Disastrous family seasonal attractions and the never to be forgotten Lapland New Forest Theme Park

[T & P]

Fanta, AKA Nazi Pop

I had no idea what you meant by that, so I googled ‘Nazi Fanta’ and saw. Every day is a school day on Urban

 

[cupid_stunt]

I had no idea what you meant by that, so I googled ‘Nazi Fanta’ and saw. Every day is a school day on Urban

You learn something new everyday, and that's yours & mine lesson done for today.

 

[klang]

Christmas markets in Germany are shit too. And mulled wine is too sweet.

 

[TopCat]

Anyone been a local coop recently? You need a about fifty quid for one basket.

Tired of it. I earn good money and still left with nothing at the end of the month just by spending said month being shafted every time I walk into a shop etc.

Go Lidl.

 

[TopCat]

I love this thread.

 

[TopCat]

Anyone been a local coop recently? You need a about fifty quid for one basket.

Tired of it. I earn good money and still left with nothing at the end of the month just by spending said month being shafted every time I walk into a shop etc.

But really. I lived in Brockley for a bit during lockdown etc and got mullared going to the coop local. The old Kent road Lidl was a schlep on the bus with a cab back but saved me one and a half a month.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Christmas markets in Germany are shit too.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Went to the Christmas market in Innsbruck a couple of years ago, it was epic. Not shit on any level, mulled wine is of course bogging, you must spend an extra €2 for the first one to get a cup then it was €2 a go, after the third they went down lovely and the whole city was lashed up, but none of that air of violence that lurks around U.K. cities when people get on one.

Sunday though, Austria, same as Germany; morgue and flight home not until 5pm…

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

 

[May Kasahara]

I love Innsbruck. Would love to visit the Christmas market there.

 

[ska invita]

Walked through the Brum Christmas market yesterday and was very underwhelmed. I think 85% of the stalls were Bier kellers, 10% were German sausage sellers/ other food stuffs and the last 5% were over priced gift items.

sounds like they got the ratios about right imo

 

[kenny g]

Anyone experienced Antwerp Xmas market. I managed to avoid this year as couldn't be arsed with the planning back in November but still somewhat tempted for next year. Innsbruck looks far more attractive to be honest but Antwerp is drive able

 

[BigMoaner]

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Is that Sydenham?

 

[weepiper]

I went to Christmas markets in Dusseldorf and Cologne last year and they were great. Busy but not unbearable, not fenced off with big hoardings like they are here so you don't feel penned in like cattle, a good variety of stalls selling things you might actually want to buy, and lots of different food/drink offerings. Very Christmassy, 10/10 would go again.

I'm not sure why we apparently can't manage a similar experience here

Edinburgh Christmas Market branded 'hell on earth' in savage reviews suggesting 'don't bother'

The Christmas Market here in the capital is visited by thousands annually, though it seems to have disappointed tourists this year with some branding the event "very disappointing".

www.edinburghlive.co.uk

Edinburgh's market is mystifyingly popular despite articles like this every year. I just completely avoid the centre for a month.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Edinburgh's market is mystifyingly popular despite articles like this every year. I just completely avoid the centre for a month.

Went to that a few years back, massive queue to get in from The Mound, but you could just wander in off Princes St, which was a bit odd. Didn't spend a single penny in there, it was utterly crap.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

'Nightmare' scenes at Hyde Park Corner as crowds return from Winter Wonderland

'What I witnessed during December 9 and particularly December 10 has been nothing short of appalling'

www.standard.co.uk

 

[neonwilderness]

Parents' shock after reindeer puppet sang 'inappropriate' Christmas song

Managers at the Lowry Outlet said the reindeer was tampered with and have apologised to customers

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

"We had taken our kids to the cinema. We went past and saw the reindeer. It was singing Frosty the Snowman.

"Then it went a bit funny.

"I said to my friend 'I swear it said Frosty The Pervert'.Then I thought I heard it say d***. I thought 'that's a bit inappropriate'.

"The song is about Frosty the Snowman going into a playground and exposing himself in front of children. At this point a man walked in. I thought 'does he work there?'

"He said 'sorry, there were kids in there'.

 

[two sheds]

"tampered with"

 

[cupid_stunt]

Parents' shock after reindeer puppet sang 'inappropriate' Christmas song

Managers at the Lowry Outlet said the reindeer was tampered with and have apologised to customers

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

'Frosty The Pervert' is a bit of a Christmas classic, but not in those circumstances!



Wouldn't surprise me if this was also added to the playlist!

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Anyone been a local coop recently? You need a about fifty quid for one basket.

Tired of it. I earn good money and still left with nothing at the end of the month just by spending said month being shafted every time I walk into a shop etc.

It pisses me off that they have promotional material in our local Co-op telling students that they get a 5% or 10% ? student discount.

Makes me think 'What about all your loyal local customers, the folk who've been shopping here year in year out for the past 10 years (or however long it's been open)? Students come and stay for a year in the halls and then fuck off, so why do they get a discount and we don't? It's a bit rude and ungrateful.'

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Fanta, AKA Nazi Pop

Fucking hell, I had no idea!

"75th anniversary version

"In February 2015, a 75th-anniversary version of Fanta was released in Germany. Packaged in glass bottles evoking the original design and with an authentic original wartime flavor including 30% whey and pomace, it is described on the packaging as "less sweet" and a German original. An associated television ad referenced the history of the drink and said the Coca-Cola company wanted to bring back "the feeling of the Good Old Times" which was interpreted by many to mean Nazi rule. The ad was subsequently replaced.[11][12]"

Fanta - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[pinkmonkey]

Have we done the Don(g)caster rocket illumination? Such Phoenix Nights energy.

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/people/doncaster-parks-lit-up-rocket-goes-viral-after-being-compared-to-giant-sex-toy-4463565?fbclid=IwAR3P8IqxVwnKppceDn-YIIM0BPSLqEknyjNVnftaohqHk9_PR-g-TmHVJ14

 

[Ground Elder]

Something magical to banish the February gloom


Police called to 'Willy Wonka Chocolate Experience' after parents left furious

the event also boasted an "imagination lab with mind-expanding projections and optical marvels"

It was described as a full Wonka Experience with chocolate fountains, but the kids received two jelly babies and a quarter of a can of Barrs limeade.”

 

[May Kasahara]

Badgers would be so proud.

 

[Lord Camomile]

"I don't know what you're complaining about. It's called the Imagination Lab, so bloody well use your bloody imagination!"

 

[SpookyFrank]

'Quarter of a can of Barr's limeade' is a phrase that will haunt my dreams.

 

[Lord Camomile]

A House of Illuminati spokesperson said: " Unfortunately, at the last minute we were let down in many areas of our event and tried our best to continue on and push through and now realise we probably should have cancelled first thing this morning instead.

"Many"? Looking at the pictures, they must have been let down in practically every single area of the event. There are indeed some big sweet sculptures, but pretty much everything else has an air of "not exactly Plan A".

Assuming Plan A was what was promised in the advertising, of course...

 

[SpookyFrank]

Assuming Plan A was what was promised in the advertising, of course...

Plan A was probably to get to the airport before the parents arrived, but they were let down by their Uber driver.

 

[pogofish]

'Quarter of a can of Barr's limeade' is a phrase that will haunt my dreams.

It is always the limeade that gets sold at knockdown prices.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Hundreds of families turned up to the £35 ticketed event expecting a weekend-long Willy Wonka Chocolate Experience which was being run by events company House of Illuminati

Explains why there was nothing there as promised.