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Shortage of flakes for 99s looming..

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    #32
    sporina
    Registered Users Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭sporina


    con747 wrote: »
    I would be thinking it's just a PR stunt anyway.

    could v well b.. wasn't there another 99 prank last yr or some other year? I seem to recall something similar..


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    #33
    con747
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    sporina wrote: »
    could v well b.. wasn't there another 99 prank last yr or some other year? I seem to recall something similar..

    I redact my last post, I just had a call from a friend who has a few ice cream vans asking if I had any contacts who have flakes!

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



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    #34
    sporina
    Registered Users Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭sporina


    con747 wrote: »
    I redact my last post, I just had a call from a friend who has a few ice cream vans asking if I had any contacts who have flakes!

    lol - any why does he think you would have such contacts? :pac::pac::pac:


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    #35
    Guy:Incognito
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    "Ms Khan said that "by mid-July it will be tough to get 99s", adding however that Teddy’s themselves have enough flakes to get by as they have been stockpiling them"

    No one will have them only us, so just come to us. Call me cynical...................


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    #36
    con747
    Registered Users Posts: 5,885 ✭✭✭con747


    sporina wrote: »
    lol - any why does he think you would have such contacts? :pac::pac::pac:

    Know people in the food industry.
    I just for the craic put 10 boxes of the ones I posted earlier from Amazon and it went all the way to purchase, so whether you get them or not is the thing. Way too expensive for people needing to retail them at that price though.

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



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    #37
    JustAThought
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    I love the way M. Khan has them hidden everywhere including under her bed!!! Health and safety how are ya! Thats where I keep my secret stash of everything! If I ever die in my sleep I’m a gonner!!


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    #38
    greasepalm
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    Ohh to put one in your mouth and suck it slowly.


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    #39
    Dizzyblonde
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    MarkR wrote: »
    We're all going to have to share. Take the flake out, lick it clean, and hand it to the next person to enjoy. Stay 6 feet apart though. 'cause germs.

    No - they're going to chop them up to make them go further. You'll be able to have a 33 or a 66 ;)


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    #40
    Blisterman
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    Are all flakes from Cadbury's? I had one last week, and the chocolate was pretty rough. Didn't taste like Cadburys. I assumed it was a cheap knockoff. Could have been old I suppose.


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    #41
    AndyBoBandy
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    does anyone else, when they get a 99, push the flake down the centre of the cone, and eat it last while it's inside the cone???

    HOOK IT UP TO MY VEINS


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    #42
    banie01
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    greasepalm wrote: »
    Ohh to put one in your mouth and suck it slowly.

    Oh! To crumble in someones gob! :pac:


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    #43
    cml387
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    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    does anyone else, when they get a 99, push the flake down the centre of the cone, and eat it last while it's inside the cone???

    HOOK IT UP TO MY VEINS

    YES! But take care not to push prematurely, otherwise you will create an ice cream squirter funnel.


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    #44
    greasepalm
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    I love a good squirter and sucking it out the bottom of the cone.


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    #45
    Hoboo
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    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    does anyone else, when they get a 99, push the flake down the centre of the cone, and eat it last while it's inside the cone???

    HOOK IT UP TO MY VEINS

    Anyone who doesn't do that should order a plain cone and leave the flakes to the professionals.


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    #46
    POBox19
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    Quote: "She said they became aware of the impending shortage at the beginning of April"

    Is this the best April's Fools ever?


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    #47
    All that fandango
    Registered Users Posts: 329 ✭✭All that fandango


    Is it the actual box of small flakes specifically made for 99s that are in short supply, or are the individual full size bars short on stock aswell?


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    #48
    sprucemoose
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    With high class gelato places and all kinds of flavours, people are still wedded to this Depression era "treat".

    sometimes the simplest things are the best. when done properly a 99 is heaven


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    #49
    Atlantic Dawn
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    How many 99's could a person eat in 1 minute? Has there been any world record attempts?


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    #50
    PARlance
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    How many 99's could a person eat in 1 minute? Has there been any world record attempts?

    That's the kind of carry on that got is here in the first place!


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    #51
    sporina
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    All that fandango wrote: »
    Is it the actual box of small flakes specifically made for 99s that are in short supply, or are the individual full size bars short on stock aswell?

    just the former apparently


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    #52
    Mervyn Skidmore
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    Blisterman wrote: »
    Are all flakes from Cadbury's? I had one last week, and the chocolate was pretty rough. Didn't taste like Cadburys. I assumed it was a cheap knockoff. Could have been old I suppose.

    I've found that too the last couple of years, 99 flake tastes nothing like the normal flake.


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    #53
    Tilden Katz
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    I much prefer them without the flake so I will not be affected by this development. :p:)
    endacl wrote: »
    Twirl would do the job.

    It would actually be neater to eat!


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    #54
    Toulouse
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    Worry not! A friend’s mother works in Cadbury in Coolock and they are upping production there so hopefully disaster will be averted.


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    #55
    Toulouse
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    How many 99's could a person eat in 1 minute? Has there been any world record attempts?

    That sounds like a job for Leah Shutkever.


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    #56
    the beer revolu
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    Tilden Katz wrote: »
    I much prefer them without the flake so I will not be affected by this development. :p:)



    It would actually be neater to eat!

    I'm the same.
    I've no snobbery around soft whipped ice-cream - it can be lovely - but I find that the flake gets too cold and doesn't taste of much.


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    #57
    sporina
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    I'm the same.
    I've no snobbery around soft whipped ice-cream - it can be lovely - but I find that the flake gets too cold and doesn't taste of much.

    this is why I always have a coffee with my 99 :D


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    #58
    Dizzyblonde
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    They had the family box of Cadbury's flakes for 99s in my local Aldi today, just below the ice cream cones :)


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    #59
    Gloomtastic!
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    Anyone who doesn’t like a flake in their ice cream? Just pass them over here please. :)

    Next you’ll be saying you don’t like red sauce on your cones either! :rolleyes:


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    #60
    the beer revolu
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    Gloomtastic! wrote: »
    Anyone who doesn’t like a flake in their ice cream? Just pass them over here please. :)

    Next you’ll be saying you don’t like red sauce on your cones either! :rolleyes:

    Eh, where I come from, red sauce is ketchup!


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    #61
    whisky_galore
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    sprucemoose wrote: »
    sometimes the simplest things are the best. when done properly a 99 is heaven

    I'd take it or leave it. I find vanilla rather boring.


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