Comments on: Subliminal Freshness http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/10/03/subliminal-freshness/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: erik http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/10/03/subliminal-freshness/#comment-1191 erik Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:14:28 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/10/03/subliminal-freshness/#comment-1191 Ahhhh... the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont" rel="nofollow">Piedmont</a> <i>region</i>! In that case there probably are "foothills...in the Piedmont region". Ahhhh… the Piedmont region! In that case there probably are “foothills…in the Piedmont region”.

]]> By: erik http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/10/03/subliminal-freshness/#comment-1190 erik Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:03:50 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/10/03/subliminal-freshness/#comment-1190 Slovenia's not in Schengen for another 2.5 months? I didn't realize you were so uncool. I don't think we can hang out anymore until 2008. Jane, care to elaborate on the difference between foothills and piedmont? Is piedmont (obviously meaning "foot of the mountain") closer to the mountain range than foothills? sgazzetti, I love the cinnamon Altoids. Now those really <i>will</i> burn a hole in your tongue. Slovenia’s not in Schengen for another 2.5 months? I didn’t realize you were so uncool. I don’t think we can hang out anymore until 2008.

Jane, care to elaborate on the difference between foothills and piedmont? Is piedmont (obviously meaning “foot of the mountain”) closer to the mountain range than foothills?

sgazzetti, I love the cinnamon Altoids. Now those really will burn a hole in your tongue.

]]> By: Jane http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/10/03/subliminal-freshness/#comment-1189 Jane Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:10:53 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/10/03/subliminal-freshness/#comment-1189 "In the foothills of the Alps in the Piedmont region..." Which is it, Ferrero? Foothills or Piedmont? They're two distinct things. I have never seen tic tacs in anything other than the little plastic box. I feel cheated now. Also, you Altoids people mystify me. If those thing aren't burning an actual hole in my tongue they're leaving a decidedly ass aftertaste. Except for the sours. I love the sours. “In the foothills of the Alps in the Piedmont region…”

Which is it, Ferrero? Foothills or Piedmont? They’re two distinct things.

I have never seen tic tacs in anything other than the little plastic box. I feel cheated now.

Also, you Altoids people mystify me. If those thing aren’t burning an actual hole in my tongue they’re leaving a decidedly ass aftertaste. Except for the sours. I love the sours.

]]> By: sgazzetti http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/10/03/subliminal-freshness/#comment-1188 sgazzetti Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:43:18 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/10/03/subliminal-freshness/#comment-1188 Hmmm, I'll have to keep an eye out for this. I'm a regular user of tic tacs (a quick look in the desk drawer shows my supply at eight boxes, plus two super-sized). We also occasionally call in imported supplies of Altoids, particularly the cinnamon ones my wife likes. Related: my favorite tic tacs are the blue-packaged "extra strong mints". They, too, need to be imported (from Italy) -- why are they available there but not in Slovenia? Is it a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement" rel="nofollow">Schengen</a> thing? Hmmm, I’ll have to keep an eye out for this. I’m a regular user of tic tacs (a quick look in the desk drawer shows my supply at eight boxes, plus two super-sized). We also occasionally call in imported supplies of Altoids, particularly the cinnamon ones my wife likes.

Related: my favorite tic tacs are the blue-packaged “extra strong mints”. They, too, need to be imported (from Italy) — why are they available there but not in Slovenia? Is it a Schengen thing?

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