Day 1 – “What? Those aren’t Smarties. Smarties are small and round and… tart and… sour… and NOT CHOCOLATE!”
“What are you talking about? Smarties are like M&Ms but candier.”
“No, dammit! Your country is insane!”
Day 16 – “Smarties are NOT CHOCOLATE! You’re all crazy from the snow! They’re little tart candies in a roll!”
“Wait. Are you talking about Rockets? Like, for Hallowe’en?”
“No, you psycho candy Canadian! Smarties!”
“Dude. The whole planet calls them Rockets. You people from Americaland are nuts.”
Day 64 – (Ripping open the care package from Mom in North Carolina, yes for real) “See? These are SMARTIES!”
“Yeah, that’s what the entire planet calls Rockets. Damn yankee.”
“Oh you did not just call me a Yankee!”
“Hey. Lookit the label. Made in Canada.”
“Crazy Canadians!”
“Now Kellog’s Corn Pops…”
“GAAAHHHH!”
Yep. Had this conversation with a ‘Merican friend of mine. I *tried* to make him understand that the REST of the world eats chocolate smarties.. but… no… it was just too much for him to cope with.
COMMENT:
I didn’t know what to do when I ate a Rocket this afternoon in a package clearly labelled “Smarties”.
I was frightened, confused, and slightly aroused.
Then again, I am always slightly aroused.
AROUSED!
The above post was actually by me. Oops.
Not your fault. You were aroused.
AROUSED!
I especially like how on the smarties.com main page front and center they actually have a disclaimer (or is it a claimer) that smarties outside of the US are from Nestle.
Crazy marketing. I don’t understand why they need to change the products from country to country anyway. Like the corn pops for instance. I think Mars bars have nuts in the states. etc.