Topic: Horrible imitations of famous brands

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Beat that price, Lidl.

Ha, until I looked more closely I perceived that as a Barbie/Sindy doll imitation.

Hopefully there's a rival company that looks like this:

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[Sherringford Hovis]

Aldi's Taurus...has an industrial and bland taste to it that makes it even inferior to Strongbow

O_o

With a tongue that crippled, you probably qualify automatically for Disability Living Allowance.

The Lidl round the corner from me currently does a perfectly agreeable 568ml bottle of cider for 85p. It tastes pretty much exactly like Bulmers except slightly less sweet, and is roughly 1,000 times nicer than Strongbow.

Indeed. Drinking my dogs' eye-bogies is roughly 1,000 times nicer than Strongbow.

Sainsbury's and Tesco's own-brand £3.60-ish big wobbly 3L bottles of Strong Dry cider are also Shepton-made, but tend to be over-gassed as the pressure is needed to maintain the container's integrity during transit. The 'Trampagne' effect of sharing sprayed libations with one's compadres has the same cultural importance in the before-12 boozing culture as it does on sporting podiums. Gaymer's also churn out White Lightning, Diamond White and various similar 'itinerant-gentleman's Ready-Brek', but though I find them easy on the palette, even inveterate inebriates seem to be whistling along to the overture of a hangover before one has an outside chance of reaching the bottom of the bottle.

It amuses me that many cheapo cider brands print "open by hand" on the lid. What else am I gonna use? My claw? My trunk? My prehensile tail? Vestigial nubs of the mandibles that are growing out of my cheeks as my DNA regresses to that of a wasp as a direct result of consuming my own body-weight in fermented fruit by-products every couple of months?

[thecuriousorange]

I can't see Robert Cop being a name that would strike fear into the hearts of criminals, but then what do I know about law enforcement in the not-too-distant future.

[babyshambler]

Another nice pirate mod version.

[NoSleep]

Pronounce "Robert" as you would in "robust" & "overt" and I think you have something.

[DJ One Record]

In which the essence of Dr Pepper is judged not by its content but by its qualifications. That's Cameron's Britain for you.

[Dark Sky]

Found this collection of a few, some of which already featured in the thread...

http://aboutcolonblank.com/?p=8892

...but could someone tell me what's so wrong with the "Duracell" one? (Other than it doesn't have any batteries in it)

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...but could someone tell me what's so wrong with the "Duracell" one? (Other than it doesn't have any batteries in it)

I can't tell - to me they just look like normal Duracells.  Maybe they linked to the wrong image.

I've seen some of these in real life though:

[Consignia]

That's brilliant and should be a series in it's own right.

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Here are a few more pictures of "Transformable Tomas" and a video:





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLKfD1aTQnY

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A closer look at Blandness Girl:




And the presumably related Benign Girl:

[Consignia]

There's clearly some issues with Thomas-bot, as Thomas should be the centre piece, with James and Percy just side parts. And perhaps Toby should join in to make super Thomas-bot or something. They could be hammered out in the development phase, though.

[Buelligan]

I can't see Robert Cop being a name that would strike fear into the hearts of criminals, but then what do I know about law enforcement in the not-too-distant future.

We had to knit our own Bobbies in my day..

[holyzombiejesus]

Now this would be a useful thread - there's a bargain bread which is exactly the same as one of the Hovises, but I forget which one. And LIDL's single-malt was reviewed very favourably in the thread we had on whisky in here last year.

I've just re-read an old whisky thread on here too and there was much speculation that Tesco's (£20) Islay Malt is actually (£35) Caol Ila.

Also, they sell these in my local pound shop.

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I've just re-read an old whisky thread on here too and there was much speculation that Tesco's (£20) Islay Malt is actually (£35) Caol Ila.

Also, they sell these in my local pound shop.

If only Ted and Dougal had sung "Demondonkey" instead:

[Big Jack McBastard]

I've posted one or two of these before but this is my new favourite, not only is he backwards so you can't see how shit the front might be, the tagline: 'Come on enjoy the pleasure together!' is wonderful. Is he a Spidey vibrator in disguise?

That's brilliant and should be a series in it's own right.

Well we've got a Thomas series coming soon, you never know what might happen.

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'Come on enjoy the pleasure together!' is wonderful. Is he a Spidey vibrator in disguise?

Well then, on a similar trajectory:









This made me laugh as well; I don't know what it's called but surely it's the best superhero hybrid ever:


And on the theme of hybrids with botched faces, here's Chewbacca and Little Red Riding Hood:

[BlodwynPig]

This made me laugh as well; I don't know what it's called but surely it's the best superhero hybrid ever:

[BlodwynPig]

[Big Jack McBastard]

Temperance Bot is displeased with your hard-on

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Looks like Sue Perkins in the bottom left corner saying "NO!"

"Please scream out the English words written on this box upon seeing the Wicker Man at the top of the hill.  Thanks x"

[Serge]

Looks nothing like James Spader.

I love the fact that the backwards Spiderman comes with guns. That would have made an interesting twist when he just shoots Doctor Octopus in the face.

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Is it supposed to be holes in his mask, revealing Parker underneath?  It reveals nothing underneath, just blank skin!

[BlodwynPig]

Ziggy or Nuclear Optimism?

[Blue Jam]

lidl's olive oil scores high too, certainly higher than berio and that other crap beginning with b that is sold in most supermarkets

Belissimo [sic] ?

[biggytitbo]

The Lidl round the corner from me currently does a perfectly agreeable 568ml bottle of cider for 85p. It tastes pretty much exactly like Bulmers, except slightly less sweet, and is roughly 1,000 times nicer than Strongbow.


This said, I'd probably rather eat my own hand than ever drink Strongbow ever again, so that helps.

The king of all ciders

[Blue Jam]

From London's Old Street:

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From London's Old Street:

Brilliant.

[biggytitbo]

My fave was KFC - Kirkstall Fried Chicken, in Leeds. Sadly no longer in existence.