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Unstuck In Time Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:51 PM
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Why is it called Ovaltine? The jar is round. The glass is round...
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:52 PM
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1. short for "Ovomaltine"
Edited on Wed Nov-17-04 06:06 PM by Kellanved
The real name was too long for Americans.
Edit: pictures:
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progressiveBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:53 PM
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2. And gross...
who wants to drink Ovomaltine? It sounds like something on the Jetsons.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:54 PM
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3. Did Homer Simpson make that up?
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Would Jesus love a liberal? You bet!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:59 PM
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9. actually that is almost the truth
Sometimes even weirder than the Simpsons.

Ovo - egg
Malt - Malt
ine - to make it sound nice

The British changed it to "Ovaltine", the Americans went along. So in most countries, including it's home, Switzerland, it's "Ovomaltine".
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 06:02 PM
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12. Tuba-ma-ba? Oboe-ma-boe?
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http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/
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judy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:55 PM
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4. Ovomaltine,
eggs and malt
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:55 PM
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5. The spoon is oval...
When I was a kid, we used to take a teaspoon of Ovaltine, moisten it with milk, and eat it...
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:57 PM
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7. I still do!
mmm... or just put a spoon of it in my mouth and chase it with milk!
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:56 PM
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6. They should call it "Roundtine"
hehehe, I love Seinfeld.
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 06:00 PM
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11. I can do Estelle Costanza's voice
I can also pretend it's Ma Bush.
"Georgie, eat your spinach! Georgie, that's no way to treat an Oval Office! Why are you always wearing those cowboy boots! It's EMBARRASING!"
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johncoby2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:57 PM
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8. That's GOLD Jerry! GOLD!
(Seinfeld skit)
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jdots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 05:59 PM
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10. sorry there have been way too many Ovaltine posts
in the 14 th. century the Ovaltine jar was a hand made clay pot that was oval shaped,in the mid 20th century when the word " choclatty" was invented by Beatrice Lard the distinktive round jar was used to cut costs.....thank you for your interest in Ovaltine
Nigel P. Puddfellow head of ovaltine products
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Gothic Sponge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 06:04 PM
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13. "Who are these people?"
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Unstuck In Time Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 06:23 PM
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15. We're Here... We're Near(ing 1000 Posts)...
... Get Used To It!

:D
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slutticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 06:11 PM
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14. LOL...I see all the good responses are taken.
*sigh*
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-17-04 06:33 PM
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16. Just for the record
I have oval drinking glasses.
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