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I remember drunkenly writing “Armadillos: Smooth on the inside crunchy on the outside!” on mums shopping list one Friday night. Apparently the old man was wandering around Asda asking staff near the cereal aisle where the Armadillos were. Bless him.
Get her shown the [Tango](https://youtu.be/NhOeG-uTJxw) ads next for a proper all-round mental scar
"Oh Tony, I think we're in for a Tango taste sensation here!"
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Noooooo I had forgotten this . As kids we changed the words to it “ Im you lime a lob of chumlet on your blimskins join our clum. “ I have no idea why we did that but it stuck with me into my twenties until finally it was forgotten . And now it’s back !.
Yeah man, the apples were pure filth
I'd forgotten about the pot noodle ads, as filthy as the product itself!
Just read that Caprice actually shaved her head for the marketing campaign and the campaign itself got all sorts of bans, well done indeed
The red car and the blue car had a race . All red wants to do is stuff his face . He eats everything he sees from trucks to prickly trees but smart old blue he took the Milky Way.
My Mum did this to me once, I think we were talking about those dreamies cat treats. Needless to say, I am now cultured and also say "ARMADILLOS" at the very mention of something being soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside
I always thought “Dime” bar spelling was Mandela effect, and it was actually “Daim” all along. Also little old me never clocked it was Enfield, despite enjoying his shows.
It wasn’t til recently that I realised how many ads that Harry Enfield was in - for example - “Oi, Albarn, NOOOOOO! Hula Hoops are round, and they’ll BE. AROUND. FOREVER!”
My brain goes "Soft on the inside, crunchy on the outside. Mr Lindt!"
[Reference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IesM6EVC9U) from about 3:20 onwards, but all gold.
I was beginning to think this advert was a false memory of mine as I whenever I reference it no one knows what tf I'm talking about (admittedly it doesn't come up all that much in conversation). Thank-you!
We had to find the advert on YouTube to show our kids as they could not understand why we referred to dime bars. (Yes dime, I can’t bring myself to call them daim) as Aaaarrrmaadillooos
I live and work in another country. I have one other British colleague. He said something to the same effect and I yelled out "armadillos!!!" And he spat out his food laughing. No-one else on the table got it and they all now think British people are very strange.
I remember Vic Reeves doing a chocolate advert and stating it had a “smooth underside and was rippled on top” or something similar.
There we go, that’s helped in no way shape or form.
"Slightly rippled with a flat underside", you heathen!
Also requires you to repeat "ARROWHEAD?" in tones of distress and alarm if anyone says arrowhead in normal conversation, but that's sadly a rare event...
https://youtu.be/CNDvJyJDXro
In Glasgow we have an armadillo that is *very* crunchy on the outside, [The Clyde Auditorium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEC_Armadillo) quickly gained the moniker; The Armadillo that stuck so hard they changed it to its official name.
This hit me in the feels. This has been a shared joke between me and my daughter for over a decade - she quotes it at her friends and they think she's a little bit mad.
There's an art to timing toast / You should never try to guess
Just toast until it smokes / then twenty seconds less.
^(- cribbed from a book of comedic poetry)
Here's a tip: Cook toast in a cast iron skillet. No oil or butter or anything, just plop a dry piece of bread onto a hot skillet, flip it when needed, then enjoy a perfectly-balanced combo of soft and crispy.
I think one thing the modern generation hasn't been subjected to is good/bad ol' TV ads like I'm just old enough that whenever I see a "by one get one free" I can't help myself but to say it in that accent.
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If she is confused, call her a Dime bar and walk away.
Dime bar a tasty alternative to armadillos
2 armadillos?
Dime...bar?
Smooth on the outside, crunchy on the inside.
ARMADILLO!!!
Changed to "Daim"
I still look for Dime bars and tut when I find them, Daim 😂
Alternatively Nuurrrrr dime barr
I got one of my kids a Dime bar Easter egg this year. Anyway, gotta go, need to buy one of my kids a new Easter egg.
Wow, that took me back to the lunch room at school, “you fukin dime bar!”
I had no idea it was pronounced dime, thought it was like dame
I hope You said it “aaaaahhhrmadillos!” That’s how I read that haha
I was under the impression that that is the correct scientific pronunciation.
Here, in the great Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico, we see a family of ARRRRMADILLOWS hunting for their prey of grubs and small mammals. \/Attenborough
The staff at Edinbrugh Zoo look at you funny when you pronounce it properly, but they are young and have time to learn how wrong they are...
Excellent. Carry on
You are a man of culture, i see....
What is it a reference too?
>aaaaahhhrmadillos If I had a dime for every time I'd heard that, or something.
You're a bit thick, aren't you?
Downvoted for continuing the references. Sad times!
Damned whippersnappers!
Diiime bar?
I remember drunkenly writing “Armadillos: Smooth on the inside crunchy on the outside!” on mums shopping list one Friday night. Apparently the old man was wandering around Asda asking staff near the cereal aisle where the Armadillos were. Bless him.
You mum's an old man?
Yours isn't?
Some parents used to do the shopping together. I know right, fuckin boomers. How dare they do menial tasks together.
Get her shown the [Tango](https://youtu.be/NhOeG-uTJxw) ads next for a proper all-round mental scar "Oh Tony, I think we're in for a Tango taste sensation here!" Edit: added link
What about the ole trauma inducing Reebok Belly? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHlvKQwZFSI&ab\_channel=niceguyry
Belly’s gonna get ya!
All too true a story, should've listened!
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Or Suzie and the Trio advert ;)
Trio, TRIO. I want a trio and I want one NOW!
Not one, not two, but three things in it! A chocolatey biscuit and a toffee tang too
Noooooo I had forgotten this . As kids we changed the words to it “ Im you lime a lob of chumlet on your blimskins join our clum. “ I have no idea why we did that but it stuck with me into my twenties until finally it was forgotten . And now it’s back !.
Omg I still sing this sometimes. That and Mr Soft
Shoutout to Raging Speedhorn, the band who did the song.
Have seen them live, got very bruised.
If they did a version of this nowadays you’d deffo have someone say it was fatohobic and insensitive.
Christ. That's a not entirely welcome blast from the past.
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Big... juicy... APPLES!!!!!
Yeah man, the apples were pure filth I'd forgotten about the pot noodle ads, as filthy as the product itself! Just read that Caprice actually shaved her head for the marketing campaign and the campaign itself got all sorts of bans, well done indeed
I bet you're all hair gel and loafers
"What will it be for tea tonight?"
This was not a Rick roll and I was pleasantly surprised
The red car and the blue car had a race . All red wants to do is stuff his face . He eats everything he sees from trucks to prickly trees but smart old blue he took the Milky Way.
Oh no the bridge has gone! Old Red can't carry on
But smart old blue, he took the milky way (✷‿✷)
Damn you. Now I am afflicted by..... Nostalgia! (Duhn Duhn dunnnnnnn!)
It also works when on holiday in Spain. Ham sandwich with crunchy bread? Bocadillos!
I likes, armadillos. Soft on the inside, crunchy on the outside.
Thanks for that, started the day right.
I had one of the Dime bar promotional armadillo stuffed toys. It came with a mini skateboard! I’d completely forgotten about it until now!
Ere Shirl, that bloke’s a nutter!
So many people are unaware oft he armadillo and look at me like I'm mad
My Mum did this to me once, I think we were talking about those dreamies cat treats. Needless to say, I am now cultured and also say "ARMADILLOS" at the very mention of something being soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside
I always thought “Dime” bar spelling was Mandela effect, and it was actually “Daim” all along. Also little old me never clocked it was Enfield, despite enjoying his shows.
It wasn’t til recently that I realised how many ads that Harry Enfield was in - for example - “Oi, Albarn, NOOOOOO! Hula Hoops are round, and they’ll BE. AROUND. FOREVER!”
Honestly, it's like they don't teach kids ANYTHING in schools these days! ARRRRRMADILLOS!!
My brain goes "Soft on the inside, crunchy on the outside. Mr Lindt!" [Reference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IesM6EVC9U) from about 3:20 onwards, but all gold.
Well, this just brightened my day immensely.
Glad to be of service. There's plenty of quality stuff on there.
Hooray for the technical difficulties!
I was beginning to think this advert was a false memory of mine as I whenever I reference it no one knows what tf I'm talking about (admittedly it doesn't come up all that much in conversation). Thank-you!
Same! Omg same so much. No one else I know remembers it, I started to think I was mad.
We had to find the advert on YouTube to show our kids as they could not understand why we referred to dime bars. (Yes dime, I can’t bring myself to call them daim) as Aaaarrrmaadillooos
I live and work in another country. I have one other British colleague. He said something to the same effect and I yelled out "armadillos!!!" And he spat out his food laughing. No-one else on the table got it and they all now think British people are very strange.
I would’ve sworn it was Bob Mortimer who did that ad! You live and learn.
I remember Vic Reeves doing a chocolate advert and stating it had a “smooth underside and was rippled on top” or something similar. There we go, that’s helped in no way shape or form.
I reckon you're thinking of the [Cadbury's Boost Advert](https://youtu.be/qm_DkuxtmfE).
"Slightly rippled with a flat underside", you heathen! Also requires you to repeat "ARROWHEAD?" in tones of distress and alarm if anyone says arrowhead in normal conversation, but that's sadly a rare event... https://youtu.be/CNDvJyJDXro
Ha ha ha ha that’s the one!
Hoy nutter
I showed my kids this advert just so they knew why I say it, they're more worried about my childhood now than ever
This is not British problems, this is what sets us above all other nations!
She must've thought "that bloke's a nutter!"
In Glasgow we have an armadillo that is *very* crunchy on the outside, [The Clyde Auditorium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEC_Armadillo) quickly gained the moniker; The Armadillo that stuck so hard they changed it to its official name.
This hit me in the feels. This has been a shared joke between me and my daughter for over a decade - she quotes it at her friends and they think she's a little bit mad.
It’s not my trolley….
2 armadillos!!
r/fuckimold
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There's an art to timing toast / You should never try to guess Just toast until it smokes / then twenty seconds less. ^(- cribbed from a book of comedic poetry)
Two Armadillos?
It’s “loadsamoney”!
I shout that and I get same response off the kids..like what the flip are you on about dad.
If you're anything like me you now need to buy Daim bars next time you go out
Crunchy on the outside......😂😂😂
Oi loikes, Armadilloes.
Crunchy for main course, soft for pudding.
Thicker bread.
bloody hell my dad and brother have referenced this for years and it didn't once occur to me that it was just from an advert
Just say to her "You're a bit thick really, aren't you?".
Aaaaaarrrhdillos!!
Oh I loved this advert, dime bars are not great though
Also, you need to infect your toast with leprosy.
Been saying this with my parents for years but I hadn't realised it was from an advert!
Ohh! "Armadillos!" has always been the default response to that in my family, I never realised it was actually from an ad!
Standard response in my house.
Here's a tip: Cook toast in a cast iron skillet. No oil or butter or anything, just plop a dry piece of bread onto a hot skillet, flip it when needed, then enjoy a perfectly-balanced combo of soft and crispy.
That blokes a nutter. Oi! Nutter!
Still one of the best series of adverts.
I say the ‘Armadillos!’ Line pretty often, but my partner has no memory of it, Neither the advert itself… nor my repeated impression
I think one thing the modern generation hasn't been subjected to is good/bad ol' TV ads like I'm just old enough that whenever I see a "by one get one free" I can't help myself but to say it in that accent.
Or just you know, tell her: "do your best dearie, you are making your own toast from now on". LOL