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woollypigs

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irn-bru
« on: 10 May, 2008, 07:47:55 pm »
For some reason I like irn-bru a lot. Never got on with any kind of coke, fanta, sprite as I find them too sweet, go figure. Irn-bru is great after a long ride or as the first drink the day after a few too many.

But the main weirdness with irn-bru is that I burp no end where as with other soft drinks I don't, now why is that ?

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rogerzilla

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Re: irn-bru
« Reply #1 on: 10 May, 2008, 07:50:22 pm »
I dunno, but popular culture says Irn-Bru's market is mainly hungover Scotsmen; it's supposed to be quite a good remedy.
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Noodley

Re: irn-bru
« Reply #2 on: 10 May, 2008, 07:50:44 pm »
It'll be something to do with the girders.
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clarion

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Re: irn-bru
« Reply #3 on: 10 May, 2008, 07:55:58 pm »
Gooey yackiness?

Yeah - I quite like it, too ;D
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mike

Re: irn-bru
« Reply #4 on: 10 May, 2008, 08:49:33 pm »
irn bru and cold meat pies got me through university :D
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RichForrest

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Re: irn-bru
« Reply #5 on: 10 May, 2008, 09:14:02 pm »
Quote from: mike on 10 May, 2008, 08:49:33 pm
irn bru and cold meat pies got me through university :D

It's amazing what you'll eat when you've got the munchies ;D

Rich.

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rafletcher

Re: irn-bru
« Reply #6 on: 10 May, 2008, 09:24:47 pm »
Quote from: rogerzilla on 10 May, 2008, 07:50:22 pm
it's supposed to be quite a good remedy.

Indeed it is :-)  Like drinking liquid bubblegum!
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woollypigs

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Re: irn-bru
« Reply #7 on: 10 May, 2008, 10:50:35 pm »
Quote from: rafletcher on 10 May, 2008, 09:24:47 pm
Quote from: rogerzilla on 10 May, 2008, 07:50:22 pm
it's supposed to be quite a good remedy.

Indeed it is :-)  Like drinking liquid bubblegum!
Yeah that is what I'm thinking too
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andygates

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Re: irn-bru
« Reply #8 on: 10 May, 2008, 10:52:54 pm »
Burplegum!  I got a taste for it while dodging the buckfast zombies last year...

Dammit now I'm plagued by a suit of armour made from irn bru cans.  This-is-irn-bru, diddle-iddle-iddle-dum IRN BRU!
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: irn-bru
« Reply #9 on: 11 May, 2008, 12:27:36 am »
Irn Bru's the best hangover cure ever, but it does make me very burpy as well.
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hellymedic

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Re: irn-bru
« Reply #10 on: 11 May, 2008, 10:30:10 am »
I lived on diet Irn Bru when I worked in Glasgow. It did not make me burp.
IIRC it has a significant caffeine content.

I think fructose + caffeine are supposed to be good for a hangover.
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rower40

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Re: irn-bru
« Reply #11 on: 11 May, 2008, 10:39:26 am »
Quote from: mike on 10 May, 2008, 08:49:33 pm
irn bru and cold meat pies got me through university :D
Why did I read that as "irn bru and cold meat pies went through me at university"?
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Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: irn-bru
« Reply #12 on: 11 May, 2008, 08:58:19 pm »
Quote from: hellymedic on 11 May, 2008, 10:30:10 am
I lived on diet Irn Bru when I worked in Glasgow. It did not make me burp.
IIRC it has a significant caffeine content.

I think fructose + caffeine are supposed to be good for a hangover.

And girders.

Irn Bru have had some of the most amusing and innovative adverts over the years as well. Lots of them are on youtube.
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vince

Re: irn-bru
« Reply #13 on: 11 May, 2008, 09:06:02 pm »
It's funny stuff. I can go one year to the next without drinking it, but when I gets the urge there is no substitute.
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rogerzilla

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Re: irn-bru
« Reply #14 on: 11 May, 2008, 09:07:12 pm »
Quote from: Kirst on 11 May, 2008, 08:58:19 pm
Irn Bru have had some of the most amusing and innovative adverts over the years as well. Lots of them are on youtube.

The "Snowman" one is a classic.
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Sergeant Pluck

Re: irn-bru
« Reply #15 on: 11 May, 2008, 09:16:09 pm »
Quote from: vince on 11 May, 2008, 09:06:02 pm
It's funny stuff. I can go one year to the next without drinking it, but when I gets the urge there is no substitute.

I'm a bit like that with Irn-Bru: if I have some in a particular year, it's usually several more years before I can face it again.  :sick:
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Frenchie

Re: irn-bru
« Reply #16 on: 12 May, 2008, 09:04:52 am »
Yuk, yuk, yuk. And I am an honorary Glaswegian!
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rogerzilla

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Re: irn-bru
« Reply #17 on: 12 May, 2008, 09:05:30 am »
I feel a companion thread coming on.

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