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Now I love those chocolate assortment boxes which appear every Christmas, with all the different flavours wrapped up in different coloured shiny foil, all ready to be unwrapped and popped into the mouth. Only problem is, we all have our definite favourites. I'm an orange creme person, myself, which puts
me in a minority (and makes me some sort of freak of nature, or so I'm told. By toffee-lovers). So I end up spending half the movie digging through the tin, looking for orange creams, when I should be watching the exciting swordfighty bit. And then it's left to my fellow watchers to explain the plot to me when I finally re-emerge from the chocolate tin, mouth full, saying "Ah' 'appn?"
But these chocolates are all different shapes and sizes, and are probably different weights, too. So...
Introducing the Quality Street Centrifuge! Simply pour the contents of the entire tin into the hopper, and the contents will be shaken and spun, shaken and spun, rinsed, and finally ejected slowly so that each different type emerges , one after another, neatly sorted, and they can all be put in separate bowls. Handy universal clamps on the underside will securely attach the centrifuge to the arm of your sofa.
(I know they now sell separate cartons of the individual flavours, but that's so much less fun, and besides, people never buy those for you. And they don't do an orange cream one, anyway.)
the Brazil Nut Effect
http://www.google.c...fect%22&btnG=Search
[hippo, Feb 12 2006]
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moomintroll - you have just prompted me to put up an
idea I have had sitting for a while - You'll recognise it
when you see it, but meanwhile have a croissant to chew
on + |
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Er.. okay. Can I have my croissant first, please? |
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Oi! [xenzag]! <bounces pastry off [xenzag]'s head> Croissant needed! |
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He's off somewhere. I still haven't seen this idea of his (hers? We really need an Internet Pronoun). |
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rinsed, what are you thinking? |
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Well, after talking about spin cycles, it just seemed a natural progression ;) |
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wet chocolate nearly deprived you of a + |
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I'm with you [moom], the orange cream ones are the best. (toffees are alright I guess, but the nut ones are a bunch of poo) |
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The Green Triangle Praline Experience |
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Careful not to turn it on too high. Mine sorted the chocolate from the nuts, and even pulled the liquor out of the cherries. |
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I really want the people who put nuts in chocolate dealt with. I don't care how you kill them; just do it as painfully as possible. |
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I can deal with all the nuts that you can throw at me ;) |
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Excellent idea. The other way to
separate out different types of Quality
Street is to use the "Brazil Nut Effect"
(see link). High frequency, low
amplitude vibration of the container
(i.e. jiggling it for a while) will grade the
chocolates, leaving the largest, lowest
density ones at the top. |
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I suggest, in the interests of modularity, that the invention become slightly more generalised, and possessed of a switch marked 'Quality Street'; 'Roses'; and 'whatever those sweets are that contain Maltesers (the misfortune of eating one is a highly unpleasant and thoroughly pointless experience that puts ones teeth on edge, akin to eating a small lump of breezeblock coated in chocolate)'. You can make it a three-position knife switch, if you like. |
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It should also mark the Maltesers in an unmistakeable manner. Then throw them away, also in an unmistakeable manner. |
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I'll take your Maltesers and Turkish Delights. |
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I'll raise you three Srawberry Cremes |
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IT, re: maltesers. try sucking 'em. an altogether different experience. |
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If you suck on a Maltese you might make them cross. |
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The turkish delights are all mine, all mine,
the turkish delights are all mine. |
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oops! I forgot your croissant - I still prefer the fishbone
logo - that croissant always looks like a little turd to me.
The idea will surface, all in good time - don't want to be
perceived as trying to usurp your excellent offering. |
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