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>>>>>>>>>>Yes, I've noticed that. Places we'd call a village in England are towns in the USA. I guess it's all part of the supersize me culture. In UK we used to buy things (like drinks in a cinema) that were small, medium or large. Now, since US influence, they're regular, large and extra large.
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>>>>>>>>But this has been a particular effect marketing tool when applied to other products as well.
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>>>>>>>But it stems from America no doubt.
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>>>>>>>>Condoms, for example. <s>
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>>>>>>>>( there was, in fact, once a psy-ops proposal to package up a lot of extra large condoms, label them "Small" and let them fall into the hands of the enemy )
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>>>>>>>But not when the enemy is run by a "dick 'tater" :-)
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>>>>>>>>I also admired whoever it was in marketing at Mars candy that when they reduced the size of a 3 musketeers Bar by at least one Muskateer splashed a banner across the label that said "NEW SIZE !!"
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>>>>>>>Considering Mars is a UK co. (or was originally) I've never heard of that confection.
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>>>>>>The product names differ. I think the candy bar sold as a Mars bar in the UK is about the same as a 3 Musketeers bar in the U.S.
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>>>>>I don't think so. Here in Canada, we have both. I haven't eaten either in decades, so I don't remember them very well, but since we have both, I assume they aren't the same thing. I seem to recall a Mars bar as being sort of creamier. And doesn't a 3 Musketeers bar have nuts or something?
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>>>>Reverse that and you have it correct. 3 Musketeers ads show the bar floating up out of reach, because it is so light.
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>>>Could that be what we call a "Milky Way"? Just a creamy fondant whipped centre: "The sweet you *can* eat between meals without ruining your appetite"
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>>We also have that one, so again, I assume that because we have all three for sale, that they are all different in some characteristic. Of course, it might just be a marketing trick in the same way as book publishers will sometimes bring out a book with 2 or 3 different covers for those people who care more about the cover than the content.
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>My conclusion then: we don't have a chocky bar that you guys call 3 musketeers.
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>BTW, did you used to have the Nestles (as it was called back in the day) Milky Bar, with the ads with the Milky Bar Kid?

Sorry, if we did, I don't remember it. We had the 'Milky Way' bar, but I don't remember any Milky Bar Kid. Was he like the Cisco Kid, only with a chocolate bar as his sidekick?