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Stephen Simac's avatar

Loved the Men at Work song, not Vegemite (or Marmite). Those spreads sound like Coca Cola paste with the artificial caramel coloring. Probably good for you like Guinness, the company you keep.

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Richard Seager's avatar

Yep I have been keeping bad company for a while. Have been hanging out on Twitter.

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Stephen Simac's avatar

let you back, eh. I still think this unwieldy vessel may crack up down under.

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Richard Seager's avatar

It's pretty intense.

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Richard Seager's avatar

They've just given the person of the year to the creep who organized the rally against a woman (Posie Parker/Kelly-Jay Keen Minshull) speaking.

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Fay's avatar

It has been on the grocery shelves here for around 100 years. A much loved product.

Perhaps a bit of poison stimulates the immune system leaving us healthier!

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Richard Seager's avatar

Perhaps. A little like Alexander used to take a bit of poison regularly to build up his immunity.

Not sure if it works though.

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Fay's avatar

Generally, just a small amount of vegemite or marmite is required as it is

salty with a strong taste. Therefore, the ‘poison’ would be diluted, having a stimulating effect on the immune system.

Perhaps, working in a similar way to Homeopathy where very low doses of a diluted poison, relating to a disease, gives a curative effect.

It would be doubtful if this principal would apply to Coca Cola though as the 'poison' would probably not be diluted enough in the drink.

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Holobiont's avatar

As someone who grew up (well, didn't really, I am having my teenage rebellion at age 72) in South Africa, I find New Zealand's Sanitarium Marmite inedible, and find myself having to pay a premium price for the original formula Marmite made by Bokomo (SA) or Unilever (UK).

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Richard Seager's avatar

Pretty sure that Marmite also has these colourings in it. But I didn't have a jar of it to hand.

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Holobiont's avatar

Both varieties of Marmite look the same (apart from the shape of the jar), so probably do have the same colouring. It is presumably the Unilever product to which the Danes take exception.

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Richard Seager's avatar

Yes it would be.

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