• Bomberman (unregistered) in reply to Jack M
    Jack M:
    ALSO

    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.

    ALSO

    If you filled them with some baking powder and water, closed really fast and shook, you had just made yourself a bomb.

  • Rodnas (unregistered) in reply to Bomberman
    Bomberman:
    Jack M:
    ALSO

    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.

    ALSO

    If you filled them with some baking powder and water, closed really fast and shook, you had just made yourself a bomb.

    ALSO If you filled them with gunpowder say from fireworks and made some kind of fuse, you had just made yourself an even better bomb.

  • dr. Hannibal Lecter (unregistered)

    I find it quite strange that Kinder Eier is illegal in some countries. I grew up on those things and they are awesome. Yes, they have small parts, but unless you're a very stupid kid (or you have a very stupid parent) there's no danger. Wait, nevermind..

    What's also crappy is the fact that there are more and more Kinder toys which don't need assembly. Might as well buy a real chocolate and a real toy.

  • carl (unregistered) in reply to will

    The trick to getting Kinder-eggs is to know an airline pilot (or cabin crew member) or two, one that makes trips to Germany on a regular basis.

    Also good for getting really good German wines and beer, as well.

    My sister-in-law has a very nice collection of the toys...

  • (cs) in reply to Wonko
    Wonko:
    Not a slight against Americans but I do find irony in the fact that Kinder Eggs are illegal in a country where you can own (albeit with a licence) any type of firearm.
    Yes dumbass, but we don't wrap the firearm in chocolate and give it to kids.
  • Marc (unregistered) in reply to Maj najm

    I know what you mean about these foreigners. It is a running gag among my friends to let them taste salmiak or Dutch 'drop'. We had quite some fun when living in the international community of Geneva 20 tears ago (and were surprised when the Finish liked to eat our 'drop' stash). By the way 'drop' is not as strong as salmiak but still strange to foreigners. Marc (from Holland)

  • A Kick-loving Swede (unregistered)

    The candy Kick is actually Swedish in origin. And was once names "käck", but the "ä" was a problem when launching the candy internationally. Same thing happened to the candy "daim", which first was called "dajm".

  • Wonko (unregistered) in reply to amischiefr
    amischiefr:
    Wonko:
    Not a slight against Americans but I do find irony in the fact that Kinder Eggs are illegal in a country where you can own (albeit with a licence) any type of firearm.
    Yes dumbass, but we don't wrap the firearm in chocolate and give it to kids.

    You're missing the point. A small chocolate egg containing a toy is illegal for ANY AGE GROUP in the US, however certian age groups can have firearms...

    Personally if your in your 20s-30s and cant be left alone with a chocolate egg and toy I dont think that you should be handling anything more dangerous than said chocolate egg.

    Plus you may not coat them in chocolate but there are plenty of examples of kids having acccess to guns.

    Lets not turn this into a slagging match, there is no point, my eggs will never match up to your guns, no matter how hard I throw them.

  • Wonko (unregistered) in reply to amischiefr
    amischiefr:
    Wonko:
    Not a slight against Americans but I do find irony in the fact that Kinder Eggs are illegal in a country where you can own (albeit with a licence) any type of firearm.
    Yes dumbass, but we don't wrap the firearm in chocolate and give it to kids.

    PS. Deaths related to kinder eggs worldwide 1900-Present : 0 Deaths related to firearms accidents worldwide 1900-Present : LOADS

    I know what Id rather was illegal.

  • Jasmine (unregistered) in reply to Wonko
    Wonko:
    amischiefr:
    Wonko:
    Not a slight against Americans but I do find irony in the fact that Kinder Eggs are illegal in a country where you can own (albeit with a licence) any type of firearm.
    Yes dumbass, but we don't wrap the firearm in chocolate and give it to kids.

    PS. Deaths related to kinder eggs worldwide 1900-Present : 0 Deaths related to firearms accidents worldwide 1900-Present : LOADS

    I know what Id rather was illegal.

    Except that... being illegal obviously does not prevent people from getting access to Kinder eggs and other dangerous candies. If you outlaw Kinder eggs, only outlaws will have Kinder eggs. And what kind of world would that be?!

  • (cs)

    So there's an idol to Great Cthulhu inside your Kinder-Überraschung?

  • Yazeran (unregistered) in reply to Wonko
    Wonko:

    Lets not turn this into a slagging match, there is no point, my eggs will never match up to your guns, no matter how hard I throw them.

    Well Sir, that's not exactly accurate :-) Trow 'ANYTHING'* at 0.99c and you WILL beat any gun in existence. The tricky part is achieving 0.99c... ;-)

    Yours Yazeran

    Plan: To go to Mars one day with a hammer.

    (*) With a mass of 1 gram or more (electrons don't count :-))

  • Pere Ubu (unregistered)

    Kinder Surprise are very available in Canada. Think I'll go buy one now.

  • Westerner (unregistered) in reply to Racer-X

    In the united states there are several different jurisdictions all of which can have different rules. Federal rules require a background check and a waiting period(I think it's three days) to buy a gun(don't worry there is a loophole). Some cities and states require you to register your gun, but I don't think most do. Most states do require you to have a permit to carry the gun in a concealed manner(that's right, in parts of the US you can walk around with a pistol protruding from your hip with no training, licensing, etc).

  • Because I can. (unregistered) in reply to Wonko
    Wonko:
    Not a slight against Americans but I do find irony in the fact that Kinder Eggs are illegal in a country where you can own (albeit with a licence) any type of firearm.

    Whoa! Who said anything about having a license? (Or even a licence?)

  • Tuuli Mustasydän (unregistered) in reply to Calmar
    Calmar:
    Actually bigger crisis EU (European Union) and Finland have had is the time that they tried to disallow tar in edible products.
    Wood tar != coal tar

    (in case anyone's confused)

  • Richard (unregistered)

    We've had Kinder Surprise/Egg in the UK since I was a pup (they didn't translate the Kinder for some reason), clearly we don't care so much about choking. The toys range from excellent little things you build to useless collections of ready made statues of penguins in various outfits.

    Perhaps my most vivid memories of them come from this though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOFRIWx5F9c

    Don't know if that's just for the UK or all the Kinderphagic countries of Europe, but it's pretty terrifying.

  • Nakke (unregistered)

    Salmiakki is God's gift to Finns. No other candy makes me lust for more and more. You just don't know good candy when you see it.

  • Ger (unregistered)

    Now I understand, why Americans are like they are. Their childhoods were destroyed by the lack of Kinder Surprises :(

    Oh, and a while back, the toys were even more awesome - i.e. they contained machinery like metal flywheels, connecting rods etc.

  • (s|invi)tation (unregistered) in reply to Jonathan Wilson
    Jonathan Wilson:
    Dr. Pepper (which is the BEST caffeinated beverage in existence, Coca-Cola being second best)

    That's not possible. However, it can be the third best. The top two places are taken by Jolt cola..

  • no timae likae praesent (unregistered) in reply to bencoder
    bencoder:
    What a ridiculous rule... "1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prohibits embedding \"non-nutritive items\" in confections."

    That act sounds like it is a dead letter, considering the amount of non-nutritive items like preservatives, food colouring and other chemicals they put in them...

  • yankee (unregistered) in reply to Wonko

    no license necessary in my state

  • (cs) in reply to Severity One

    Have to agree with all that said the Kinder-Überraschung toys were much cooler in the past, the plastic container included. As for the choc, it's still the same low-quality one as ever. That's why so many people love the taste. Lowest common denominator and such....

    Those worried about the toys being a choking hazard don't take into account marketing surveys, stating that the better part of surprise eggs are bought by adults. For themselves to consume the choc and leave the toy to their kids for entertainment.

    I've yet to hear of one single kid choking to death on one of these toys. If it happens eventually, blame it on passive eugenics, mmmkay?

    Love the fluffy duck, btw.

    Severity One:
    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.

    As an owner of such an AR, I have to correct some misunderstanding here. The rifle is not a gift by the gubmint, you're merely given the choice to keep it after you accomplished your compulsory army duty (yes, we still have a draft), or to give it back together with all the other corps body stuff you were given at the start. However, due to our otherwise slack gun laws, you're not allowed to own an automatic weapon, or "fully automatic" as you call it. That's why the (full) automatic mode is disabled before the relevant parts are shipped back home to you, turning the rifle into a semi-automatic one. The difference between semi-automatic and automatic being the number of rounds fired at a single trigger pull. One round per pull on semi-automatic, the what's-left-in-the-charger-in-one-go on automatic.

  • (cs) in reply to Wonko
    Wonko:
    Not a slight against Americans but I do find irony in the fact that Kinder Eggs are illegal in a country where you can own (albeit with a licence) any type of firearm.
    Guns don't kill people, Kinder Eggs do!
  • Dragan Matic (unregistered)

    Dude, I can't believe Kinder Surprise chocolates are illegal in the US! My brother used to have pretty big collection (around 700 pieces) of different toys from those eggs. A lot of my friends still have those toys around. And the chocolate is delicious.

  • Viridium (unregistered) in reply to will

    My daughter has been enjoying Kinder Eggs for years in Canada! ;)

  • Azarien (unregistered) in reply to will

    I think I'm gonna buy one today, and try not to get chocked.. Actually, I ate lots of them when I was a kid, and somehow survived. Usually, you don't open the yolk containing the toy until you have eaten all the shell. How would one get chocked then?

  • Bob (unregistered) in reply to Wonko

    ...but what about candy shaped like a firearm?

  • Paul (unregistered)

    Don't underestimate the dangers of Kinder eggs!

    http://blogs.consumerreports.org/safety/2007/02/candy_racks_con.html

    "Mixing the two, especially when the toy is embedded inside the candy as it is with the Surprise Egg, sends a mixed message about what is and isn't edible, and puts younger children at risk."

    What?

    My two kids have loved kinder eggs since they were younger than 3. And, while I can see that they could have choked on the small bits (after they had been removed from the capsule and built by a parent), there was no way they could have been confused about whether they were edible or not ...

    (Small children can also choke on gravel, small twigs, varied insects etc etc)

    I really can't believe that kids in the USA are so much dumber than those in the rest of the world, so it seems like some stupid 'elf and safety thing by some jobsworth, rather than a real safety concern.

    I can see the original law being intended to protect against actually embedding small items inside sweets (eg a boiled sweet with a nail in it) but Kinder eggs have a clearly defined separation between the two, and you couldn't possibly eat a Kinder egg without breaking it open first, and the capsule is quite big so it would be hard to swallow accidentally.

  • Ouch! (unregistered) in reply to Paul
    Paul:
    I really can't believe that kids in the USA are so much dumber than those in the rest of the world,
    Not the kids.
  • Da' Man (unregistered) in reply to GermanBeer
    GermanBeer:
    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
    You lucky bastard! For me, the nearest place where I can get this (as far as I know) is at least a 3h drive away! Oh well, there are a couple of reasonable beers here in Belgium, too, but Tannenzäpfle is miles above them!
  • Todd (unregistered) in reply to will

    We have Kinder Surprise eggs here in Canada. My kids love them!! Never heard of them being banned anywhere before. Maybe kids in Canada are just smart enough to play with the toy instead of eating it? :P

  • Joel (unregistered)

    We have Kinder Eggs here in Canada! (their English name is Kinder Surprise)

  • Jenn (unregistered) in reply to Wonko

    Even some of us Americans find that ironic... Here in California, it is now illegal to buy/sell silver dragees (the little silver balls used to decorate cakes and cookies) because they contain a small amount of silver. I can't even order them online to be shipped to CA. I can buy all the liquor/guns/cigarettes I want, but my government has decided some candies are just TOO dangerous for the average American. wtf?

  • LC (unregistered)

    Kinder eggs are sold in Canada

  • SomeGuy (unregistered) in reply to Wonko

    Correct, but you will not find any chocolate-coated guns anywhere, that would be too dangerous!

  • Mike (unregistered)

    Kinder eggs are illegal in the US?? There's no need to go to Germany to get them.. just drive north of the border into Canada and walk into any corner store, they are widely available here (at least in Ontario) under the name "Kinder Surprise" ..

  • Virre (unregistered)

    Fascinating the Kick candy ingridients you listed is in Swedish, I am sure they are on there in finnish too.

    and I miss the Tar salmiak, it's not vegan so I do not eat it but it's one of the few things I miss

  • Xander (unregistered)

    Here in canada you can walk into any store and buy Kinder Surprise eggs.

  • Mia M (unregistered)

    "glukossirap, socker, and fett", you must have read the ingredients list in Swedish. A rather large minority in Finland speaks Swedish, so therefore text is often both in Finnish and Swedish. (I'm from Sweden and therefore I ofcourse speak Swedish, but I don't speak Finnis).

    Socker = sugar, fett = fat. I'm not sure how to translate glukossirap, probably glucosesyrup

  • Roger (unregistered) in reply to Jasmine

    Dont give this idiot ideas he will start covering AK47's in chocolate and giving them out at school gates

  • Skipacker (unregistered) in reply to Wonko

    Don't even need a license in many cases. But we don't give guns to children under 5 anyways. In fact, in New Hampshire it's illegal to sell a rifle to a child under 12 years old... it's a $25 fine.

  • Skipacker (unregistered) in reply to Xander
    Xander:
    Here in canada you can walk into any store and buy Kinder Surprise eggs.
    what about a gun store?
  • Gunslinger (unregistered) in reply to Wonko

    License? I don't need no stinkin' license! (No, really!)

    Guns are a constitutional right! So is unsafe candy, but that's a different matter.

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    Kinder Eggs are quite common in the rest of North America and in the U.K., I was surprised to hear they aren't in the USA.

  • Englantilainen mies (unregistered) in reply to Maj najm

    As a foreigner who likes Salmiakki and even Lejona, but who draws the line at tar-flavoured chocolate (on sale in Kuhmo), I would also like to say that Viivi ja Wagner is one of the funniest cartoon strips going. I really hope that one day this will be translated into English so it gets the wider recognition it deserves.

  • Anonymous (unregistered)

    Gotta love the U.S.A. and their utterly backwards way of looking at... well, everything...

    "Can I have a small chocolate egg with a toy in the middle?" "NO, TOO DANGEROUS!"

    "Can I have Magnum .44?" "Will that be cash or charge?"

  • emdx (unregistered)

    “The yellow ‘M’” is THE absolute belgian comic classic, even more so than “Tintin”. It is still in print 55 years after it’s first publication!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_%22M%22

    It is probably one of the most spoofed comic book ever.

    CAPTCHA: aptent

  • Finnish Swede (unregistered)

    The Kick candy you received is actually from Sweden, but sold in the Nordic countries. Of course, when you have the ingredients glucose syrup, sugar and fat it just has to be tasty, no? ;)

  • Finn dude (unregistered) in reply to Maj najm
    Maj najm:
    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. ;)

    Yeah they ether love it or start screeming " This man tried to poison me.... "

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