Marmite in a squeezy bottle is a bit Marmite
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I normally only post about trivial things preferring to leave the big topics to argumentative types, but sometimes issues of such national importance occur that I feel compelled to speak out!
I am an adventurous chap on often try new things. The other week saw the arrival in the TD residence of Marmite in a squeezy bottle. I have valiantly struggled to use this evil thing for a while now and this morning was the last straw.
What in God's name were they thinking? How was this ever allowed on the market - there must be some sort of law against this level of hideousness. It is impossible to use, usually results in way too much Marmite coming out and heaven forbid that you should accidentally store the container with the lid pointing up - you will never get anything to come out at all, requiring you to unscrew the lid and use it like a normal jar anyway.
So all in all, Marmite in a squeezy bottle is, well a bit Marmite.
This is just another example of our proud national heritage slowly eroding away. First the Empire disintegrates, then our car industry has to be bought out by people who actually seem to know how to make cars, next all those poor banker people have to make do with sub £10 million bonuses and now this. It really is too much.
I blame Tony Blair (as I do for most things).
TD
I am an adventurous chap on often try new things. The other week saw the arrival in the TD residence of Marmite in a squeezy bottle. I have valiantly struggled to use this evil thing for a while now and this morning was the last straw.
What in God's name were they thinking? How was this ever allowed on the market - there must be some sort of law against this level of hideousness. It is impossible to use, usually results in way too much Marmite coming out and heaven forbid that you should accidentally store the container with the lid pointing up - you will never get anything to come out at all, requiring you to unscrew the lid and use it like a normal jar anyway.
So all in all, Marmite in a squeezy bottle is, well a bit Marmite.
This is just another example of our proud national heritage slowly eroding away. First the Empire disintegrates, then our car industry has to be bought out by people who actually seem to know how to make cars, next all those poor banker people have to make do with sub £10 million bonuses and now this. It really is too much.
I blame Tony Blair (as I do for most things).
TD
Edited by TorqueDirty on Thursday 21st April 13:03
TorqueDirty said:
I normally only post about trivial things preferring to leave the big topics to argumentative types, but sometimes issues of such national importance occur that I feel compelled to speak out!
I am an adventurous chap on often try new things. The other week saw the arrival in the TD residence of Marmite in a squeezy bottle. I have valiantly struggled to use this evil things for a while now and this morning was the last straw.
What in God's name were they thinking? How was this ever allowed on the market - there must be some sort of law against this level of hideousness. It is impossible to use, usually results in way too much Marmite coming out and heaven forbid that you should accidentally store the container with the lid pointing up - you will never get anything to come out at all, requiring you to unscrew the lid and use it like a normal jar anyway.
So all in all, Marmite in a squeezy bottle is, well a bit Marmite.
This is just another example of our proud national heritage slowly eroding away. First the Empire disintegrates, then our car industry has to be bought out by people who actually seem to know how to make cars, next all those poor banker people have to make do with sub £10 million bonuses and now this. It really is too much.
I blame Tony Blair (as I do for most things).
TD
No consideration for us old duffers either....I unscrewed the lid but ended up with more on my hands, worktops and trousers than I did on my toast...... I blame everybody bar myself.I am an adventurous chap on often try new things. The other week saw the arrival in the TD residence of Marmite in a squeezy bottle. I have valiantly struggled to use this evil things for a while now and this morning was the last straw.
What in God's name were they thinking? How was this ever allowed on the market - there must be some sort of law against this level of hideousness. It is impossible to use, usually results in way too much Marmite coming out and heaven forbid that you should accidentally store the container with the lid pointing up - you will never get anything to come out at all, requiring you to unscrew the lid and use it like a normal jar anyway.
So all in all, Marmite in a squeezy bottle is, well a bit Marmite.
This is just another example of our proud national heritage slowly eroding away. First the Empire disintegrates, then our car industry has to be bought out by people who actually seem to know how to make cars, next all those poor banker people have to make do with sub £10 million bonuses and now this. It really is too much.
I blame Tony Blair (as I do for most things).
TD
clonmult said:
EnglishTony said:
Those new squeezy Bovril bottles are an abomination. It's probably some plot by Marmitists.
If we marmitists were hatching any plots, it would be to remove Bovril and Vegemite from sale throughout the world. True Marmitists hate Bovril and Vegemite.Alex said:
"too much Marmite"?
I'm sorry, I don't understand.
I'm sorry, I don't understand.
clonmult said:
"way too much marmite".
That isn't possible. You obviously do not like marmite and should steer clear of the product. I'd have marmite sarnies made out of marmite bread, with marmite butter if they made it.
You know you've hit on the right amount of marmite when it's burning the roof of your mouth.That isn't possible. You obviously do not like marmite and should steer clear of the product. I'd have marmite sarnies made out of marmite bread, with marmite butter if they made it.
A jar can last as little as a dozen slices of toast for me.... Bad, I know. But the squeezy jars they're wrong on every possible level. Even when left in the correct inverted state, it never seems to come out.
The last time I had one, I got sufficiently pissed off with it that I cut the "top" off to just use it as a normal jar.
Pointless bloody things, they are.
Marmite is great, but not fking loads of it. It should be nicely mixed in with the butter (or preferably olive based spread) on the bread.
I don't buy the squeezy bottles of it because it's just wrong. The only squeezy bottle that is remotely acceptable is golden syrup, much easier to get a fkload onto my ice cream that way
I don't buy the squeezy bottles of it because it's just wrong. The only squeezy bottle that is remotely acceptable is golden syrup, much easier to get a fkload onto my ice cream that way
Is this one of those risk-mitigation posts so that the OP can point to it in the future and use it as a valid excuse for his wife catching him smothered in Marmite, with the family pet vigorously licking it off him.
OP you just need a couple more threads complaining how Tesco keep confusing vics with amyl nitrate on your home delivery, and how modern belt designs have a habit of riding up your trousers onto your neck.
OP you just need a couple more threads complaining how Tesco keep confusing vics with amyl nitrate on your home delivery, and how modern belt designs have a habit of riding up your trousers onto your neck.
Squeezy bottles for marmite are horrible useless things. They also charge about 25% more for the stuff in squeezy bottles.
Luckily, they're banned in the SB household because the silver lid obviously doesn't work with them.
http://www.theofennell.com/sterling-silver-marmite...
Luckily, they're banned in the SB household because the silver lid obviously doesn't work with them.
http://www.theofennell.com/sterling-silver-marmite...
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