Showing posts with label eggs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eggs. Show all posts

Sunday, 12 August 2007

Kinder Surprise!


Contrary to popular belief, dolphins do NOT lay eggs (nor do we mate via osmosis or design tiny otter sanctuaries in our spare time). It's a myth!

But the one egg we do find fascinating is the Kinder Surprise egg. Not because the egg itself is exciting but simply because it's possibly the least surprising thing on the planet and demands a name change at once.

When you open a Kinder egg, there's a high probability of finding a small capsule inside which contains one of the following:

- a small plastic car which needs to be assembled with tweezers or the tiny hands of a 3 year old girl. Inevitably, the car will always have one wheel which sticks and refuses to turn therefore making the car useless.

-a small plastic crocodile/hippo/animal of the month which will be amusing for 12 seconds and, according to Kinder, will be 'a collector's item'. Frankly, the kind of people that collect plastic hippos are probably not the type of person you want to have at your dinner party, right?

- a 'working' compass (plastic). Unfortunately the sticker will have been badly placed in the Kinder factory and so the needle always points to the word 'East' (held up by a hippo/crocodile/animal of the month).

In order for Kinder to actually be 'Surprising', i would like them to consider putting the following alternative things inside their eggy-wegs.

-a diamond encrusted FabergĂ© egg with a RRP of around £450,000.

-a cure for all known diseases written on parchment with a picture of a hippo/crocodile/animal of the month at the bottom.

-a portal to a different universe. One where otters are plentiful and will lap dance for a penny preferably.

-another Kinder Surprise...a solid one with extra creamy chocolate containing over 12,000 calories per bite.

-an apology written by the managing director for all those rubbish plastic toys he's inflicted upon the world over the last 25 years.

Go on Kinder, Surprise me!

Friday, 16 February 2007

Smylexx and the Chocolate Factory


In an effort to bring the most important news directly to your eyeballs, I have been in contact with famous UK chocolate experts "Cadbury" in order to get to the real scoop on their famous Creme Eggs.



Below is a copy of the original email which i expect a response to any second now...


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Hello chocolate people,


With Spring fast approaching and the Creme Egg becoming more popular than ever, i have a few questions about this incredible product:


1. Could you confirm if the hens required to lay the eggs are Battery or Free-Range?


2. What are the chances of Mr Cadbury's Parrot being infected with Avian Flu?


3. Has Cadbury ever considered alternative "creme" products for strict vegans - a Creme Turnip, perhaps?


4. How many Creme Eggs would you require to make the perfect omelet?


5. Are the eggs layed with the foil wrap on, cos that would hurt, or is it added later, perhaps by a big machine with gears and levers and steam and rubber gloves on the end of shiny silver rods?


Thank you for your time,


Smylexx the Dolphin.


P.S. - The last time I queried something (about 4 years ago), my response came from someone named "Charlie". Can you confirm if all workers in the chocolate factory are called Charlie or was this, in fact;


a coincidence


a result of sneaky recruitment regulations


some sort of freaky cloning experiment in which DNA from the original Charlie is taken then used to create an army of workers


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I will update this post the very moment the lovely Oompa Lumpahs get back to me!