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Angela Woodford wrote:Kia-Ora - "orange" squash extreme! A more lurid shade than Peckham Spring Water, it glowed in the glass, had no resemblance whatsoever to an authentic orange and had those weird little gritty bits at the bottom of the bottle. Mainstay of summer picnics and childrens' parties.

I must have consumed vats of the stuff.

The drink of choice at the local fleapit. It came in a plastic cup with a 'straw', one end of which was pointy to pierce the lid but it never worked and you ended up with the stuff all over you. Of course by the end of the film it had dried and you had to go home with orange streaks on your clothes which were horrendous to get out.

englishangel wrote:

Angela Woodford wrote:Kia-Ora - "orange" squash extreme! A more lurid shade than Peckham Spring Water, it glowed in the glass, had no resemblance whatsoever to an authentic orange and had those weird little gritty bits at the bottom of the bottle. Mainstay of summer picnics and childrens' parties.

I must have consumed vats of the stuff.

The drink of choice at the local fleapit. It came in a plastic cup with a 'straw', one end of which was pointy to pierce the lid but it never worked and you ended up with the stuff all over you. Of course by the end of the film it had dried and you had to go home with orange streaks on your clothes which were horrendous to get out.

It was horrible sickly stuff but as you say virtually all you could buy at a hot, stuffy, cinema so one drunk (?drank that grammar thread has given me a complex!) it anyway and was grateful for it!

Angela Woodford wrote:Kia-Ora - "orange" squash extreme! A more lurid shade than Peckham Spring Water, it glowed in the glass, had no resemblance whatsoever to an authentic orange and had those weird little gritty bits at the bottom of the bottle. Mainstay of summer picnics and childrens' parties.

I must have consumed vats of the stuff.

AFAIR the adverts claimed that Kai-ora is Maori for "good health", hence Angela's current state.

Anyone know Hayley Westenra to ask her?

sejintenej wrote:

Angela Woodford wrote:Kia-Ora - "orange" squash extreme! A more lurid shade than Peckham Spring Water, it glowed in the glass, had no resemblance whatsoever to an authentic orange and had those weird little gritty bits at the bottom of the bottle. Mainstay of summer picnics and childrens' parties.

I must have consumed vats of the stuff.

AFAIR the adverts claimed that Kai-ora is Maori for "good health", hence Angela's current state.

Anyone know Hayley Westenra to ask her?

No, but I picked up a little Maori during 7 years of residence in The Land of the Long (Roa) White (Tea) Cloud (Ao), and you are correct. Except for your spelling. Kai is food.

Incidentally - Irn Bru can even be purchased here in Adelaide. It's stocked by shops that sell delicacies such as flying saucers (all polystyrene outer and insufficient fizzy middle these days), licorice allsorts, walnut whips (no walnut inside anymore), Murray Mints ......................

Think I'll make a trip to Hahndorf tomorrow.

xx