I can't believe we don't have a sweets thread! Well, we do now.

I ate some flying saucers for the first time in years today.

The author of this thread has eaten too many sweets I reckon.

At half past one at night.

I like Refreshers. They're quite hard to find now, so whenever I see them in a newsagent I snatch up handfuls of them.

Chalk and sugar and colourings.

So refreshing.

Nightjar wrote:

The author of this thread has eaten too many sweets I reckon.

It's based on a thread on our old favourite skyscraper forum that I created in.... probably circa 2007 when I was a bit more hyper. But there were a few less "sweets" fitted into that title.
I hadn't realised when I created this one that the long title would annoyingly follow us in each and every post.

Nightjar wrote:

Chalk and sugar and colourings.

So refreshing.

All washed down with a tall glass of room temperature cream soda.

Ahh!

That hit the spot.

I was just about to open a packet of sweets, and noticed there was a H***l logo on them. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to make any further comments, so I won't.

Butterfield wrote:

I was just about to open a packet of sweets, and noticed there was a H***l logo on them. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to make any further comments, so I won't.

I've eaten them.

What does that mean?

Adolf?

The only sweets I eat are Rhubarb and Custards, and those travel sweets that come in useful little round tins, available from BP garages 2 for £7.50.

I like Polo mints.

A girl I went to school with swore by Refresher bl**jobs. Added fizz. I can’t imagine it makes much difference but what do I know, she was very popular. I love Refreshers, alone, and swallowing them on their own.

Anyway, I prefer sweets to chocolate, especially small crunchy sweets.

Do they still make the Polos that weren't minty? Multicoloured ones - Fruity Polos? Haven't had 'em since I was a kid, but was more likely to go for them than the mint ones.

Remembering the sweets that you had to ask the shopkeeper to shovel out of a jar in a quarter. There was so many to choose from.
I liked Cough Candy Twists, but kids used to call 'em Lickety Splits. I was only an 8yr old but I used to say to my older brothers girlfriend : ''You wanna lickety split?'' She'd laugh while my bro gave me angry looks and insist I call them by their proper name.

I used to love fruit polos. Also I'd often get two ounces of cola cubes on Saturday and hurry back home to eat them in front of Swap Shop.

I’ve never heard of fruit polos.

I haven't thought about fruit polos for years. I used to have them at school. One does have to wonder if they're still available.

It looks like they are! In SPAR at least.