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by: RustyHinge - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 02:11 UTC

On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
>>>>>
>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
>>>>>
>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
>>>
>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
>>>
>>
>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>>
>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>
> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>
Put a tiger in your tank

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by: Ahem A Rivet's - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 05:55 UTC

On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 22:45:06 +0000
Tone <email@address.com> wrote:

> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> > In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
> > Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
> >> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
> >>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
> >>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
> >>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> >>>>
>
> >> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
> >>
> > Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
> >
>
> I deny all knowledge of getting tanked up.

So you did it properly then.

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by: Ahem A Rivet's - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 05:54 UTC

On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 02:11:02 +0000
RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:

> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:

> > Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
> >
> Put a tiger in your tank

That's gr-r-reat!

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by: Tone - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 07:51 UTC

On 31/01/2022 05:55, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 22:45:06 +0000
> Tone <email@address.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>
>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>>
>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>
>>
>> I deny all knowledge of getting tanked up.
>
> So you did it properly then.
>

I did have one of those silly tiger tails you attached to your filler cap.

Tone

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by: maus - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 08:58 UTC

On 2022-01-30, Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:44:09 +0000
> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30-Jan-22 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> > In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>> > Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> >> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>> >>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>> >>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>> >> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>> >>
>> >> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>> >>
>> > Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>> >
>> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
>> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
>> (Other than me)
>>
> All I had was an incomplete set of 'coins' featuring the England '66 football team.
> How much for a vintage book of Greenshield stamps?
>

Some around still. Along with a brown 50 pound note (Irish) with `50
pounds sterling payable to the bearer in London' on it.

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That's not a mousehole!

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by: ChrisND@privacy.net - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:10 UTC

On 31/01/2022 02:11, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
>>>>
>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>>>
>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>
>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>
> Put a tiger in your tank

Yes - but the tiger was called Tony. As in "Tony the tiger says..."
HTH

Chris

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by: Tone - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:41 UTC

On 30/01/2022 23:56, crn@nospam.com wrote:
> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>>
>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>
>> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
>> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
>> (Other than me)
>
> Free Nelson Mandela with every 5 gallons
>

In the daze when I were driving a night trunk from that Dunstable to
Scawtland two or three times a week, we were filling up 65 gallons of
diseasel daily plus Green Shield Stamps.

Sod glasses. We all had new stereos and TVs.

Tone

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by: Don Stockbauer - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:17 UTC

On Monday, January 31, 2022 at 5:41:26 AM UTC-6, Tone wrote:
> On 30/01/2022 23:56, c...@nospam.com wrote:
> > Sam Plusnet <n...@home.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
> >>>>
> >>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
> >>>
> >> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
> >> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
> >> (Other than me)
> >
> > Free Nelson Mandela with every 5 gallons
> >
> In the daze when I were driving a night trunk from that Dunstable to
> Scawtland two or three times a week, we were filling up 65 gallons of
> diseasel daily plus Green Shield Stamps.
>
> Sod glasses. We all had new stereos and TVs.
>
> Tone

Jesus saves green stamps.

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by: Tim+ - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:47 UTC

ChrisND@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
> On 31/01/2022 02:11, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:

>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>
>> Put a tiger in your tank
>
> Yes - but the tiger was called Tony. As in "Tony the tiger says..."
> HTH
>
> Chris
>
>

Ahbuttt, that’s was the Sugar Puffs tiger, not the Esso tiger. Sugar Puffs
were never very successful as car fuel.

https://www.woorillacaught.com/put-a-tiger-in-your-tank/

Tim
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by: Chris Elvidge - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:20 UTC

On 31/01/2022 12:47, Tim+ wrote:
> ChrisND@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>> On 31/01/2022 02:11, RustyHinge wrote:
>>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>
>>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>>
>>> Put a tiger in your tank
>>
>> Yes - but the tiger was called Tony. As in "Tony the tiger says..."
>> HTH
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>
> Ahbuttt, that’s was the Sugar Puffs tiger, not the Esso tiger. Sugar Puffs
> were never very successful as car fuel.
>
> https://www.woorillacaught.com/put-a-tiger-in-your-tank/
>
> Tim
>

"Frosties", I say, "Frosties"

--
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England

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by: Tim+ - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:25 UTC

Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:
> On 31/01/2022 12:47, Tim+ wrote:
>> ChrisND@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>>> On 31/01/2022 02:11, RustyHinge wrote:
>>>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>
>>>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>>>
>>>> Put a tiger in your tank
>>>
>>> Yes - but the tiger was called Tony. As in "Tony the tiger says..."
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ahbuttt, that’s was the Sugar Puffs tiger, not the Esso tiger. Sugar Puffs
>> were never very successful as car fuel.
>>
>> https://www.woorillacaught.com/put-a-tiger-in-your-tank/
>>
>> Tim
>>
>
> "Frosties", I say, "Frosties"
>
>

Doh! You are correct off coarse. Even harder to put in your tank than
Sugar Puffs.

Tim

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by: Kerr-Mudd, John - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:15 UTC

On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:20:01 +0000
Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:

> On 31/01/2022 12:47, Tim+ wrote:
> > ChrisND@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
> >> On 31/01/2022 02:11, RustyHinge wrote:
> >>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> >
> >>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
> >>>>
> >>> Put a tiger in your tank
> >>
> >> Yes - but the tiger was called Tony. As in "Tony the tiger says..."
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Ahbuttt, that’s was the Sugar Puffs tiger, not the Esso tiger. Sugar Puffs
> > were never very successful as car fuel.
> >
> > https://www.woorillacaught.com/put-a-tiger-in-your-tank/
> >
> > Tim
> >
>
> "Frosties", I say, "Frosties"
>
>
Issat you, Mr Leghorn?

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by: RustyHinge - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:21 UTC

On 31/01/2022 05:54, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 02:11:02 +0000
> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>
>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>
>> Put a tiger in your tank
>
> That's gr-r-reat!
>
That's Frosties, or sugar puffs or something serious, isn't it?

--
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by: RustyHinge - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:31 UTC

On 31/01/2022 11:10, ChrisND@privacy.net wrote:
> On 31/01/2022 02:11, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
>>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
>>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
>>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
>>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
>>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
>>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>>>>
>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>>
>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>
>> Put a tiger in your tank
>
> Yes - but the tiger was called Tony. As in "Tony the tiger says..."
> HTH
Not a lot - wrong tiger: this one (doing a lot of travelling, as it did)
was called 'Petrolengro'.

That's my tale, and I'm hanging it on my filler-cap.

♫♪ For Esso Extra, Esso Extra, call at the Esso Sign!

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

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by: RustyHinge - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:33 UTC

On 31/01/2022 14:15, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:20:01 +0000
> Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:
>
>> On 31/01/2022 12:47, Tim+ wrote:
>>> ChrisND@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>> On 31/01/2022 02:11, RustyHinge wrote:
>>>>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Put a tiger in your tank
>>>>
>>>> Yes - but the tiger was called Tony. As in "Tony the tiger says..."
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ahbuttt, that’s was the Sugar Puffs tiger, not the Esso tiger. Sugar Puffs
>>> were never very successful as car fuel.
>>>
>>> https://www.woorillacaught.com/put-a-tiger-in-your-tank/
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>
>> "Frosties", I say, "Frosties"
>>
>>
> Issat you, Mr Leghorn?
>
Mr. Motorhorn, I goove

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by: ChrisND@privacy.net - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:39 UTC

On 31/01/2022 13:20, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> On 31/01/2022 12:47, Tim+ wrote:
>> ChrisND@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
>>> On 31/01/2022 02:11, RustyHinge wrote:
>>>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>
>>>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>>>
>>>> Put a tiger in your tank
>>>
>>> Yes - but the tiger was called Tony. As in "Tony the tiger says..."
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ahbuttt, that’s was the Sugar Puffs tiger, not the Esso tiger. Sugar
>> Puffs
>> were never very successful as car fuel.
>>
>> https://www.woorillacaught.com/put-a-tiger-in-your-tank/
>>
>> Tim
>>
>
> "Frosties", I say, "Frosties"

Damm und dopple dammer!
I misremembered totally - well partially!

Chris

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by: Ahem A Rivet's - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:03 UTC

On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:21:16 +0000
RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:

> On 31/01/2022 05:54, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 02:11:02 +0000
> > RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> >
> >>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
> >>>
> >> Put a tiger in your tank
> >
> > That's gr-r-reat!
> >
> That's Frosties, or sugar puffs or something serious, isn't it?

Frosties, as endorsed by Tony the Tiger. Apparently Kellogs' and
Esso's lawyers had a bit of a set to over the two tigers. Sugar puffs had
the honey monster.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

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by: Chris Elvidge - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:33 UTC

On 31/01/2022 14:31, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 31/01/2022 11:10, ChrisND@privacy.net wrote:
>> On 31/01/2022 02:11, RustyHinge wrote:
>>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>>>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
>>>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
>>>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
>>>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
>>>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
>>>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
>>>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>>>>>
>>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>>>
>>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>>
>>> Put a tiger in your tank
>>
>> Yes - but the tiger was called Tony. As in "Tony the tiger says..."
>> HTH
> Not a lot - wrong tiger: this one (doing a lot of travelling, as it did)
> was called 'Petrolengro'.
>
> That's my tale, and I'm hanging it on my filler-cap.
>
> ♫♪ For Esso Extra, Esso Extra, call at the Esso Sign!
>

I put a tiger in my tank, and if there's any doubt, when I pass you on
the road, you'll see his tail hanging out.

Or was it sticking out?

--
Chris Elvidge
England

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by: crn...@nospam.com - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:46 UTC

Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >> Put a tiger in your tank
>> >
>> > That's gr-r-reat!
>> >
>> That's Frosties, or sugar puffs or something serious, isn't it?
>
> Frosties, as endorsed by Tony the Tiger. Apparently Kellogs' and
> Esso's lawyers had a bit of a set to over the two tigers. Sugar puffs had
> the honey monster.

One petrol company (forgot the name) claimed that theirs contained TSR.
Tiger Shit Remover.

--
http://www.netunix.com/

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by: Ahem A Rivet's - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:25 UTC

On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:46:18 -0000 (UTC)
crn@nospam.com wrote:

> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >> Put a tiger in your tank
> >> >
> >> > That's gr-r-reat!
> >> >
> >> That's Frosties, or sugar puffs or something serious, isn't it?
> >
> > Frosties, as endorsed by Tony the Tiger. Apparently Kellogs' and
> > Esso's lawyers had a bit of a set to over the two tigers. Sugar puffs
> > had the honey monster.
>
> One petrol company (forgot the name) claimed that theirs contained TSR.
> Tiger Shit Remover.

Whoever came up with that one deserved a fat bonus - I wish I'd
heard it at the time though.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

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by: Sam Plusnet - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:40 UTC

On 30-Jan-22 20:46, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:44:09 +0000
> Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30-Jan-22 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
>>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
>>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
>>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
>>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
>>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
>>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>>>>
>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>>
>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>
>> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
>> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
>> (Other than me)
>>
> All I had was an incomplete set of 'coins' featuring the England '66 football team.
> How much for a vintage book of Greenshield stamps?
>
Can I pay you in fag coupons?

--
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by: Sam Plusnet - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:42 UTC

On 31-Jan-22 5:55, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 22:45:06 +0000
> Tone <email@address.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>
>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>>
>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>
>>
>> I deny all knowledge of getting tanked up.
>
> So you did it properly then.
>
If you can remember getting tanked up in the 60s...

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by: Sam Plusnet - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:45 UTC

On 31-Jan-22 16:33, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> On 31/01/2022 14:31, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 31/01/2022 11:10, ChrisND@privacy.net wrote:
>>> On 31/01/2022 02:11, RustyHinge wrote:
>>>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
>>>>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and
>>>>> wrote
>>>>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
>>>>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
>>>>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
>>>>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
>>>>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
>>>>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
>>>>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
>>>>>
>>>> Put a tiger in your tank
>>>
>>> Yes - but the tiger was called Tony. As in "Tony the tiger says..."
>>> HTH
>> Not a lot - wrong tiger: this one (doing a lot of travelling, as it
>> did) was called 'Petrolengro'.
>>
>> That's my tale, and I'm hanging it on my filler-cap.
>>
>> ♫♪ For Esso Extra, Esso Extra, call at the Esso Sign!
>>
>
> I put a tiger in my tank, and if there's any doubt, when I pass you on
> the road, you'll see his tail hanging out.
>
> Or was it sticking out?

Is it time for a retro/vintage revival of automotive tiger tails?

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From: ste...@eircom.net (Ahem A Rivet's Shot)
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Subject: Re: Tangy
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by: Ahem A Rivet's - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:06 UTC

On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:45:40 +0000
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

> On 31-Jan-22 16:33, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> > On 31/01/2022 14:31, RustyHinge wrote:
> >> On 31/01/2022 11:10, ChrisND@privacy.net wrote:
> >>> On 31/01/2022 02:11, RustyHinge wrote:
> >>>> On 30/01/2022 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> >>>>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org>
> >>>>> on Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers
> >>>>> and wrote
> >>>>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
> >>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
> >>>>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
> >>>>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
> >>>>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
> >>>>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
> >>>>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
> >>>>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was
> >>>>>> like
> >>>>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Put a tiger in your tank
> >>>
> >>> Yes - but the tiger was called Tony. As in "Tony the tiger says..."
> >>> HTH
> >> Not a lot - wrong tiger: this one (doing a lot of travelling, as it
> >> did) was called 'Petrolengro'.
> >>
> >> That's my tale, and I'm hanging it on my filler-cap.
> >>
> >> ♫♪ For Esso Extra, Esso Extra, call at the Esso Sign!
> >>
> >
> > I put a tiger in my tank, and if there's any doubt, when I pass you on
> > the road, you'll see his tail hanging out.
> >
> > Or was it sticking out?
>
> Is it time for a retro/vintage revival of automotive tiger tails?

Yesbut only on fully eclectic vehicules.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
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by: Kerr-Mudd, John - Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:41 UTC

On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:40:11 +0000
Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

> On 30-Jan-22 20:46, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> > On Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:44:09 +0000
> > Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 30-Jan-22 18:45, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> >>> In article <slrnsvdm0a.dam.maus@dmaus.org>, maus <maus@dmaus.org> on
> >>> Sun, 30 Jan 2022 at 18:25:14 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
> >>>> On 2022-01-30, Richard Robinson <richardR@privacy.net> wrote:
> >>>>> Kerr-Mudd, John said:
> >>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 22:05:51 +0000 Ahem A Rivet's Shot
> >>>>>> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:44:53 +0000 "Kerr-Mudd, John"
> >>>>>>> <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 'Course WS flavour crisps don't have any anchovies.So it's not
> >>>>>>>> nesecelery necessary any more.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> My vegan daughter delights in eating Prawn Cocktail crisps -
> >>>>>>> because they contain no trace of prawn, cock or tail.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> I just ate a packet! only 'cos it's the last one. I prefer plain;
> >>>>>> which IIRC was not an option in Ireland in the 80's.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I thought plain came in pints ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I remember when a lad, and esso extra came out, my father asked the
> >>>> petrol station man, how it was superior, the man said that it was like
> >>>> the difference between plain and ordinary stout.
> >>>>
> >>>> `Extra' had lead added, and was phased out.
> >>>>
> >>> Was that the one that put a Tony in your tank or am a I confused?.
> >>>
> >> Dunno, but does anyone here still have some (drinking) glasses from the
> >> Great Petrol Station Glass Giveaway?
> >> (Other than me)
> >>
> > All I had was an incomplete set of 'coins' featuring the England '66 football team.
> > How much for a vintage book of Greenshield stamps?
> >
> Can I pay you in fag coupons?
>
How old is that ration book?

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A figure with curves always offers a lot of interesting angles.

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Tangy	Tone
Tangy	RustyHinge
Tangy	Peter
Tangy	RustyHinge
Tangy	Tone
Tangy	Jim S
Tangy	Peter
Tangy	Chris Elvidge
Tangy	Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Tangy	Don Stockbauer
Tangy	Nicholas D. Richards
Tangy	soup
Tangy	Tim+
Tangy	Nicholas D. Richards
Tangy	Sam Plusnet
Tangy	Don Stockbauer
Tangy	Don Stockbauer
Tangy	Don Stockbauer
Tangy	John Williamson
Tangy	Don Stockbauer
Tangy	Tone
Tangy	Don Stockbauer
Tangy	soup
Tangy	Kerr-Mudd, John
Tangy	Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Tangy	ChrisND@privacy.net
Tangy	Kerr-Mudd, John
Tangy	Kerr-Mudd, John
Tangy	Richard Robinson
Tangy	Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Tangy	soup
Tangy	Don Stockbauer
Tangy	maus
Tangy	Nicholas D. Richards
Tangy	Sam Plusnet
Tangy	Peter
Tangy	The Nomad
Tangy	nev young
Tangy	Kerr-Mudd, John
Tangy	maus
Tangy	Sam Plusnet
Tangy	Kerr-Mudd, John
Tangy	Nick Odell
Tangy	Sam Plusnet
Tangy	ChrisND@privacy.net
Tangy	Kerr-Mudd, John
Tangy	Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Tangy	RustyHinge
Tangy	Nicholas D. Richards
Tangy	Thomas Prufer
Tangy	Sam Plusnet
Tangy	John Williamson
Tangy	Don Stockbauer
Tangy	John Williamson
Tangy	maus
Tangy	RustyHinge
Tangy	RustyHinge
Tangy	Thomas Prufer
Tangy	Tone
Tangy	maus
Tangy	Tone
Tangy	Thomas Prufer
Tangy	Tone
Tangy	Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Tangy	Thomas Prufer
Tangy	Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Tangy	Tim+
Tangy	John Williamson
Tangy	Tim+
Tangy	Nicholas D. Richards
Tangy	Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Tangy	John Williamson
Tangy	Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Tangy	Tim+
Tangy	John Williamson
Tangy	Tim+
Tangy	Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Tangy	maus
Tangy	Thomas Prufer
Tangy	Henry Nebrensky
Tangy	Tone
Tangy	Nicholas D. Richards
Tangy	Thomas Prufer
Tangy	Henry Nebrensky
Tangy	Nicholas D. Richards
Tangy	maus
Tangy	Tone
Tangy	Thomas Prufer
Tangy	Sam Plusnet
Tangy	RustyHinge
Tangy	Chris Elvidge
Tangy	Peter
Tangy	Nicholas D. Richards
Tangy	Richard Robinson
Tangy	Tone
Tangy	Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Tangy	Mike Spencer
Tangy	Don Stockbauer
Tangy	Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Tangy	Mike Fleming
Tangy	RustyHinge
Tangy	crn
Tangy	Tease'n'Seize
Tangy	Tone
Tangy	RustyHinge
Tangy	Nick Odell
Tangy	Kerr-Mudd, John
Tangy	Richard Robinson
Tangy	Richard Robinson
Tangy	Jonathan Harston