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AIBU?

To be in a rage about my Magnum ice cream?

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maternitart · 21/06/2013 16:34

In a bad mood so thought I'd treat myself to a Magnum.

Firstly when I opened it the chocolate shell was all smashed up so I didn't get the satisfying crack of breaking it, and shards of choc started flaking off everywhere.

Secondly, the stick was poorly placed (off-centre) meaning that within a few bites the whole ice cream was about to fall off it.

I grabbed the nearest suitable thing to save it which was a plate with DS' partially gummed bread crusts on, so the now disrobed ice cream centre got covered in breadcrumbs.

Then DS immediately smooshed his arm into the plate by throwing himself backwards, and then threw said arms at my black jeans.

AIBU to be in a boiling rage at this travesty? Knew I should have had a bloody Calippo.

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HoneyDragon · 21/06/2013 16:35

Are Magnums ice creams or lollys?

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Lambzig · 21/06/2013 16:37

I think you need to buy another one and eat it after the DC are in bed.

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TheCutOfYourJib · 21/06/2013 16:39

The problem was you were already in a bad mood, so maybe you crushed it yourself.
hth Grin

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StuntGirl · 21/06/2013 16:40

Oh no :( There's nothing like a good Magnum. Have a mega craving for one now!

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tripecity · 21/06/2013 16:43

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maternitart · 21/06/2013 16:45

It was the least satisfying desert-related experience I've ever had.

No Benicio Del Toro helping me with my diamond heist, to boot.

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extracrunchy · 21/06/2013 16:46

I'm with Lambzig. You need another one when you can enjoy it in peace Grin

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SoleSource · 21/06/2013 16:53

I have given up sugar as much as I can but I love the white magnums. MMM

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TSSDNCOP · 21/06/2013 16:59

Lambzig is only wrong in that you should buy one of those 3 pack beauties and scoff the lot.

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TSSDNCOP · 21/06/2013 17:01

Honey I believe they fall into the Category Ice Cream, sub group Sticked vs a chic ice which would clearly be Category Ice Cream, no sub group.

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MrsBertMacklin · 21/06/2013 17:03

YANBU and you should tell them! You will definitely get a voucher for free ice cream. Go to the Contact Us link at the bottom of their site and put 'complaint' in the box that comes up.

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OccasionalTherapy · 21/06/2013 17:10

That is most sorrowful tale I think I've ever heard on MN
...it's worse than not realising you have in actual fact eaten the last Rolo already
...and even worse than deciding to have a pudding when out in fancy restaurant only to discover the only poxy pudding they have is cheesecake with guava drizzle.
I mean, wtf? Don't ruin my pudding with your suspiciously unfruity juice squirted over my plate! ::Bitter::

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TSSDNCOP · 21/06/2013 17:27

But Bert when one needs ones magnum fx, one needs it pronto. Not when some CS johnny gets round to his post.

No Op you need to redress the universal tilt caused by the previous disappointing Mangnum sharpish.

Get thee to a corner shop woman! Don't spare the horses.

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maternitart · 21/06/2013 17:39

Do you think I can invoice Magnum for a pink stretch Hummer taxi to the shop? Can't be bothered to walk there, and I'd hate to burn off any of the 260 calories of disappointment I've just consumed...

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TSSDNCOP · 21/06/2013 17:41

Back in the day, I friends of mine have sent taxis to purchase Silk Cut in the dead of night.

So I think a taxi ordered by the Magnum People should be just fine.

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bettycocker · 21/06/2013 17:46

I agree with MrsBertMacklin.

In fact, send them a link to this thread! Grin

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MrsBertMacklin · 21/06/2013 18:05

Contact Magnum AND take it back to the shop. Get an immediate replacement from shop and report incident to Magnum HQ as 'general feedback/disappointment'

I complained to Ben & Jerry's because the peanut butter ice cream I bought only had 1 peanut butter cup in it, although it's meant to be made up of 4% peanut butter cups which equals at least 5. I still ate the ice cream, didn't have to send any packaging back, just gave them the barcode and where I bought it. I got vouchers for three tubs.

And I don't care if working out the peanut butter cup:ice cream ratio made me look like a nutter to whoever read the complaint, I got free ice cream.

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StuntGirl · 21/06/2013 18:07

mrs Grin

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LeGavrOrf · 21/06/2013 18:13

Haha I have done the drunken taxi run for fags - called a taxi 'please bring a pack of benson and hedges to my address'

Your poor magnum. I remember being bitterly disappointed with a Feast once which had a very small chocolate core. The bastard.

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LeGavrOrf · 21/06/2013 18:15

Lol at berts peanut butter cup calculations.

It is the exact reverse of the joy you get when it turns out that you have got an abnormal kit Kat which is all chocolate and no wafer.

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extracrunchy · 21/06/2013 18:20

MrsBert where did you buy the peanut butter cup stuff?????? I can't find it anywhere and I NEED IT.

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MrsBertMacklin · 21/06/2013 18:20

Oh Gav, no-wafer KitKat is the confectional equivalent of a double-yolked egg. Magical and spectacular.

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MrsBertMacklin · 21/06/2013 18:21

Crunchy, it's in all the major supermarkets I've gone to. It's on a two for £7 in Sainsbury's at the moment, with the other B&J 'Core' icecreams.

If you get really stuck, let me know and I'll do a live-eating of a tub and describe it to you.

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extracrunchy · 21/06/2013 18:26

Hahaha I think that would kill me!

I am sending DH to Sainsbury's as soon as he's home. Cos I'm far too pregnant to go on my own. Yep.

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maternitart · 21/06/2013 18:26

Do you think I should take a photo of my DS' sleeve and the breadcrumb plate with sad Magnum stick as evidence?

Bert coincidentally years ago I wrote to B&J about my Carsmel Chew Chew only having a paltry 2(!) caramel chocolate covered chews in the tub. I didn't get three vouchers though ( just as well as I was fat enough already and used to put a whole tub away in one go...)

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