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Marmite or Bovril?

Marmite (Vegemite)	2 votes - 66 %
Bovril (Liquid Cow no longer)	0 votes - 0 %
Yuk! (Neither)	1 vote - 33 %
Yum! (Both)	0 votes - 0 %

3 Total Votes

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Bovril by gazbo (4.00 / 1) #1 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 11:48:56 AM EST

Is not liquid cow. No, seriously, it really isn't. Hasn't been for a couple of years, I believe.

Which is a damn shame, as bovril was great on toast. It was also useful when cooking and you felt the dish needed a little hassle-free beef stock adding.

"Engarde!" cried the larvae, huskily. - Scrymarch

Wikipedia backs the dates up. by gazbo (4.00 / 1) #2 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 11:51:37 AM EST

Also:

"According to Unilever, "in blind taste tests 10% didn't notice any difference in taste, 40% preferred the original and 50% preferred the new product."

Umm...I'm sure that if you just gave everyone a spoonful of the stuff, fully 99% would prefer Nutella - that doesn't mean it's a better Bovril.

"Engarde!" cried the larvae, huskily. - Scrymarch

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Gosh darn it by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #3 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 11:54:15 AM EST

You appear to be right. I've not had it for a couple of years but, as a kid, thought it was great on toast. What about those people who might want to eat liquid cow?

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I have a half empty 18month old jar. by ambrosen (4.00 / 2) #4 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 11:59:28 AM EST

That's meaty. I can bung it on ebay for you if you want.

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: Yeah. Go on. by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #5 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 12:16:52 PM EST

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What game is that? by Bob Abooey (4.00 / 1) #6 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 12:44:12 PM EST

I never did finish the endgame for the original Doom. Damn thing made me want to chuck my old PC through the window so I finally de-uninstalled it and washed my hands of the whole mess.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob

Same era by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #7 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 01:18:08 PM EST

Different machine(ish). It's "Lemmings 2: The Tribes" running on a Commodore Amiga emulator. I posted a brief diary when I started messing about with it, which I'm gratified to note was well over a year ago; so there hasn't been that much slacking going on.

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Good lord, by 606 (4.00 / 1) #12 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 03:56:13 PM EST

You're mad! Lemmings on the Amiga nearly destroyed my father! We had to drag him away from it and then he found Sokoban and we nearly lost him again. He's okay now, thankfully. We've weaned him down to a minor Sudoku addiction.

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Has he by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #14 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 05:29:19 PM EST

seen this?

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no, but i have by 606 (4.00 / 1) #15 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 05:40:59 PM EST

I found it kind of buggy, and I couldn't really get into it. It had promise though.

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: Shame. It looked interesting. by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #16 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 05:50:26 PM EST

I have a strict policy of not paying more than £15 for games (it's actually a somewhat laxer policy set at £10, but some games are too tempting), so it'll be a while before it becomes an issue anyway.

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Mumble mumble by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #17 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 06:03:42 PM EST

You see a NEw horizon. with any luck, you'll pass on by, and noT HAve any Consuming time sinK trouble.

Especially if you turn on the shiny ascii tiles. Oh no.

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: I'm by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #18 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 07:18:09 PM EST

Not surE if VeERing in that direction is healthy.

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That was awesome. by celeriac (4.00 / 1) #19 Wed Apr 05, 2006 at 06:01:42 AM EST

Only video game that's caught my attention in a long line. Too short though, and it helps if the aesthetics are an immediate turnon.

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racks by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #8 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 01:24:25 PM EST

My wife doesn't have a rack like that...but I do.
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Strictly speaking, by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #10 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 03:41:33 PM EST

that rack is co-owned, but it would have ruined the cheap gag.

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: likewise by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #13 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 04:30:49 PM EST

But I do use it more than she does.
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Lemmings! by ni (4.00 / 1) #9 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 02:53:43 PM EST

You have bested me! I think I still have the boxed set for Lemmings 2 (PC, 5 1/4", etc) somewhere. IIRC it comes with a poster, or large standup cardboard display thing, or something. I definitely have the manual (with backstory details!) somewhere. I wonder if they'd go for anything on ebay.

Think metahistorically, act locally. -- CheeseburgerBrown

Definitely by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #11 Tue Apr 04, 2006 at 03:47:35 PM EST

When I decided to play it again, I went through all the different ways of trying to facilitate that aim (including ebay). As it's abandonware, it's incredibly hard to get hold of. Some sites claim to provide the DOS version, but I could never get that to run beyond the opening sequence. It took a retardedly long time to figure out the emulator route and, even then, I had to 'acquire' a valid save disk from elsewhere.

A boxed original with gubbins might go for a mint; but you'd have to spam their existence all over the place, as it's not the sort of thing that people even consider as being available.

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: Well by hulver (4.00 / 1) #20 Wed Apr 05, 2006 at 09:57:58 AM EST

I've got the original PC dos version floppies at home somewhere.
I think I chucked all my boxes away though. I've got all sorts of crap laying around at home.
--
smart, pretty, sane. pick two - georgeha
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Oids by idiot boy (4.00 / 1) #21 Tue Apr 11, 2006 at 06:15:18 AM EST

I swear that I will never again install an Atari ST emulator. Damn game sucks life worse than Defender of the Crown.

And Dungeon Master. Don't get me started on Dungeon Master.

Even by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #22 Tue Apr 11, 2006 at 09:16:37 AM EST

worse.

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: Never played it by idiot boy (2.00 / 0) #23 Tue Apr 11, 2006 at 01:27:57 PM EST

I was an Atari ST owning dweeb. Couldn't aford an Amiga so became an ST zealot. This of course taught me the folly of zealotry as I spent my life playing a racing game whose name escapes me on Amigas linked by serial cable (the bastard had two - one of which was hacked to buggery).
There was one game (also escapes me - maybe that racing game) which supported linked play between an ST and an Amiga. Bloody amazing when you think about it.

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