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Interesting. I grew up with Kinder Surprise all my life in Canada and never once realized it, like Smarties, are not available in the US.
Smarties are available here. Or at least, they are here in Illinois, one of the most libel-happy states in the union.
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<gasp> Tannenzäpfle! Best beer in the world!! OMG I haven't seen one in years!!! thirsty
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Only if they are disassembled, the firing pin and ammunition are choking hazards. When I give kids chocolate-covered AR-15s I always make sure they are fully assembled and loaded. You can't be too careful!
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So, I bought ten packets and filled one up with illegal red smarties to take to my girlfriend in California.
It's amazing what you'll do for sex when you're twenty ...
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I also miss Kinder Eggs. when I came back from Germany I brought home over 100 of them for friends and family.
I'm surprised however that nobody is commenting on Alex whipping that duck at his employees. The last time I laughed that hard was when Alex took a blow-up doll on an evening stroll to the lake!
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I love salmiak, but I can't get it here in Colorado (that I can find). The bills remind me of a great site showing all sorts of bills with good narratives: http://www.lileks.com/money/index.html
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Id die without my varios kinds of salmiak! Damn americans that dont know tasty candy if it bit you in the tounge. (Which salmiak does. :) ) Its hilarious to give salmiak to foreigners. ;)
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Kinder Surprise is sold almost everywhere in Canada, recommend ages 3+ choking hazard... But we don't have the cool hinged containers, that would make those things so much better for small parts../
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There must be some kind of OEM standard duck-quacker module out there somewhere - the "qua-quack quack quack quack QUACK quack quack" is precisely the same as that of the inflatable rubber bathtub duck we had for my baby son.
In that case, however, you had to squeeze its bill - flinging a bathtub duck around just isn't a good idea.
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Who says you need a license for a firearm in (most of) the US?
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Kinder Surprise Eggs are legal and incredibly common up here in Canada. Every mom & pop variety store has them.
Stew
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You don't. But, for some kinds (machine guns, for example) you need a "license" in any state. It's actually a $200 tax stamp paid on the transfer.
Then again, we treat a silencer like a machine gun, with the same transfer tax and several month wait for approval when in some European countries they aren't even regulated.
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Kinder eggs aren't illegal per se in the US. You can find them in many ethnic grocery stores. They cannot be manufactured for sale in the US, but the can be manufactured for sale in other countries, and sold by US stores which specialize in importing products destined for that other country. However, that won't stop the zealous US border guards from snatching your Kinder eggs when you cross the border back into the US: http://www.canada.com/life/Kinder+Surprises+Banned/2353187/story.html
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I've always thought that development engineer for Kinder egg toys must be the most awesome job in the world. One place where I found them in the US was the Tea and Sympathy store on Greenwich Avenue in New York. They're pretty pricey, but that's to be expected for illegal contraband. I then proceeded to buy them for all my American friends. :)
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Come to Sweden and enjoy some delicious Surströmming to change things up! This is the correct time of year for such repast.
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Kinder-eggs are banned for two reasons, you cannot have non-edible items wrapped inside of edible products...
Right, which is also why Chinese restaurants in the United States aren't allowed to have fortune cookies, and possession of a lollipop is a felony in 47 states and Puerto Rico. For a while Congress was considering expanding the law to cover stone fruit, but the powerful apricot lobby ultimately prevailed.
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I agree. I'ld like to see more videos of that kind. Maybe I should snail-mail something in.
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It's only fair, really; looking at the ingredients on a packet of American candy, I think every single colouring and flavouring agent were banned in the EU.
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Kinder eggs are quite popular in Europe, an awesome good to eat thing i play for hours with the toy then. I don't remember having ever heard about some kid eating the toy or other nonsensical accident. But if America says they are dangerous, they must be i guess We are stupid down there, we banned free access to firearms instead.
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Despite what the name can make you think, Kinder Surprise are from Ferrero an italian company also responsible for the wonderful Nutella ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrero_SpA
Cheers, Matteo
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You don't need a license to own a gun in America.
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ah, but when I was young (which was not even only 15 years ago) überraschungseier were much cooler. Nowadays you mostly have collectibles in them which don't even need assembly or consist of two parts. way back then there were things like little cars in them with a little flywheel inside (1) so it would continue driving once you sped it up a little bit and let it go (and that was one of the simpler stuff - I remember some really cool toys with rubber bands and so on which were commonplace when my parents were young - and still lie around in a drawer because they were so awesome).
(1) and yes, you had to assemble that car by yourself out of some 4-7 parts: two axes, a flywheel, a cogwheel, a frame (where you plugged everything in), a cover (so it looked like a car) and a bunch of stickers (that I never used as I was too anxious to play with it than wasting time on case-moding it ;))
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Kinder Eggs are sold in Canada!
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That shoud be "ingredienser" on the Kick.
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There is a third level of awesomeness in the Kinder-Überraschung: once you have eaten the chocolate AND assembled the thing, then the yellow ovoid container can be used for duels. When you squeeze the large end of it, it propels the short end like a bullet, with a very satisfying "pop" sound. Hours of enjoyment.
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This must be an American thing then? I see "Kinder Suprise" eggs in Canada ALL THE TIME.
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I think the beloved Government may be on the case there...
By the way, has the Supreme Commander, WTF, tried to create a user name containing a ","? I wouldn't go so far as to call it a WTF but it is a little bit of an oops, given the error message you get.
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There's a nice video about giving salmiakki to some Japanese people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gtMY_27PTc
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feeding salmiakki to strangers is mean, but the movie's cute.
Besides, it reminded me of "Sour Death Balls". Basically the same concept, but like 20yrs old: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rWy-mF4W28
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You can get Kinder Egg in Canada, two hours drive from your place.
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Come to Australia - we have the best of both worlds, though Baconaise can be a bit difficult to get a hold of. Best of all, we have other glorious foodstuffs such as Tim Tams!
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Kinder Eggs are available in Canada still... my kids love them :)
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For you Americans who live close to the Canadian border, keep in mind that Kinder eggs (called "Kinder Surprise" here) are available at almost any grocery store or convenience in Canada.
Phil
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Only downside to living in Australia is that the bastards stopped selling Dr. Pepper (which is the BEST caffeinated beverage in existence, Coca-Cola being second best) and you cant get it anymore (I havent seen a single place in Perth that sells it)
At one point, I used to practically LIVE on Dr. Pepper and would consume a 1.25LTR bottle per day (or even more in some cases).
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Oh man, did you have to bring that up??
I mean, you can not even bring it on a plane anymore due to the risk of exploding cans.... (Yes they can explode and if so I for one do not want to be nearby. :-) )
I cant believe you guys actually eat that stuff
Yazeran
Plan: To go to Mars one day with a hammer
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It's definitely one of the best beers in the world. Hm, I'm kind of thirsty too, i should go to the shop next door and buy one (or 2... or 3) six-packs Tannenzäpfle :D
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hm, i suck at quoting :(
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Kinder Surprise aren't anywhere near as good since they changed the capsules the toys come in. They used to be in two pieces, and if you squeezed the middle, one half would fly off like a champagne cork. Now the halves are connected with a little bridge of plastic, so you can't do that.
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Then you'd love New Zealand, where all that is available PLUS Dr Pepper!
Except that we can't get Doritos. I'm not sure gaining all that other stuff is worth not having Doritos.
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Sub standard? According to my highly scientific survey among my aquantainces, Kinder chocolate is one of the best :) Especially when coming out of the freezer or inside a crèpe. This may be a bit biased by me living in Germany, though, and actually it's not chocolate but confect...
To add something useful to this discussion, although Kinder products are produced by an Italian company, Ferrero, they were developed for and first introduced in Germany.
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captcha = "damnum" ...forum for not letting me edit my post
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Reading this article was a surreal experience, I had no idea Kinder Surprise was banned in the US and was wondering why Alex was describing the egg as if he'd never seen one before.
They're all over the place here (Australia) and I've never heard of a kid choking on one.
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Very true, but then here in Australia we aren't allowed to do our own electrical work, or even run an Ethernet cable in the wall cavity or roof space of the house.
Yet New Zealanders, British and Americans are all apparently quite capable of doing these things without destroying themselves.
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Actually bigger crisis EU (European Union) and Finland have had is the time that they tried to disallow tar in edible products.
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So... on those little green forms you have to fill in as a foreigner coming into the US (I think they're called visa waivers, might be that you have to do this via the internet these days), you have to declare not to bring in any illegal contraband such as narcotics, firearms, explosives and Kinder Eggs?
As for firearms, the Swiss government will actually give you an assault rifle. OK, so you have to be male, between 18 and 30, and not certified crazy or otherwise unsuitable for military service, but I believe that these are banned in the US, at least if fully automatic mode has not been disabled. Which, obviously, it hasn't in those Swiss guns.
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Kinder-eggs are banned in the US ?? oO
In France, they are everywhere, often given to children.
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Ethernet, not being electrically potentially lethal, is another matter, as are speaker cables, etc., etc.
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We dont! It's all an elaborate hoax to get foreigners to eat rotten fish. ;) Truth be told, I probably would eat them if I didnt hate all kinds of fish. Supposed to be really tasty. (Although the smell is strong and rancid enough to be felt several blocks away.)