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Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:42 am
by Bosscat
I present to you a 136g bag of Opal Fruits "Made to make your mouth water" ...
Yes thats right
Opal Fruits not bloody Starburst or whatever they call em now.
A 136g bag of fruity mouth watering fun.

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4 flavours.
So how many of each flavour and how many in total.
Strawberry ...
Orange ...
Lemon ...
Lime ...
Total sweets ...
10 points for correct guess (5 points for the nearest)
Happy guesstimating Counters
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 12:31 pm
by Bosscat
Count will close @ 1.30pm Saturday 15th.
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 2:13 pm
by Eloise Laws
Well there’s a memory…….“Opal fruits! Made to make your mouth water! Fresh with the tang of citrus! Four refreshing fruit flavours! Orange! Stawberry! Lemon! Lime!
Strawberry 8
Orange 6
Lemon 5
Lime 5
Total 24
Thanks for the count Bosscat….I’ll be singing it all day
UTC
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:17 pm
by Bosscat
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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:21 pm
by tarkys_ears
Ahh Opal Fruits. They making my mouth water just thinking about em!
Ill go for
Strawberry 9
Orange 10
Lemon 8
Lime 7
Total 34
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:25 pm
by Bosscat
Found them in Morrisons today

and thought thats it for the Foodcount this week ... well retro

Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 6:36 pm
by Les latcham fan club
Thanks BC for this wonderful nostalgic sweets count.
Strawberry 6
Orange 7
Lemon 7
Lime 6
Total 26 teeth rotting delights
UTC NNN
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 8:48 pm
by Croydon Claret
Almost as retro as the Wispa I found yesterday in the pocket of a coat I haven't worn in several years
Strawberry 8
Orange 11
Lemon 7
Lime 9
Total 35
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 8:49 pm
by jdrobbo
Strawberry 8
Orange 9
Lemon 8
Lime 9
Total 34
Cheers!
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:58 am
by Bosscat
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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:06 am
by Claretmisterg
An excellent choice Bosscat, I sez
Strawberry ...4
Orange ...3
Lemon ...5
Lime ...4
Total sweets ...16
Surely these retro mouth watering tasty treats will please the counting gods ensuring we absolutely smash the Swans and deliver 3 much needed points.
Up the Mighty Clarets, come what may.
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:34 am
by Bosscat

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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2025 5:13 pm
by Bosscat
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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2025 5:31 pm
by BigF
Strawberry 7
Orange 8
Lemon 8
Lime 7
Total 29
Thanks for the count Bosscat.
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:25 pm
by Dawlishclaret
Let’s go for lucky 7’s
Strawberry 7
Orange 7
Lemon 7
Lime7
Total 28
Thanks Bosscat
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 8:54 am
by Bosscat
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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:56 am
by Bosscat

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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:02 pm
by Jasper64
I'm like Eloise Laws the "Opal Fruits" song is stuck in my head as well.
By the way do you think of Starbursts as being " AWFUL FRUITS" ?
My guess is going to be
Strawberry... 8
Orange... 8
Lemon... 7
Lime... 7
Total... 30
Thanks for the count Bosscat.
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:37 pm
by Bosscat
BigF wrote: ↑Thu Mar 13, 2025 5:31 pm
Strawberry 7
Orange 8
Lemon 8
Lime 7
Total 29
Thanks for the count Bosscat.
Just noticed your total does not tally with your sweets counts do you want to stay or change BigF ?
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:58 pm
by Bosscat
Jasper64 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:02 pm
I'm like Eloise Laws the "Opal Fruits" song is stuck in my head as well.
By the way do you think of Starbursts as being " AWFUL FRUITS" ?
My guess is going to be
Strawberry... 8
Orange... 8
Lemon... 7
Lime... 7
Total... 30
Thanks for the count Bosscat.
Not at all ... just think the name changes are unnecessary like Marathon bars etc ...
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:31 pm
by Zooniverser
Strawberry 6
Orange 8
Lemon 10
Lime 9
Total sweets 33
0ml joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 7:01 pm
by Bosscat

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Off to pub so anymore takers wont get acknowledged till morning

Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:59 pm
by DingleDangle
Yesssss! Excellent find Bosscat. Opal Fruits......way better than shitty Starburst (sang to the opal fruits tune

). I'm going feeeeerrrr........
Strawberry - 11
Orange - 9
Lemon - 9
Lime - 9
Total Sweets - 38
Thanks Bosscat and let's smash Swansea and collect 3 points tomoz. UtBFC!
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 6:16 am
by green_parrot
Strawberry 8
Orange 8
Lemon 8
Lime 8
Total - 32
Thanks Bosscat
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 7:43 am
by tally
Strawberry 7
Orange 8
Lemon 6
Lime 5
Total 26
cheers for the count Bosscat
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 8:41 am
by ClaretGeorgina
Strawberry 4
Orange 5
Lemon 6
Lime 6
Total 21
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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:33 am
by claretblue
Strawberry 9
Orange 7
Lemon 8
Lime 10
Total 34
thanks for doing the count!
remember Opal Fruits advert very well!
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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:18 am
by Bosscat

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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 12:26 pm
by Bosscat
Just over an hour to Opal Fruit bag rippin-time

Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:00 pm
by Bosscat
30 minutes
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:29 pm
by Longsider
Strawberry 14
Orange 9
Lemon 12
Lime 8
Total 43
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:31 pm
by Bosscat
Count closed ...
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:31 pm
by Bosscat
Just in time Longsider

Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:36 pm
by Bosscat

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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:39 pm
by Bosscat

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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:40 pm
by Bosscat
Congratulations to all points scorers lets go and have a mouth watering win at Swansea today.

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Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:53 pm
by tarkys_ears
Daaamn son, you got ripped off on the orange ones!
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 1:54 pm
by Longsider
Lovely count Bosscat. Squeaked in at the death for a cheeky 10 points too.
Up The Clarets
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 2:03 pm
by Bosscat
Over to Cmg to put the scores up

Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 3:17 pm
by Eloise Laws
No points for me…but I might be able to forget the song now
Like the simple offerings better…..Well done to the scorers….
UTC
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 4:55 pm
by Claretmisterg
Updated points :-
1st
Dawlishclaret 225 points
2nd
Zooniverser 168 points
3rd
BigF 166 points
4th
Longsider 163 points
5th
Jasper64 155 points
6th
jdrobbo 146 points
7th
Croydon Claret 135 points
8th
Eloise Laws 134 points
9th
DingleDangle 125 points
10th
Claretmisterg 108 points
11th
Les latcham fan club 105 points
12th
tarkys_ears 99 points
13th
claretblue 95 points
14th
green_parrot 90 points
15th
bfcjg 73 points
16th
tally 68 points
17th
distortiondave 55 points
18th
Bosscat 47 points
19th
ClaretGeorgina 40 points
20th
MDWat 20 points
21st
AGENT_CLARET 13 points
Joint 22nd
mdd2 5 points
pompeyclaret 5 points
Congratulations to all our points scorers :-
10 points sees Dawlishclaret now on an unprecedented 225 points 57 points clear in 1st place. Also gaining 10 points puts Longsider on 163 points but remaining in 4th places.
A big 20 points moves Jasper64 up a place into 5th now on 155 points.
10 points also sees Croydon Claret moving up a place to 7th now on 135 points.
10 points puts DingleDangle on 125 points but remaining in 9th place.
5 points puts yours truly on 108 points but remaining in 10th place.
10 points moves Les latcham fan club up from joint 12th to 11th now on 105 points and green_parrot onto 90 points but remaining in 14th place.
5 points puts ClaretGeorgina onto 40 points but remaining in 19th place.
Thanks for a brilliant count Bosscat, 3 points for scoring puts you onto 47 points but remaining in 18th place.
Thanks to all the counters who took part and thanks again to Bosscat for hosting a great retro count which has seen our intrepid heroes secure a well deserved victory in this afternoons football contest.
Come on the Wednesday in tomorrows game and up the Mighty Clarets, come what may.
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:15 pm
by Jasper64
Thanks for the count Bosscat.
Keep all the wrappers as mementos.
Hoping you prefer Strawberry to Orange
Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:17 am
by Les latcham fan club
Big thanks Bosscat a good 10 points!! NNN UTC
Re: Food Count
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2025 6:53 pm
by Bosscat
What delights have we for Bristol

Re: Food Count Swansea away 15th March
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:32 am
by BigF
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