Kinder Eggs

The Foursome are American! It explains so much...

Well what are you gonna do, so who wants to go for a cheeseburger?

What is it Scarlet? I can't hear you speak louder.

You're not imagining things, Art. Ever since those filthy asset-strippers from Kraft took over Cadbury's, the portions have been growing smaller and the prices increasing. If anyone flying a Predator drone wants to drop an LGB on Kraft's boardroom in the middle of a meeting, the chocolate-lovers of Britain will bless you!   

A child's toy inside a plastic capsule with a pop-off lid hidden inside a chocolate egg. Funny, I always thought Scarlet DESIGNED the thing.  

Next arc, The Quad vs THIS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8y6nJIOySA

Scarlet: "Egg man too scary! I don't wanna!"

Yeah... Just stand there and watch her choke, why don't ya. ô_ô

"GASP" Scarlet!!!!  Art, you jerk. Help her!

Art giving Scarlet the Heimlich maneuver. Imagine what Pip could do with THAT picture.

EmfinnFZ wrote:
The Foursome are American! It explains so much...

wait...ever year? I hate to be a Grammar Nazi, but I think JJ missed a letter there.

EmfinnFZ wrote:
The Foursome are American! It explains so much...

And pray tell, how did you determine that? Nowhere in the strip is there any evidence of a wrapper on Scarlett's egg. Only in Art's left hand in panels 1 & 2 is there anything resembling a wrapper. Without the wrapper, I wouldn't know that it was a Kinder Egg either. Not that I've ever seen one in the first place, but a chocolate egg is a chocolate egg is a chocolate egg is a ... Unless the Kinder egg itself is stamped with a label, it's just another chocolate egg among millions of chocolate eggs. And a chocolate egg exists for one purpose, and only one purpose... CONSUMPTION!   

OrlahEhontas wrote:

EmfinnFZ wrote:
The Foursome are American! It explains so much...

And pray tell, how did you determine that? Nowhere in the strip is there any evidence of a wrapper on Scarlett's egg. Only in Art's left hand in panels 1 & 2 is there anything resembling a wrapper. Without the wrapper, I wouldn't know that it was a Kinder Egg either. Not that I've ever seen one in the first place, but a chocolate egg is a chocolate egg is a chocolate egg is a ... Unless the Kinder egg itself is stamped with a label, it's just another chocolate egg among millions of chocolate eggs. And a chocolate egg exists for one purpose, and only one purpose... CONSUMPTION!   

i so agree with you ryoga. i live in the states but i do know what a kinder egg is thanks to the internet everyone has at least heard of it in some way or form. without identification though sometimes you can not tell the real thing from a copy

Thought that Scarlet learnt not to do what the guys do with Choc eggs. Smashing eggs on the forehead and now swalloning whole - will you never learn, scarlet!

I think recall some family friends who were Polish that invited us for Easter and they had kinder eggs. wonder how they were able to get those if they're banned in the U.S? maybe they smuggled them in from Canada....along with possible cheap meds (hahaha).

Anyone care to explain why there's an in-depth discussion about kinder eggs going on here?

VM893 wrote:I think recall some family friends who were Polish that invited us for Easter and they had kinder eggs. wonder how they were able to get those if they're banned in the U.S? maybe they smuggled them in from Canada....along with possible cheap meds (hahaha).

What the hell, banned?!?

OrlahEhontas wrote:

EmfinnFZ wrote:
The Foursome are American! It explains so much...

And pray tell, how did you determine that?

Well, there has to be some reason they're prohibited in the States, whether it be careless consumption of Kinder Eggs, or random consumption of random found unwrapped and unlabelled chocolate...

OrlahEhontas wrote:

EmfinnFZ wrote:
The Foursome are American! It explains so much...

And pray tell, how did you determine that? Nowhere in the strip is there any evidence of a wrapper on Scarlett's egg. Only in Art's left hand in panels 1 & 2 is there anything resembling a wrapper. Without the wrapper, I wouldn't know that it was a Kinder Egg either. Not that I've ever seen one in the first place, but a chocolate egg is a chocolate egg is a chocolate egg is a ... Unless the Kinder egg itself is stamped with a label, it's just another chocolate egg among millions of chocolate eggs. And a chocolate egg exists for one purpose, and only one purpose... CONSUMPTION!   

Kinder Eggs are hollow and rattle slightly when shaken.

arthurnonimus wrote:

VM893 wrote:I think recall some family friends who were Polish that invited us for Easter and they had kinder eggs. wonder how they were able to get those if they're banned in the U.S? maybe they smuggled them in from Canada....along with possible cheap meds (hahaha).

What the hell, banned?!?

Yes, apparently authorities in the US took offense to the idea of marketing a choking hazard to children, go figure. Oddly, Kinder Eggs had been available for years beforehand, so read what you will into that.

SPRoss wrote:

arthurnonimus wrote:

VM893 wrote:I think recall some family friends who were Polish that invited us for Easter and they had kinder eggs. wonder how they were able to get those if they're banned in the U.S? maybe they smuggled them in from Canada....along with possible cheap meds (hahaha).

What the hell, banned?!?

Yes, apparently authorities in the US took offense to the idea of marketing a choking hazard to children, go figure. Oddly, Kinder Eggs had been available for years beforehand, so read what you will into that.

The only thing offensive about kinder eggs is the amount of time and precision it takes to assemble the toys inside them.

You'd think they'd be okay as they come with a label that says "Warning: Contains small objects that may present a choking hazard.":/

DragonKingZero wrote:You'd think they'd be okay as they come with a label that says "Warning: Contains small objects that may present a choking hazard.":/

yeah, you'd think the would.

SPRoss wrote:

arthurnonimus wrote:

VM893 wrote:I think recall some family friends who were Polish that invited us for Easter and they had kinder eggs. wonder how they were able to get those if they're banned in the U.S? maybe they smuggled them in from Canada....along with possible cheap meds (hahaha).

What the hell, banned?!?

Yes, apparently authorities in the US took offense to the idea of marketing a choking hazard to children, go figure. Oddly, Kinder Eggs had been available for years beforehand, so read what you will into that.

Actually, no they hadn't. The Kinder Surprise originated in 1973 in Italy. The US FDA law prohibiting the import and consumption of that type of treat was enacted in 1938. A difference of some 35 years that the US FDA has been protecting the American public from “the sale of any candy that has embedded in it a toy or trinket”, even before the candy was invented. Granted, the fine of $2500 USD per egg seems a tad excessive....  

OrlahEhontas wrote:US FDA has been protecting the American public from “the sale of any candy that has embedded in it a toy or trinket”,

Amazing how the US needs 'protecting' from something the rest of the world is fine with. Could say more but I think that says enough  

arthurnonimus wrote:

OrlahEhontas wrote:US FDA has been protecting the American public from “the sale of any candy that has embedded in it a toy or trinket”,

Amazing how the US needs 'protecting' from something the rest of the world is fine with. Could say more but I think that says enough  

Because if it's food we eat it.

However they seem to look down on eating others.

arthurnonimus wrote:

OrlahEhontas wrote:US FDA has been protecting the American public from “the sale of any candy that has embedded in it a toy or trinket”,

Amazing how the US needs 'protecting' from something the rest of the world is fine with. Could say more but I think that says enough  

Yeah, given the lumps of processed saturated fat and sugar that classifies as an American 'diet', you have to wonder if the FDA needs to start a bit closer to home! Some American breakfast cereals and processed meals would be classified as chemical weapons in Europe!

Full Disclosure: I, personally, don't like the taste of Kinder eggs, even when the toy is removed.