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  1. The Dapper Hooligan

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    Because I've seen the candies in the video pretty much everywhere I've been except for certain parts of America and maybe Israel.
     
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    Ah, fair enough.

    Anyway, I still maintain they're British chocolates for the other reason I stated.
     
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    Brirish chocolate is unlike American chocolate though so even if the candies are available in the states they are probably different
     
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    Fair enough. While I'm on the subject. Does anyone here know about those snacks are that are like peanut butter flavoured cheese puffs? I've been looking for some but I have no idea what they're called.
     
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    Reeses ?
     
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    Not quite, it's like a salty treat, but I love Reeses, too.
     
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    Urrugh! Love peanut butter. Love cheese. But together? Just no.

    Hold on, do you mean the taste of cheese, or just that the puffs are shaped like the cheese ones?

    I had peanut puffs once, but didn't care for them.

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    Realistically you can't really hand carry a minigun, due to how heavy
    ammo and the power supply is. You would have to be able to manage
    being able to carry 2 car batteries, the weapon 41 lbs/19Kg, and 2-5k
    rounds of 7.62x51mm belt of ammunition.

    So the movies and video games really are unrealistic when it comes
    to portraying this weapon that spits 2-6k rounds a minute. :p
     
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    This fails to surprise me given how much damage you can take in said games before you die, wheras one bullet will do it in real life

    Come to that the movies where someone goes cyclic with an M60 - rambo i'm looking at you - in reality you'd melt the barrel, even if you didnt cause a jam by holding the belt at an odd angle.
     
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    Well I love the likes of Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, but if all directors took their approach we'd have a pretty depressing film industry :D
     
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    I Uni I used to make a combination ramen noodle/mac and cheese with peanut butter and szechuan sauce I used to call White Trash Pad Thai. I used to love it, but now it's just horrible.
     
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    Are you saying I also can't duct tape a handle to a 18th century ships cannon and waltz around with that like they do in Fallout 4 either? I get the feeling I'm going to have to rethink my entire apocalypse strategy here.
     
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    I'm not sure if those are the same thing or not, but I was told elsewhere what I'm looking for is called Bamba.
     
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    Don't they have a form of power armor in Fallout story line?
    You could possibly do it, but not with a heavy deck cannon,
    as it would weigh at least a ton (or more). But this is not the place
    to post fictitious facts based on things one does not know, or
    find some form of evidence to back it up (lore). It is your story
    if you think a 200lb man can handle the weight and kick of a
    black powder deck cannon then go right ahead. They have one
    in Serious Sam series. :p
     
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    I was thinking for me personally. I know I could probably schlep about 150-200 pounds for a bit, though I'm sure if I tried to fire something like that I'd be in need of a new hip awfully fast.
     
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    I found some of your skips brand prawn puffs. Pricey little bag, too, 2$ for a 17gram bag. The British store has a lot of interesting stuff.

    What exactly is a jelly sprog? Is that a gum drop?
     
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    Never heard of them.
     
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    If you could design it with something like this in mind: http://killzone.wikia.com/wiki/Pnv-3_Siska_Squad_Cannon
    You might be able to manage it for at least a few shots. :)
     
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    I think it should be called "American Teens Who Live Under A Rock Try..."

    We Americans have had access to imported chocolate for decades now, so I have to question where they dug up these teens, or if they're acting.

    The Dairy Milk bar and Caramel bar have been available in even small town America for decades. I practically lived on the Dairy Milk bar as a teenager, and at that time I lived in a small town.

    Cadbury Flake, though not as common, is available in many upscale supermarkets.

    Twenty years ago, I had Violet Crumble for the first time. Not a fan, but it was different.

    Lindt is a staple at most major supermarkets and drugstores and is a standard item on my shopping list every week. (Usually the 85%, sometimes the 70%, and sometimes I'll throw in a bar of Classic White.) Others, such as Ritter Sport, aren't that hard to find, especially at places like Cost Plus World Market. A friend of mine gets Ritter Sport at Walmart in a small town in the Ozarks.

    One of my favorite brands of dark chocolate, Valor, used to be easy to find at my local Vons supermarket. I think it's from Spain. That one is becoming harder to find, although I can sometimes get it at Cost Plus World Market.

    Lately I've been scarfing down chocolate Riesen when I'm working on a difficult scene. When I first started buying them fifteen years or so ago they were imported from Germany. I tossed the current bag when I put them in the candy jar, so I'm not sure whether or not they still are.

    Having said that, I did buy the cheap American stuff for the Trick-Or-Treaters. I have to really, really love you to share my chocolate with you. :)
     
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    I still find it insane that Kinder Eggs are illegal in America.
     
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    Jud, if you're ever in the States I highly recommend Popcornopolis Caramel Corn. They call it caramel corn, but technically it's coated in toffee (butter and sugar caramelized together until it reach the stage where it hardens at room temperature). It's fantastic stuff.
     
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    Those are available on amazon and ebay.
     
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    The imports are the same stuff. The ones that just say "distributed by" may be different. But, the imports have been available in the States, at least in major cities, for decades.

    ETA: Not every variety, of course. Just a few of the most popular ones.
     
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    Kinder Joys aren't the same as Kinder Surprise eggs. It's also the first time I've seen them labelled 'for boys,' or 'for girls.' Is that like an American thing, or is that just something I haven't noticed before.
     
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