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zelda_pinwheel · 07-20-2008, 06:57 AM

i'm pretty sure marc has found the embodiment of true evil with his avatar.

Patricia · 07-20-2008, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i'm pretty sure marc has found the embodiment of true evil with his avatar.

Yes. The Nestle people make Nescafe, and are responsible for the baby-milk scandal mentioned here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott

(Basically, dump free baby-milk in third-world clinics. New mothers use it in insanitary conditions and their babies fall sick. And their own milk dries up, so they have no choice but to buy the expensive baby-formula. Even when they don't have clean water or bottle-sterilising facilities.)

And who can forget the time that Nestle tried to claim £7.3million from the poor Ethiopians? (as 'compensation' for a nationalised firm that they didn't even own at the time it was nationalised.)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/de...ngandpr.famine

zelda_pinwheel · 07-20-2008, 12:06 PM

they're really a wonderful company aren't they ? yet another good reason not to buy instant coffee.

montsnmags · 07-20-2008, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

Yes. The Nestle people make Nescafe, and are responsible for the baby-milk scandal mentioned here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott

...

And who can forget the time that Nestle tried to claim £7.3million from the poor Ethiopians?

...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/de...ngandpr.famine

Sometimes I am "right" through investigation and research.

Sometimes I accidentally trip over into a big bucket of accuracy without even realising it.

Can you guess which one happened here?

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

they're really a wonderful company aren't they ? yet another good reason not to buy instant coffee.

Yeah, because we need to keep mounting more and more convincing arguments to not buy instant coffee.

Cheers,
Marc (rolling with the emoticons)

zelda_pinwheel · 07-20-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Yeah, because we need to keep mounting more and more convincing arguments to not buy instant coffee.

Cheers,
Marc (rolling with the emoticons)

heh... i almost added that myself. although i probably would have said "as if we needed another one."

montsnmags · 07-20-2008, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

heh... i almost added that myself. although i probably would have said "as if we needed another one."

Ahh, admirable succinctness. Yeah, 'tis true, I'm not real good at that. Why write a sentence when you can write a chapter.

Cheers,
Marc

zelda_pinwheel · 07-20-2008, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Ahh, admirable succinctness. Yeah, 'tis true, I'm not real good at that. Why write a sentence when you can write a chapter.

Cheers,
Marc

actually i like yours better.

Spartacus2112 · 07-20-2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've finally decided to change my avatar. Now I have the cutest avatar is all of MR history!

I think I have you on this one. Had to do it in honor of my little girl for her 2nd birthday 7/21/08.

Patricia · 07-20-2008, 10:08 PM

Happy birthday to little Miss Spartacus!

zelda_pinwheel · 07-21-2008, 09:27 AM

yep. i think the search for the epitome of cuteness is over.

wow, someone should put us in charge of finding answers to *all* the world's great problems ; apparently no challenge is too great for us.

GeoffC · 07-21-2008, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

yep. i think the search for the epitome of cuteness is over.

wow, someone should put us in charge of finding answers to *all* the world's great problems ; apparently no challenge is too great for us.

We've never been the same since greatness was bestowed on a few of us...

slayda · 07-21-2008, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

We've never been the same since greatness was bestowed on a few of us...

A precious few (or one)!

GeoffC · 07-21-2008, 11:12 AM

I'll go with the 'precious' few...

jerryleejr · 07-21-2008, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

yep. i think the search for the epitome of cuteness is over.

Might I just add one or two to the vote?

badgoodDeb · 07-21-2008, 02:55 PM

Awwwww! I really like the magnifying glass kid. Very sweet!

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07-20-2008, 06:57 AM	#61
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i'm pretty sure marc has found the embodiment of true evil with his avatar.

07-20-2008, 12:06 PM	#63
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	they're really a wonderful company aren't they ? yet another good reason not to buy instant coffee.

07-20-2008, 10:08 PM	#69
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Happy birthday to little Miss Spartacus!

07-21-2008, 09:27 AM	#70
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	yep. i think the search for the epitome of cuteness is over. wow, someone should put us in charge of finding answers to all the world's great problems ; apparently no challenge is too great for us.

07-21-2008, 11:12 AM	#73
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	I'll go with the 'precious' few...

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badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,550 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Awwwww! I really like the magnifying glass kid. Very sweet!