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Why dont 99s cost 99c

  • 28-07-2014 11:16PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,734 ✭✭✭✭


    i bought my little brother an ice cream today a 99 and she charged me 1.50

    i remember when 99s cost 99c

    the marketing writes itself with that one

    and to buy a separate flake was 60c :eek:


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  • #2
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    I've never had a 69 last 69 minutes either.

    69 seconds maybe.


  • #3
    sun structures
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭sun structures


    I know, when i found out the price ice creamed.


  • #4
    jamo2oo9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭jamo2oo9


    tajd wrote: »
    i bought my little brother an ice cream today a 99 and she charged me 1.50

    i remember when 99s cost 99c

    the marketing writes itself with that one

    and to buy a separate flake was 60c :eek:

    Come up to Louth yan wan, our 99's are €1.50 and you get a free bag of weed from the ice-cream van :)


  • #5
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    Pfft I remember when 10p bags of jellies weren't €6.


  • #6
    takamichinoku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭takamichinoku


    I remember 99s costing 99p, my question is what were they called when they cost less than 99p


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  • #7
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,796 ✭✭✭KungPao


    takamichinoku wrote: »
    I remember 99s costing 99p, my question is what were they called when they cost less than 99p
    A 99.

    The name has nothing to do with the cost of it.


  • #8
    donegal__road
    Closed Accounts Posts: 953 ✭✭✭donegal__road


    I remember when happy hour meant £1 a pint.


  • #9
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    takamichinoku wrote: »
    I remember 99s costing 99p, my question is what were they called when they cost less than 99p

    A 69.


  • #10
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    I never remember a 99 for 99 80p then €1.20 next summer


  • #11
    The Cool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭The Cool


    Where did you get a 99 for €1.50?! Bargain!


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  • #12
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    The Backwards Man wrote: »

    69 seconds maybe.

    Thinly veiled "I can last 69 seconds in bed" comment!

    God damn you, backwardsman :mad:


  • #13
    Sulla Felix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,442 ✭✭✭Sulla Felix


    takamichinoku wrote: »
    I remember 99s costing 99p, my question is what were they called when they cost less than 99p

    Originally they cost 9 groats and 9 tuppence. It was just a freak coincidence when we moved to metric that it worked out as 99p


  • #14
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Sure a 69 is €100, depending on where you go in Capel street and Smithfield.


    I heard


  • #15
    Wellyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭Wellyd


    The Cool wrote: »
    Where did you get a 99 for €1.50?! Bargain!

    I paid €1.80 for one the other day and the biatch wanted more for the sprinkles!


  • #16
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 56,575 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    You been living under a rock? A 99 hasn't been under a euro for years.


  • #17
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,495 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    tajd wrote: »
    i bought my little brother an ice cream today a 99 and she charged me 1.50

    i remember when 99s cost 99c

    the marketing writes itself with that one

    and to buy a separate flake was 60c :eek:
    Because 99 is the product code for the flakes and the name doesn't reflect the cost.?
    Does a BMW 520 cost 520 euro?


  • #18
    yr one
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭yr one


    I thought it was called that cause of the hundreds and thousands on it??


  • #19
    KungPao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,796 ✭✭✭KungPao


    yr one wrote: »
    I thought it was called that cause of the hundreds and thousands on it??
    The carefully count out 99 sprinkles for each 99?

    Anyway, a 99 does not come with them.


  • #20
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,487 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    yr one wrote: »
    I thought it was called that cause of the hundreds and thousands on it??

    A 99 has a flake.


  • #21
    EoghanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭EoghanIRL


    sun structures wrote: »
    I know, when i found out the price ice creamed.

    I'm a kleptomaniac.


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  • #22
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    Wellyd wrote: »
    I paid €1.80 for one the other day and the biatch wanted more for the sprinkles!
    some bastard charged me €2.40 for one in waterford today


  • #23
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    awec wrote: »
    You been living under a rock? A 99 hasn't been under a euro for years.

    Unless its a small 99.


  • #24
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Heard of an Ice Cream man who committed suicide using hundreds and thousands.




    He topped himself.


  • #25
    --LOS--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


    It was 99p not cents :P you're too young, stay in school


  • #26
    Remmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Remmy


    European union , quotas etc


  • #27
    yr one
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭yr one


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    A 99 has a flake.

    A 99 off my ice cream van has sprinkles and no flake.. Doesn't make any sense I know, I'm not sure how much it costs but I do know a boat is €3!!!!


  • #28
    Raphael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭Raphael


    yr one wrote: »
    A 99 off my ice cream van has sprinkles and no flake.. Doesn't make any sense I know, I'm not sure how much it costs but I do know a boat is €3!!!!
    That's no 99, your ice cream van is an ice cream van of lies!


  • #29
    yr one
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭yr one


    Raphael wrote: »
    That's no 99, your ice cream van is an ice cream van of lies!

    He's even printed photos of lies :( I got a jelly tub.. He literally ment a jelly and ice cream.. Not a happy day :(


  • #30
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,487 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    yr one wrote: »
    A 99 off my ice cream van has sprinkles and no flake.. Doesn't make any sense I know, I'm not sure how much it costs but I do know a boat is €3!!!!

    Back to the ice cream re-education facility with you, you've got it all wrong.


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  • #31
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    Our local ice-cream van charges €2.50 for a 99 - and if he reads this thread he might increase that to €2.99.


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