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Vegemite or Marmite?

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Poll

	I prefer Vegemite.		1 vote (12.5%)
	I prefer Marmite.		1 vote (12.5%)
	They are the same thing.		No votes (0%)
	I love both of them equally.		No votes (0%)
	They are equally awful.		No votes (0%)
	Never heard of either of them.		No votes (0%)
	I have tried only one of them.		1 vote (12.5%)
	I'm a bigot.		5 votes (62.5%)

8 members have voted

December 19th, 2014 at 1:08:27 PM permalink

odiousgambit

Member since: Oct 28, 2012
Threads: 165
Posts: 6375

Quote: terapined
Never tasted either.
I only know vegamite exists due to the Men At Work song Down Under.

"Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich"

Voted bigot, Know of one, not the other, never tasted either.

well, it was the one time in the song that it made sense to say "better run, better take cover!"

It's Brussels alright.

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/menatwork/downunder.html

I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me]

December 19th, 2014 at 5:12:06 PM permalink
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108	He must be from Brussels because it rhymes with muscles. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber

December 19th, 2014 at 9:55:52 PM permalink
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569	Quote: Wizard He must be from Brussels because it rhymes with muscles. Like "fried out combie" & "head full of zombie" and "down under" & "men chunder" . How much of that slang can you idenity without google search?

December 20th, 2014 at 2:29:54 AM permalink

Fleastiff

Member since: Oct 27, 2012
Threads: 62
Posts: 7831

Quote: beachbumbabs
I had never known Vegemite was a real product; thought it was a running joke ...
... I would absolutely add it to my diet if it were easier to buy here.

Well, there is always Amazon.Com. When I lived in Los Angeles, I would drive to one of the edge cities and shop at a British Store: Irish and English pub listings and newspapers, English Speaking Union notices, biscuits, vegemite, marmite, scones, teas and bottles of Ribena, a black currant syrupy drink originally distributed free to UK children during World War Two. Talk about capturing a market. During the war England was generally only five weeks away from starvation and there was always widespread hunger with strict rationing, so a high vitamin C black currant drink that was free gained loyal customers for decades. I used to buy Ribena when I felt a cold coming on: four times the vitamin C of oranges and enough sugar to put you to sleep during the vitamin versus virus battle.

I can't believe there were no British Stores in Hawaii, most cities in the USA used to have them.

December 31st, 2014 at 1:49:44 PM permalink
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108	With all the complaining about Vegemite I've been doing, I am now getting lots of ads for Vegemite on my browser and Email from Amazon with links to buy Vegemite. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber

December 31st, 2014 at 2:13:49 PM permalink
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22938	Quote: Wizard They tasted like the tar that washes up on the beaches of Santa Barbara. Not going to ask...nope. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP.

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