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[isca]

Perplex City - Identity?

[myf]

Ooooh, twinning would be cool! Like Ankh-Morpork is twinned with Wincanton. Maybe we could set up a town-twinning committee

[isca]

Identity?

[Scott]

to answer your question: no, we know of no fFlag, anthem, coat of arms, or great seal. We do know of a symbolish things, which is really more like a corporate logo:



Being fFor the City Council.

[myf]

I think the committee meeting refreshments should include Kinder eggs, with the instructions removed from the toys to increase the difficulty of constructing them. And maybe alphabetti spaghetti, to aid in making/solving anagrams.

[Scott]

KINDER EGGS!! One of the best things about visiting toronto That and pizza pizza. And this little shop over on bloor which sells the most amazing walnut rolls . . . mmmmmm

[isca]

Identity

[poozle]

[Juxta]

*Juxta remembers turning up for PCAG London with five boxes of illicit contraband goods...aka..."Kinder Happy Hippos", for someone, who shall remain nameless...



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[myf]

Banned?!? How can they possibly justify banning the wonder of chocolatey-puzzle-toy goodness that is Kinder eggs? Never mind Duckiemonster's campaign to save blue Smarties, we should fight to have Kinder eggs legalised!

Looking on the internet, it seems they're banned because small kids can choke on the toys. It would seem that other nations are happy to place infants in peril by allowing Kinder eggs, but the good ole US of A prefers to remove this particular hazard whilst permitting all sorts of other potential death-inducing things. Crazy.

[BrianEnigma]

They're not banned, they are just uncommon. The only places that I have found to carry them are the more upscale gourmet types of stores.

[poozle]

Well in florida at least Kinder Eggs are illegal (I kid you not) I couldn't believe it when I heard.

In fact it says it here.

[myf]

I found stuff on the US Consumer Product Safety Commission website, which said they were banned. A recall took place in 1997, and there were warnings about them this Easter.

[DJ FreeMason]

That's the problem with the US. The government (and the parents) is way too worried about the stupid children that they deprive the adults who have made it out of childhood of things that look cool and probably are. I think that George Carlin has it right, "The parents are obsessed with their children and we're saving entirely too many of them. Kids have helmets for everything except jerking off. The kid who eats too many marbles doesn't grow up to have kids of his own." (Slight paraphrasing and mixing of bits may apply)

Then again, we're also the place where it has to say "Warning: Contents May Be Hot" on a cup of HOT coffee because some bitch accidentally spilled coffee on herself and burned herself through 2 layers of clothing.