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[Heron TSG]

I mean that for all the huge-mongous corporations. Kraft, Wal-mart, De Beer, Nestle, Microsoft, Unilever, Carnival Cruise, and others.

[The Architect]

The variety and quality of products and services provided by competing entities is the boon of capitalism...

There's a very important distinction to be made here. Capitalism is not a market system, it's a business model. Variety and competition are the products of free market or "free trade" economics, not capitalism. Capitalism is the very name for the thing you're against: The pursuit of profit to the exclusion of all else, incidentally involving the assimilation of other companies, both vertically and horizontally. So Capitalism is actually the enemy from your point of view, and free market (Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith) is the origin and sustenance of competition.

Capitalistic monopolies were combatted in our nation's past because they restricted free market by aggressively eliminating competition.

[Tack]

Wait, it's Cadbury-Schweppes?

Oh, That's fine then.
Schweppes is awesome.

[Funk]

Why yes, I have heard of them.  My favorite of their products is the caramel egg.  A chocolate shell filled with caramel.  So good.  I only ever see those particular candies around easter though.  Most other Cadbury I see year round.

it to bad the us ones are smaller
still you can deep fry them

[LegoLord]

Why yes, I have heard of them.  My favorite of their products is the caramel egg.  A chocolate shell filled with caramel.  So good.  I only ever see those particular candies around easter though.  Most other Cadbury I see year round.

it to bad the us ones are smaller
still you can deep fry them

Deep . . . fried . . . chocolate . . .
I'd rather not die of heart attack at age 25.

[JoshuaFH]

Why yes, I have heard of them.  My favorite of their products is the caramel egg.  A chocolate shell filled with caramel.  So good.  I only ever see those particular candies around easter though.  Most other Cadbury I see year round.

it to bad the us ones are smaller
still you can deep fry them

Deep . . . fried . . . chocolate . . .
I'd rather not die of heart attack at age 25.

Yo' body can wit'stand more then dat! EAT UP BOY!

I'll be over here eating my deep fried salad.

[Cthulhu]

You can deep fry anything.

Remember that episode of King of the Hill?

[Aqizzar]

You can deep fry anything.

Remember that episode of King of the Hill?

Who could forget?  I knew I should have clicked this thread.  Fried Cadbury Eggs.  That is what my life has been missing.

[LegoLord]

You can deep fry anything.

Remember that episode of King of the Hill?

I know not of what you speak and don't think I want to.
I think this is why America has a reputation for being full of fat people.

[Heron TSG]

You can deep fry anything.

Remember that episode of King of the Hill?

I know not of what you speak and don't think I want to.
I think this is why America has a reputation for being full of fat people.

An active minority is often mistaken for a majority.

[Cthulhu]

You can deep fry anything.

Remember that episode of King of the Hill?

I know not of what you speak and don't think I want to.
I think this is why America has a reputation for being full of fat people.

You don't know what King of the Hill is?

Shameful, just shameful.

[MrWiggles]

There something wrong with that boy.

[Earthquake Damage]

I think this is why America has a reputation for being full of fat people.

What utter crap.  Our reputation for fatness is a direct result of (surprise!) being fat, not our food.  The abundance of fatty foods (fried stuff, fast food, &c) contributes to the reason but isn't the reason itself.  We have an abnormally large proportion of overweight (obese, even) folks 'round here.  We may or may not be the fattest country on the planet at the moment, though I'm pretty sure we're a contender.  Despite that, as Barbarossa notes, most of us are not fat, and that's worth keeping in mind.

[LegoLord]

Sorry, two things I should clarify:
1) I meant that episode of King of the Hill.  I have heard of the show, but I'm not fond of it.
2) I meant that how much people like eating highly fattening foods in America gets that reputation.  I know it's a minority, but it's a big one.

Maybe three things.  I am an American as well.  I see everyday that not everyone here is fat.

[MrWiggles]

According to WHO, the US isnt much worse then other first world nation with obesity. It just a stereotype.


So that doesn't mean its a concern, it just not a localized concern. There only a 3 percent difference with US and the United Kingdom, the last time I checked.