villa4europe Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 18 minutes ago, bickster said: Bristol, Joseph Fry and Sons. Owned by cadburys now though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 23 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Owned by cadburys now though Who are owned by Americans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, sidcow said: And don't anyone come on here saying the Americans have ruined it. It's still be best chocolate around by a mile. I'm not one of these people who think only dark chocolate is real chocolate, but I don't see how Cadbury's is even in the conversation for best chocolate. It's not as bad as american mass-produced chocolate, but it's not good. For easily available chocolate, Lindt pisses all over it, and Montezuma's is really good as well. Obviously that's without moving up the price points to really good stuff. Cadbury, Nestle and Galaxy chocolate is all cheap, race-to-the-bottom shite. It's basically got nostalgia and price going for it, and not a lot else. Edited September 16, 2021 by Davkaus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 16, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I'm not one of these people who think only dark chocolate is real chocolate, but I don't see how Cadbury's is even in the conversation for best chocolate. It's not as bad as american mass-produced chocolate, but it's not good. For easily available chocolate, Lindt pisses all over it, and Montezuma's is really good as well. Obviously that's without moving up the price points to really good stuff. Cadbury, Nestle and Galaxy chocolate is all cheap, race-to-the-bottom shite. It's basically got nostalgia and price going for it, and not a lot else. Ahhhh. Posh chocolate. It's shit like posh sausages are shit. I wouldn't give Lindt the time of day. I spent a fortune once buying Mrs Sidcow a load of fresh chocolate from that place that used to be in The Great Western Arcade. We wondered why I had bothered. We also had a Fortnum and Mason selection for Christmas last year. If I had the kind of money to buy that stuff pissing out of my arse I wouldn't buy a other box. Edited September 16, 2021 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Sometimes I like to slum it with cadburys buttons, walkers crisps and a can of carling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Xela said: Sometimes I like to slum it with cadburys buttons, walkers crisps and a can of carling. Carling is on the VT blacklist, but I don’t find its taste offensive tbh. It’s not my first, or second choice but if it’s there I’ll enjoy a cold pint of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Genie said: Carling is on the VT blacklist, but I don’t find its taste offensive tbh. It’s not my first, or second choice but if it’s there I’ll enjoy a cold pint of it. Exactly. Its quite refreshing, in a fizzy shandy type of way. I can hear @Davkaus getting angry from here! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted September 16, 2021 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Xela said: Exactly. Its quite refreshing, in a fizzy shandy type of way. I can hear @Davkaus getting angry from here! I can hear @tonyh29thinking you're on the hard stuff 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 41 minutes ago, Xela said: Sometimes I like to slum it with cadburys buttons, walkers crisps and a can of carling. I used to respect you. I can't remember why. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Best chocolate was the Aldi 67% Peruvian. Do they still do that? Think it was @BOFwho recommended it years ago. Lovely stuff. Hotel Chocolat dark classic hot chocolate is phenomenal as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Lidl chocolate is better than Cadbury. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted September 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) Today I had no meetings, and didn't talk to anybody at all. I've been working on a code problem since Monday and for the last 3 days, I'd basically jud have mental constipation. It was like trying to put a 1,000 peice jigsaw together in my head without being sure what the picture was, and being fairly sure the last guy had been as lost as I was. I was up most of the night just thinking about it in bed when it clicked. Today, I had about 3 litres of coffee, put my music up high, didn't look at emails, and **** nailed it, that feeling of despair and cluelessness turning to instant understanding and satisfaction is why I love this job. Literally every line I'd written since Monday got deleted, but I got there in the end Edited September 16, 2021 by Davkaus 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 16, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, sidcow said: Ahhhh. Posh chocolate. It's shit like posh sausages are shit. I wouldn't give Lindt the time of day. I will defend to the death your right to be wrong. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 33 minutes ago, Ingram85 said: Best chocolate was the Aldi 67% Peruvian. Do they still do that? Think it was @BOFwho recommended it years ago. Lovely stuff. Hotel Chocolat dark classic hot chocolate is phenomenal as well. Does that make you march too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: I used to respect you. I can't remember why. I lost my self respect around April this year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Just the relief of working from home today. Was in the office again yesterday. What a faff! Trains were all over the place due to a points failure and I got next to no work done. Plus I couldn't even have a dump in peace without someone in the next cubicle seemingly taking trumpet lessons. I did have a lunchtime pint in the pub though, so not a complete fail. By midday today i'd done 3 times the work that I did yesterday. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, bickster said: I can hear @tonyh29thinking you're on the hard stuff Carling is what I use to clean my teeth with after a night out on the hoy Edited September 16, 2021 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 16, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 16, 2021 46 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Carling is what I use to clean my teeth with after a night out on the hoy The rest of us use something with a tad more alcohol in it like Listerine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 16, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2021 21 minutes ago, bickster said: The rest of us use something with a tad more alcohol in it like Listerine Can't get the alcohol Listerine any more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Salad Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Been using this stuff for awhile now its fantastic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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