Posts archive for: 28 August, 2007
  • Blimey; I never realised I was so important...Or, maybe not!

    When I got on the bus this morning there were eight pensioners and myself, and as I was paying my fare I realised I had paid more than everyone else combined, and for a few seconds wondered why I was so important.

    Of course, it's all due to the concessionary fares scheme operated by South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority; whereby pensioners (who aren't all necessarily poor) pay only 35p, yet unemployed people such as myself (who by definition are all poor) are required to pay full fare.

    It's a mad world.

  • It's Back!

    I used to really like them, so I'm glad that Cadbury is re-introducing them.

    Sweet success for Wispa campaign

    Cadbury is to bow down to an internet campaign and bring back the Wispa chocolate bar.

    Fans of the old favourite have been using websites such as Facebook and MySpace to demand its return, reports the Daily Telegraph.

    Cadbury will make an initial run of 23million bars in October and gauge interest from there.

    The company says customers often ask for old favourites to be brought back, but said the numbers joining the internet campaign to re-launch Wispa were unprecedented.

    Cadbury spokesman Tony Bilsborough said: "We get letters about the Aztec bar and the lime barrel in the Dairy Milk tray. But this is on a whole different scale.

    "This is the first time we are going to give the internet a chance to prove itself and see whether it is all hype or genuine."

    Wispa was first brought out in 1981 for a trial in the north east. The bar with a bubbly centre was seen by many as a rival to Nestlé's Aero bar with the slogan "Bite it and Believe It".

    Its popularity began to wane in the 1990s and it was finally ditched in 2003 as Cadbury concentrated on other brands but die hard fans of Wispa demanded its return.

    Networking sites such as MySpace and YouTube have groups, with thousands of members, dedicated to the veneration of he Wispa bar.

    And, earlier this year, two fans stormed the stage at Glastonbury during Iggy Pop's set to hold up a 'Bring Back Wispa' banner.

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