Nice Little Facts

[Catsmile]

Ahhhh an Aussie accented Japanese girl. My favourite flavour. Oh we're talking about kit kat flavours. Where's ling ling when I need her?

I had you in mind when I chose her taste test video.

Ling Ling? Stick with the horse porn, dude.

[Evil Twin Of Zen]

There are many different Kit Kat flavors in Japan.  Interestingly their great popularity seems to mostly arise from a chance similarity to the Japanese phrase "kitto katsu" which means "You'll surely win".  Thus people often give Kit Kats to friends or family as a token of good luck.

Some of the more unusual flavors include:

Pear
Pumpkin
Purple Sweet Potato
Roasted Corn
Maple Syrup
Lemon Vinegar
Green Tea
Mango Pudding
Creme Brule
Ginger Ale
Chili Pepper
Beet
Chestnut
Cantaloupe
Almond Jelly
Wasabi
Red Bean Sandwich

japanese kit kat have been around for some time now, but i always order the yubari melon. one of the nice things about the web is that i can enjoy many of the tastie treats and snacks i miss. i do three orders a year. gotta have that dried popcorn shrimp ya know. 

[b_dubb]

       When Rykodisc reissued Bill Hicks cds in 1997, they featured blurbs from admirers like Keith Olbermann.

       At that very same time, Olbermann was doing commercials for Boston Market.

       I wonder if Keith ever listened to that Artistic Roll Call bit from "Rant in E Minor"

Sucking Satan's pecker ... Suck it ... It's only your dignity ... Suck it ...

I'm sure he did listen to that while driving around in his BMW.

[jazmunda]

I had you in mind when I chose her taste test video.

Ling Ling? Stick with the horse porn, dude.

Can't I combine both?

[zeebo]

japanese kit kat have been around for some time now, but i always order the yubari melon. one of the nice things about the web is that i can enjoy many of the tastie treats and snacks i miss. i do three orders a year. gotta have that dried popcorn shrimp ya know. 

Yeah I read somewhere the yubari melon is quite popular - I have no idea what it tastes like, now I'm curious.  I must also seek out the cucumber one - I must know.  Another curious thing btw I found is that some of those flavors like the sweet corn one are only available in Hokkaido for some reason. 

And you're right - they have such better snacks than us!  Such a broader taste palate there as opposed to the friggin chips & pretzels & orange dust crackers we're stuck with.  Whenever I pass thru San Fran I hit an Asian grocery store I know there and load up on those shrimpy snacks etc. myself.  (I'm talking about the authentic Japan ones, not some friggin rice cracker knock-off with a US label and imported from China - blech.)

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

The bunkers at Augusta National, home of The Masters, are filled with mining waste.

[pate]

Joseph McCarthy was correct about Communists...

[PB the Deplorable]

There are many different Kit Kat flavors in Japan.  Interestingly their great popularity seems to mostly arise from a chance similarity to the Japanese phrase "kitto katsu" which means "You'll surely win".  Thus people often give Kit Kats to friends or family as a token of good luck.

Some of the more unusual flavors include:

Pear
Pumpkin
Purple Sweet Potato
Roasted Corn
Maple Syrup
Lemon Vinegar
Green Tea
Mango Pudding
Creme Brule
Ginger Ale
Chili Pepper
Beet
Chestnut
Cantaloupe
Almond Jelly
Wasabi
Red Bean Sandwich

What, no Pizza Roll flavor?

[jazmunda]

If you're in a group of 70 people or more, there is a 99.9% chance two will share the same birthday.

[pate]

Then why is it that my own birthday is the one after, and while you are at it why is Earth Day the same day as Hitler's b-day?

I'd say fooking Commies, but I guess I mean fooking Sochies...  what is the difference anyhow, they read Marx differently?

While we are on facts that are nice and little, did you know that finger nails grow faster than toe nails?

[PB the Deplorable]

Yeah I read somewhere the yubari melon is quite popular - I have no idea what it tastes like, now I'm curious.  I must also seek out the cucumber one - I must know.  Another curious thing btw I found is that some of those flavors like the sweet corn one are only available in Hokkaido for some reason. 

And you're right - they have such better snacks than us!  Such a broader taste palate there as opposed to the friggin chips & pretzels & orange dust crackers we're stuck with.  Whenever I pass thru San Fran I hit an Asian grocery store I know there and load up on those shrimpy snacks etc. myself.  (I'm talking about the authentic Japan ones, not some friggin rice cracker knock-off with a US label and imported from China - blech.)

A colleague once brought a bag of tiny bite sized baked crabs, shell and all, back from a trip to Japan.  They had a sugar glaze on them.

Took me a month to scrub the taste out of my mouth, and 'sugared crabs' was an office punch line for the rest of the year.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

A colleague once brought a bag of tiny bite sized baked crabs, shell and all, back from a trip to Japan.  They had a sugar glaze on them.

Took me a month to scrub the taste out of my mouth, and 'sugared crabs' was an office punch line for the rest of the year.

I tasted those crabs -- once.  They are everything you say.  You understated it, if anything.

[zeebo]

A colleague once brought a bag of tiny bite sized baked crabs, shell and all, back from a trip to Japan.  They had a sugar glaze on them.

Took me a month to scrub the taste out of my mouth, and 'sugared crabs' was an office punch line for the rest of the year.

Haha, yeah, they're not all winners.  I suspect that's the case with the red bean sandwich kit kat. 

[PB the Deplorable]

Haha, yeah, they're not all winners.  I suspect that's the case with the red bean sandwich kit kat. 

The mother of my kids is Chinese, I have much experience with Chinese snacks.  To me Red Bean is one of the safe flavors, or should I say one of the less objectionable.  I've learned to stay well clear of the shrimp stuff. 

Worst is coming home after a night out with friends and beer, opening the refrigerator and finding little to eat but various jars of unidentifiable Chinese pickles ... bleah!

[jazmunda]

Whatever you do don't eat McDonalds in Asia.


http://youtu.be/YDcmuQXjFF0

[MV/Liberace!]

The mother of my kids is Chinese

Communist.

[jazmunda]

Communist.

You know what they say, "Better Red than Beheaded."

Too soon?

[PB the Deplorable]

Communist.

Reported !

[zeebo]

In Richmond, Virginia, it is illegal to flip a coin in a restaurant to see who pays for coffee.

[jazmunda]

In Richmond, Virginia, it is illegal to flip a coin in a restaurant to see who pays for coffee.

Is that because it is illegal to gamble on games of chance there?

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

In Richmond, Virginia, it is illegal to flip a coin in a restaurant to see who pays for coffee.

Too bad you didn't mention that a couple of days ago, because I just learned about it the hard way.

[Yorkshire pud]

Too bad you didn't mention that a couple of days ago, because I just learned about it the hard way.

It let me off!! The coffees are on you from now on!! Happy day!!

[MV/Liberace!]

Members of the Asatru faith worship Thor.  In 2014.

[zeebo]

Is that because it is illegal to gamble on games of chance there?

I believe that's the idea, that's it's a kind of gambling.  However apparently the law says nothing about deciding with the Rock-Paper-Scissors game.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

I believe that's the idea, that's it's a kind of gambling.  However apparently the law says nothing about deciding with the Rock-Paper-Scissors game.

Wonder if it's okay to arm wrestle for it.

[zeebo]

In English pubs, unruly customers were told to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down â€" and so began the phrase "mind your P's and Q's".

[jazmunda]

One for the classic Art Bell fans:

1998 is as far away from today than 2030 is.

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

One for the classic Art Bell fans:

1998 is as far away from today as 2030 is.

That's not true.

[jazmunda]

That's not true.

Turn down the aggression dude. 

My wording was wrong.

It should have read 1998 is further away from today as 2030 is.

[RealCool Daddio]

Members of the Asatru faith worship Thor.  In 2014.

No man is able to know his future
So let him sleep in peace.

Praise be to Odin!