ZombieKitten said:

Sorry, it was 2am and I was too tired to think of anything witty to type.

ZombieKitten said:

ummmm NO

Actually, ZK, some of our higher-quality grocers do have all-peanut butter aisles. And, generally, toward one end of the aisle, you'll find spray celery, too.

But only in the most discriminating of boutique shops.

ZombieKitten said:

We had protests in my area when the grocery stores said they would start carrying Vegemite.

onenitealone said:

ThreadBare said:

I want to buy spray celery!!

Anx said:

Yummy! I love Peanut Butter & chocolate candy. I was so glad they brought the PB twix back.

Ohhh and I LOVE Reeses BIG cup. If they bring back the PB Snickers,I will be so happy



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ZombieKitten said:

This last part is true.

My GF thinks our "presentation" and selection pales in comparison to the US. And it surely does, it's hard to disagree when you enter a US megamarket with every kind of shit at your disposal. While what you're saying is an exaggeration, it really isn't far from the truth. But there are benefits to Australia generally being a less materialistic society, my GF and I both agree.

We really need to start making Reese's Pieces and SOME kind of Root Beer here though!

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JPW said:

well it certainly makes grocery shopping faster. This one or that one? I think I'll take this one!

ZombieKitten said:

yeah exactly, and usually the one or two brands are good, while in the US there can be a lot of crap to wade through before you find quality.

If it were true my boyfriend would be in heaven.

JPW said:

I am bad enough making decisions as it is! That would be torturous!

ZombieKitten said:

in that case you might hate most american retail.



i have to say, even with all the endless crap, i miss it. a lot of selection can be nice... i sometimes get frustrated with australian stores now. in particular i can't find a decent video store... and borders are always understocked.... everything here is more commercial, middle of the road... rare to find anything different in a style you haven't seen a billion times. but maybe i'm exagerrating, too. i guess you can find that stuff if you go into the city, etc.

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JPW said:

have you tried choosing music from the Australian iTunes store? unbelievable!

ZombieKitten said:

Are you not allowed to buy from the American Itunes store?

kidelrich said:

you can with a credit card, but not with the pre-paid cards from the supermarket, which I bought without realising how small the selection is

ZombieKitten said:

It doesn't make much sense to me. The Internet should improve your selection. Why have different Itunes stores? There should be one with everything.

kidelrich said:

you're telling me!

kidelrich said:

i think you can, the thing is that Australia SHOULD have stores that are well stocked but it's often not the case... i don't like to complain about my country though because we have it good here in so many ways and it does save you from horrible things like credit card debt a lot of the time.. commercially i think there can be a fair bit of mediocrity here in comparison to the US, but hey, it's a smaller country and people are generally happier here supposedly ...perhaps it has something to do with less is more. i always thought all that STUFF quite literally weighed people down over in the US... but you know what, i get sick of comparing nations (there's good things and bad about all) so i'ma gonna shut up now!




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ZombieKitten said:

I had a feeling you might, amiga. And you'll be on the cutting edge, too. A culinary innovator...

Just send $500 US to me at...

ThreadBare said:

wow! I shall be the envy of all my friends! that is quite a reasonable price isn't it!

ZombieKitten said:

Well, yes, the first order is heavily discounted. I lopped off more than half the retail price. Because I discern that you're a shopper who knows quality.

ThreadBare said:

when can I expect my first shipment of the Celery Spray 2000?

ZombieKitten said:

Once your Paypal payment clears, um, we'll talk...

all I have to say is....

ZombieKitten said:

Yeah, it's right between the Feminine Hygiene isle and the everything Chocolate isle.

I got your peanut butter right here...how bad do you want it.... OH GOD its only 6:45 here and I have a buzz already... DRINK MORE!!! WOOHOO

notoriousj said:

Are you aware that it's possible to have fun without being intoxicated?




I mean, I'm about to pop a Percocet. I'm just sayin'.

Anx said:

Amen, brother.

Amen.