colorblind.

candy coating, choco insides

actually they might be red, but they taste orange and are chocolate oranges

itr temperance and humility xpost

one of the bags i got was labelled for some Sara R-C person but i tore that off and just started in on them

Jaffas? Rubyredd mentioned those motherfuckers earlier.

They are good (if they are jaffas).

xp

search 'jaffas' and yes that's what they are and they are good http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/16/04/23370416.jpg

i sent the darrell lea version, i love them even more than original jaffas, though normally i don't like darrell lea stuff very much. they are bigger than jaffas and the chocolate is nicer. you should try them, wilter, if you haven't already, they are my #1 movie candy choice.

1st equal with milk duds.

I was going to mention darrell lea. The nougat easter/christmas egg things are so good.

As is all of their stuff.

http://www.dlea.com.au/docs/images/Gifts%20and%20Hampers/4.%20christmas%20nougat%20pudding.jpg

my brother's partner used to work in one of their stores so i've been fairly brainwashed over the years.

my dog not only looks awesome, he is awesome.

i like darrell lea licqorice bullets. i haven't tried their nougat egg things but this christmas i will.

I huffed one at easter ^_^

i can't believe my eyes.

i knew itr would love that candy, we are as one.

the candy is orange, and v v yummy
lingbret is lucky estela didn't send licorice bullets, or i would shoot him with them
the preparations have begun (and when my camera battery recharges i will post a picture to prove it)

(i'm quite excited, by the way)

so am i, this is it, the moment of, i hope, truth.

it would be funny if you shot lingbert with a licorice bullet at the tasting party, now i really wish i had sent some.

i would slingshot orange candies at him, but i don't want to waste any

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2276/2493824140_ab7a2a3195.jpg?v=0

(nesquik because we don't have milo)

Oh god, they're so different tho.

marmite label's a bit busy innit?

i don't really know what milo is, so i just guessed. should we not dunk into nesquik?

Yeah you should for sure.

wait what are you dunking into it?

the busy marmite label is to distract attention away from its terrible flavour, it's like someone with a cold sore wearing a bright coloured scarf.

there is zero tradition of dunking vegemite into beverages.

that is outrageous

some saboteur has been giving serving suggestions.

marmite+vogels toast+tons of butter+ dipped in milky milo= HAPPINESS

-- Rubyredd, Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:15 PM (Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:15 PM) Bookmark Link

i'm just trying to be happy, people.

jergins just came in with a bunch of good liquor, so:

1. i may not need milo
2. i am already happy

i see!

i am happy that you are happy lxy<3<3<3

kraft singles are bad on anything, so i don't think i will be consuming them with any of the international foodstuffs tonight.

when you get to the describing marmite part of the evening don't forget that the english language includes 'pungent' and 'dank' among its many adjectives.

'regrettable'

'noisome'

'hoodwinked'

we are doing this double blind btw so as not to let the above comments prejudice us

by all means, keep going though

where is rubyredd? she should be here!

how dare she have a life at this critical moment

i just got home! i can't believe estela and wilter have been bagging marmite in my absence, without me here to defend it to the death!

i've been at the print studio, sorry guys :(

i have to go away from the internet for four hours soon, that is why i had to get my insults in early.

in retrospect this will be a funny leadup to OMG THEY'RE ALL ASS

f. is going to end up being the nostradamus of toast.

toastradamus

ha!

(but what does nostradamus of toast even mean?)

he has been predicting all along that you will all hate all three.

but i cling to the hope that he is wrong and that you will only hate marmite and bovril.

belated lol for toastradamus

i think i will like them both. (sorry, mark c.)

where is HE, by the way? doesn't he CARE?

and lingbert, where is he

before the contest begins i would like to affirm my <3 for ruby and mark c, and my hope that they are good losers.

i am eating vegemite RIGHT NOW. On wholemeal vita wheats. A++

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e166/DaleJrRoxs/GentlemenStartEngins.gif

(ladies too)

seriously, where is lingberry, and what has he done with poor remy?

(sorry jergins, false alarm)

goodbye everyone, i have to go to work now, wilter you will have to stand in for me, i will check in as soon as i can.

no worries

i'm on the edge of my seat in anticipation

i'm quietly confident

im confused but no one will believe me

?????????????????????????

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2408/2493680437_057a933d82.jpg

Bovril the lesser of 3 evils apparently.

lessest

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3243/2493687417_fcde85fbab_m.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2201/2493688767_61cb2946eb.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2313/2494506302_fffed4ae04_m.jpg

lol awesome

lol who added up the marks.

:) :) :)

DID ANYONE DRINK THE BOVRIL??

Estie you know I heart you too, especially now you are a loser.

mark c, 'estie' is esteban buttez's nickname, how much ignominy must i suffer in one day?

I'm sorry. Is it rude of me to have been waiting for you to say that :)

(but if you will choose an internet sobriquet then I don't think you can complain about any nicknames it may gather! What you need is a good, solid, real name, like Mark. Actually you don't, Mark's a terrible, dull name, I wish I'd thought of something witty when I re-registered)

<3 estela <3

OMFG THAT IS ACTUALLY AN ELEVEN FOR MARMITE

HAHAHAHA VEGEMITE LOST BY HEAPS AND HEAPS

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYAY :)