Chocolate Forum
General Category => Discontinued? => Topic started by: chris_rabbit on July 23, 2010, 03:36:56 pm
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Does anyone remember these tall, large, lengthy, thin, inedible straws (were made of plastic) called 'Mammoth Straws' which had differently coloured sherbet crystals in them (came in different fruit flavours)?
The height of the straws had square paper which you had to rip off then suck out the sherbet crystals from the straws. The straws came in a large, tall, lengthy, thin cardboard box (the box was yellow, was 3D and had no lid).
The box said 'MAMMOTH STRAW' in block capitals vertically (because mammoth can mean 'incredibly large') and had four corners and each corner had cartoon drawings of four different professional people - a rugby player, a clown, a skier and a magician. They all wore white trousers with differently coloured vertical stripes and their legs were the same size and length of the straws themselves.
I so miss this box. :'( Does anyone still have it?
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I so miss this box. :'( Does anyone still have it?
You don't get out much, do you?
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Awww how sweet. What year was this ?
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Awww how sweet. What year was this ?
Some time in the 80s; the box went on Saturday 10 May 1997.
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I so miss this box. :'( Does anyone still have it?
You don't get out much, do you?
I said, the box is discontinued. It went a long time ago.
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Indeed...
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I so miss this box. :'( Does anyone still have it?
You don't get out much, do you?
I'm sure we all feel your pain...
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have you tried ebay? people tend to sell old packets and wrappers on there.
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I wish my life was as exciting as this.
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I'm glad mine isn't. I'm afraid i would never keep up.
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If only we had a better description of this much-missed item
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have you tried ebay? people tend to sell old packets and wrappers on there.
Might be harder finding the actual box itself even on ebay.
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Try Robert Opie. His whole life revolves around collecting and displaying old boxes and packets. He's about 60 now and he's done this since he was 11.
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My life is incomplete. I need a box of mammoth straws.
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I went to a mammoth sale once and was most put out to find they didn't have any . (Mammoths)
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I know what you mean. I gave up with these mammoth straws because I couldn't find any mammoths to feed.
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Try Robert Opie. His whole life revolves around collecting and displaying old boxes and packets. He's about 60 now and he's done this since he was 11.
I have tried him but he doesn't have that box.
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Chris, why do you have to underline certain words? It comes over as a bit intimidating.
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And pointless.