Who the fuck wants to eat a sweet flavoured like flowers/perfume? Not a joke.

  • rmuk@feddit.uk
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    4 hours ago

    Idea for an advert.

    Open on two KIDS visiting GRANNY at the nursing home. No sound but a clock ticking. The KIDS are bored.

    Kid 1: sighs

    Suddenly, in an explosion of light and colour, our new exciting youth-appealing mascot VIOLENT VIOLET bursts into the scene.

    Violent Violet: Hey kids! Did you ever wish you could eat granny’s perfume?

    Kid 1: No.

    Kid 2: What? No.

    Kid 1: Gross.

    Violent Violet: I’ll fucking cut you.

    To be developed but I think it has potential.

    • Cyril Strobe@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      13 hours ago

      I think these things are like marmite: you either love them or hate them, but there really doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. Plus, almost everyone I’ve ever met who knows these hates them, so it’s interesting for me to see people posting here about loving them (not that they aren’t welcome to, of course).

  • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    These look just like Smarties, but all purple.

    No hate for Smarties, though, but no love for them, either. They’re fine. Consistency of chalk, taste mostly like sugar. I didn’t hate getting them at Halloween.

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    20 hours ago

    I’m someone who disagrees.

    I love me some parma violets, I’ve actually got several packs of the giant ones right now. And as for who would want to eat a sweet flavoured like a flower, go ask the Turkish about rosewater flavoured Turkish Delight.

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    24 hours ago

    Parma Violets were created in 1946…

    They’ve apparently been on sale for 80 years, so someone must like them.

    A lot of people don’t like black licorice, but enough do, including me, that it’s still made and sold.

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      19 hours ago

      Actually, I always remember the necklaces/bracelets as more like the love heart sweets (I actually quite like them). Plz don’t say they make a PV version too, that’s just wrong

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    24 hours ago

    internert tells me they’re violet flavored

    like. the flower? candy taste like flower?

    britain is truly a deplorable land.

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      22 hours ago

      Violets have been made into liqueur for ages. And it’s actually quite tasty.

      Try an Aviation cocktail, or a Water Lily sometime. They’re delightful - and I’m saying that as someone who hates gin with a passion.

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        19 hours ago

        Haven’t had either but the Bramble is another example of gin being turned into something portable.

        But yeah, I have French violet mints and violet bar syrup that I just put into water. Floral can be tasty.

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      23 hours ago

      candy taste like flower?

      More eating like floral-scented dish soap in powder form.

      britain is truly a deplorable land

      We in Scotland take no responsibility for this crime against humanity.

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        21 hours ago

        We in Scotland take no responsibility for this crime against humanity.

        Fried Mars bars have a lot of heavy lifting to do to make up for this one.

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    23 hours ago

    As a foreigner living in the UK, I will admit these felt weird the first time I tried them (especially when compared to Love Hearts), but they eventually grew on me. I would easily smash a packet of those right now.