...To feel that the drive towards 'Single Type' chocolates/sweetie bags rather than 'Selection' bags is causing a decline in the Nations Behaviour?

[Blandmum]

We see it everywhere.

Boxes of 'Just the green triangle Quality Streets'

Single big versions of the purple hazel nut Quality Street

Even on MN we see calls for bags of Jelly Babies just in a single flavour!

What is the Nation coming to? Are we so set in our ways, so demanding of a life lead 'My way or the Highway' that we can no longer politely eat the ghastly pink ones that are the only thing left at the end of the box?

Has our Nation, Fired and Tempered in the flames of the Blitz and Dunkirk become so lily livered that we quake at the sight of a Green Jelly Baby?

Has it? Has it?

Stand up and face the challenge of the selection box, with courage high and hearts aglow!

You have nothing to lose but your wrappers!

But selections can be so much fun - we love playing Russian Roulette with a bag of revels - I hate Orange, DP hates the coffee ones

naw

it's pirates.

see here

Where is the fun that comes from picking out the ones you like and leaving the others for dh to rummage through, when there is only one type?

Tch tch.

Well Indeed! I quite agree. And coping personfuly with the dispointment of getting 'the wrong one' makes you better people, I'm sure.

takes out of your comfortzone!

I agree MB.
The rot set in when they removed the peanut and coconut Revels.

And when they stopped making Texans and Counters.

Quite!!! I've been known to eat (for example the purple nutty one) something different in desperation, only to think, "oh, that wasn't so bad".

This change is indicative of the 'Me, me,' society that we see all around us.

Boadicea wouldn't have demanded the jelly Baby of her choice before going into battle. She would have taken what was on offer, and damn the consequences

lol.

Butbutbut I adore galaxy buttons and in the 70s you could buy a bag of them on their own, now you can only get 'em in a revels bag so I have to eat HUGE bag of revels just to get my fix.

Real hard-done-to I am

(and I have no problem picking the chocolate off the coffee ones - or foisting them on to the unsuspecting children).

get some backbone, Woman!

Can you make no sacrifice for your Nations Wellbeing?

get some backbone, Woman!

Can you make no sacrifice for your Nations Wellbeing?

I agree with everything said. It all started I think with Just Brazils. I think the marketers were being ironic given that in 90% of households the brazils were the unwanted, unloved, only eaten in the desperation of chocolate hit selection box pariah!! It has backfired in a big way and I think we need to make a united stand. Bring back the shit sweets. (and while your at it please bring back the cherry liquer one from black magic they were scrum!!)

Oh and btw what are texans and counters

I do make sacrifices! I eat the whole-damn bag instead!

My waistline feels the sacrifices, I can tell ya!

Well, that will just make it easier to count you what you 'Stand up an be counted!'

Good woman, that belbang!

she womanfully eats the whole bag with no thought of herself.

Such a role model

phew!

"Butbutbut I adore galaxy buttons and in the 70s you could buy a bag of them on their own, now you can only get 'em in a revels bag so I have to eat HUGE bag of revels just to get my fix".

Yes, yes!

Those buttons are the 'Counters', of which I spoke longingly earlier.

So, stand up and be counted, and demand the reinstating of Counters.

oooh i love the counters then!! I would eat choc covered spiders to get to one of them!!

I think that in the spirit of this thread you should be prepared to eat any chocolate covered Arachnid.

No picky, 'sorry i don't like scorpions' shite

A good start would to bring back those boxes of chocolates in bar . . .they were a top idea.

even if you're veggie?

Yes bring back Counters - thought I had gone mad or got a dodgy pack of revels recently, however DH can;t remember them so I thought it was me.

Love the orange revels - hate coffee ones - I just give those to DH - yes after I have taken a bite!

Also whilst we're at it can we also bring back pacers and the funny little fruit shaped and flavoured sweets that I used to be able to buy at the pick and mix in Littlewoods when I was a child but can no longer find anywhere (believe me I've tried!)

Pacers - sigh, those were the days!

MB, lead on to the revolution, we are united behind you.

Veggies are excluded from the arachnid, but she did say she would eat a choc covered spider!

And begone you people wanting individual choice! This is all about embracing the Selection Box!

OMG - are some of you telling me they've taken the buttons/counters out of revels now???

Agree. In our house it's the coffee creams and the orange creams that get left kicking about long after Christmas has finished.

Gagging them down eventually (in desperation for chocolate) is character building.

how can you not like the orange one - mmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!