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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Okay, here are a few comments on
things raised in the sherbet lemon thread over on the main list:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I don't think weanything like
Lemonheads over here, but I'm interested to learn the origin of the name of Evan
Dando's former band.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Pixie Stiks are not the same thing as
sherbetfountains. From Rita's description, I recognised these things
- they are thin straws containing tangy, coloured sugar, right?
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>A sherbet fountain looks like a
firework. The base is made of stiff paper and it's a tube about 6 inches
long and 2 inches in diameter. This tube is filled with sherbet
powder. Sticking out of the top of the (sealed) tube is a hollow length of
solid, black liquorice, about 3 inches long. You suck the powder through
theliquorice and then eat the liquorice. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>It would be so much easier to just
hand these things round; trying to describe them is getting very
complicated! I think I will have to check out the sweetshops and see if I
can't put together some samples to send to people (assuming these things all
exist still - I have a feeling acid drops mayhave been renamed in the name
of PC<g>).</FONT></DIV>
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