Smarties in the news

[Iria]

Some people do have a sense of humour... see the comments posted by people under this piece of news:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4276553.stm

These two made me laugh...

This is a disgrace! I suggest we organise an immediate boycott of all Nestle products.
Richard, UK

Is it cynical to suggest the top has gone to avoid legal action following choking incidents, and the tube is no longer cylindrical to again avoid tripping/falling accidents when tubes roll across the supermarket floor?

No, didn't think so either.
Mike, UK

[mybrainhurts]

They can't do that......

[M@H]

..so how are you supposed to collect the Alphabet now

[lotuslad]

You could start with an e

Absolute disgrace though...national institution and all that...ra ra...rhubarb...we should call a tube strike

[_VTEC_]

I like these two:

''The best thing about the old Smartie tube was that when you were finished with the sweets you could "karate-chop" it to fire the lid across the room at some speed. This usually resulted in me being told that it was "all fun and games until somebody loses an eye". Ah, those happy days before the dreaded Health and Safety spoiled everybody's fun!
Michael, Cheltenham, UK''

and...

''With everything that's going on in this world at the moment this is just another sickening blow to worldwide moral.
Big Al, UK''

That last one had me

[white_van_man]

they cant do that smarties just wont be the same

[c c]

SpoilSports.

Wedging smarties lids between the spokes of a bicycle wheels. Another of childhood’s little pleasures gone