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Offline Terry in Australia

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USA bans Vegemite!
« on: October 21, 2006, 11:03:48 PM »
That'd be right, you guys in America can buy hamburgers big enough to kill you in one sitting, or guns at your local 7/11, but you can't have Vegemite because it contains something that is apparently good for you? Go figure............  ???

http://www.news.com.au/sundayheraldsun/story/0,21985,20623197-662,00.html

http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/984001430.html
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Re: USA bans Vegemite!
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2006, 11:48:41 PM »
That's friggin' stupid!  I would say since the law states it can "only be added to bread and cereals" that putting it on toast counts, eh?
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Re: USA bans Vegemite!
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2006, 11:57:50 PM »
Pack guns in the stuff....you know an alternate cosmoline ...no one will bat an eye.  ;D
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« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2006, 03:08:21 AM »
That's it, I'm gonna become an international Vegemite "Mule", I'll swallow condoms full of vegemite and fly to America, where I'll poo 'em out for those poor souls deperate for that unique taste! Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: USA bans Vegemite!
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2006, 03:42:46 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on October 22, 2006, 03:08:21 AM
That's it, I'm gonna become an international Vegemite "Mule", I'll swallow condoms full of vegemite and fly to America, where I'll poo 'em out for those poor souls deperate for that unique taste! Cheers, Terry. ;D

If it makes you feel any better, or our FDA any dumber, you can buy vegemite here, although it cannot exceed the magic 4 oz./113 gram limit per jar (see Wikipedia).  The shop mentioned in the article has Vegemite in stock in the magic 113 gram jars.  I don't know how you feel about swallowing condoms, but they'd have to contain more than 113 grams each to break the law.

The article missed one piece of serious stupidity.  Since 1996, the US FDA has required breads and other products to contain folic acid.
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Re: USA bans Vegemite!
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2006, 05:22:22 AM »
Something needed to be done about it, so it is about time.  It's for the children.
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« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2006, 06:31:30 AM »
no ban on it in good old blighty ;) i have mine every morning, you can also get marmite , and bovril :D,     mick.
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Re: USA bans Vegemite!
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2006, 08:22:05 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on October 22, 2006, 03:08:21 AM
That's it, I'm gonna become an international Vegemite "Mule", I'll swallow condoms full of vegemite and fly to America, where I'll poo 'em out for those poor souls deperate for that unique taste! Cheers, Terry. ;D

The inside of the condom would taste the same as the outside when done delivered ;D
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« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2006, 08:24:36 AM »
good, I hope they ban tofu next.

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« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2006, 08:52:46 AM »
tofu is better for you than meat so shouldn't we ban meat ???
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« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2006, 09:02:32 AM »
What the heck is vegemite anyway? Give me a steak anytime!!! I wouldn't give tofuy to my dogs!!
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Re: USA bans Vegemite!
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2006, 09:28:40 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on October 22, 2006, 03:08:21 AM
That's it, I'm gonna become an international Vegemite "Mule", I'll swallow condoms full of vegemite and fly to America, where I'll poo 'em out for those poor souls deperate for that unique taste! Cheers, Terry. ;D

Be sure to use a lubricated one with a reservoir (taper) so it will go down easier. Bring me an oil cooler and I'll pick you up at the airport. 
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Re: USA bans Vegemite!
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2006, 09:32:08 AM »
Quote from: RxmanGriff on October 22, 2006, 09:28:40 AM
Be sure to use a lubricated one with a reservoir (taper) so it will go down easier. Bring me an oil cooler and I'll pick you up at the airport. 

I hope you're not planning on having him "smuggle" that oil cooler across the border in the same way! :o
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« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2006, 10:05:11 AM »
Quote from: Gordon on October 22, 2006, 09:32:08 AM
Quote from: RxmanGriff on October 22, 2006, 09:28:40 AM
Be sure to use a lubricated one with a reservoir (taper) so it will go down easier. Bring me an oil cooler and I'll pick you up at the airport. 

I hope you're not planning on having him "smuggle" that oil cooler across the border in the same way! :o

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Re: USA bans Vegemite!
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2006, 10:05:27 AM »
Quote from: mcpuffett on October 22, 2006, 06:31:30 AM
no ban on it in good old blighty ;) i have mine every morning, you can also get marmite , and bovril :D,     mick.

Don't lets start that old Brits vs Aussies argument about Vegemite vs. marmite again!!
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« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2006, 12:55:27 PM »
If it were domestically made in the US, the vegemite industry would lobby several congressmen and slip a few hundred grand under the table. The representatives who have vegemite producers in their districts would fear voter backlash of the industry collapse and force the FDA to change the allowable amounts so vegemite would safely pass.
For any company outside the US - well there ya go.
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« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2006, 01:02:16 PM »
Quote from: anubiscycle on October 22, 2006, 08:22:05 AM
Quote from: Terry in Australia on October 22, 2006, 03:08:21 AM
That's it, I'm gonna become an international Vegemite "Mule", I'll swallow condoms full of vegemite and fly to America, where I'll poo 'em out for those poor souls deperate for that unique taste! Cheers, Terry. ;D

The inside of the condom would taste the same as the outside when done delivered ;D
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« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2006, 02:00:11 PM »
   Say it ain't so! :o :o :o I've been hooked on the stuff ever since Terry(the pusher) provided me with some all the while claiming it wouldn't lead to other more harmful consumables. Well, so far it hasn't but if I can't have my Vegemite I'll be having something to try and compensate. Hmmm...maybe I'll start my own back-room Vegemite factory. Once something is illegal there's good money in it.   ;D 

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« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2006, 02:21:15 PM »
Ah....... finally we get to keep the nectar of the gods to ourselves....no more must we export our prized product to unknown souls, who fail to appreciate its true value as an internal lubricant, so much pleasure you would get Terry when the condoms burst, I cannot believe you would not offer this opportunity to every member of the forum in the norther hemisphere. Imagine the money they could make by ingesting/expelling our national symbol of world domination......
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« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2006, 02:28:31 PM »
Quote from: 750goes on October 22, 2006, 02:21:15 PM
Ah....... finally we get to keep the nectar of the gods to ourselves....no more must we export our prized product to unknown souls, who fail to appreciate its true value as an internal lubricant, so much pleasure you would get Terry when the condoms burst, I cannot believe you would not offer this opportunity to every member of the forum in the norther hemisphere. Imagine the money they could make by ingesting/expelling our national symbol of world domination......

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« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2006, 03:11:36 PM »
You know, if Terry goes through with his plans, he'll only validate the charge that Australia is dumping Vegemite on the US market.
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« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2006, 03:49:58 PM »
Ah hell, Terry is dumping something else too! :) ;) ;D
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« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2006, 05:44:37 PM »
I'm still trying to find out what this stuff is. I've found it is made with brewers yeast? Hell, it must be good then. Do you think it will go good in my raw hamberger recipe?
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« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2006, 06:06:58 PM »
Quote from: prsman23@hotmail.c on October 22, 2006, 08:52:46 AM
tofu is better for you than meat so shouldn't we ban meat ???

Ack!  :o You pinko commie sicko! Meat-eaters U-N-I-T-E!!! There'll be a "meating" at the local Hardee's to discuss this evil plot...
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« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2006, 07:59:58 PM »
Vegemite banned, yet this clown is allowed to sell his cowpiss products ?

http://www.cowurine.com

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