Can anyone say this advert would NOT have been made....

[Jamie]

.... if it weren't for stock phrases in Enid Blyton novels?

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C'mon, anyone who has been a fan of The Famous Five will know that without EB's "lashings of" and her various characters' fascination with this particular beverage, there wouldn't have been an ad like this.

Mwahahahahaaaaaaaa....

[Dick Kirrin]

You gave me just the amusement I needed to call it a day, thanks Jamie.

Cheers

Dick Kirrin

PS: Maybe Nigel might feel tempted to taste the stuff...?

[Jamie]

Glad to be of service, old egg.

[Moonraker]

Yes, a great advert - and I have tasted Crabbie's many times, Dick! It is generally thought that Enid never used the phrase, 'lashings of ginger beer' - however, she did use, 'lashings of lettuce'.

[Julie2owlsdene]

And 'lashings of tomatoes'.

[Moonraker]

Did any of the poor boys ever get 'lashings' of the cane? Or was that a good 'lamming'?

[Jamie]

Did any of the poor boys ever get 'lashings' of the cane? Or was that a good 'lamming'?

Never mentioned in The Famous Five, but I do recall various wrongdoing's at St. Rollo's being punished with "being rapped across the knuckles with a ruler". Not very terrifying.

[zaidi]

Wow what add! The woman was very comical.