jellysundae Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 I doubled up on the r there by mistake, but as it's very apt for a frozen treat I thought I'd leave it. But this furanga brucicle though... This Brucicle not only has a Furangas taste but also its roughness! It looks pretty, but does it TASTE good?! That description isn't making me agog to try it, that's for sure! Does the fruit itself shed any more light... Furanga Fruit A tough furry fruit that is mainly used to clean the chalk off blackboards. Er, yum?... no? And doesn't that description date the item! I can date myself now by saying that whiteboards were just becoming a thing when I was at school, they only had them in newer parts of schools, so I got to take the blackboard cleaner outside and bang it against the wall until the clouds of chalk dust had subsided, that was fun. As was doing the fingernails down the blackboard thing and setting everyone's teeth on edge. There was a scary teacher at my secondary school in this town who'd throw the board rubber at people. Would you want to be clonked on the head with one of these? He was a good shot too, though he did only do it to the boys, so yay for sexist 80s teachers I guess. Though the reality of that is that it was probably only the boys who dared to misbehave in his class, and that would just have been from bravado, wouldn't it, lol. So I dunno if using fruit as a board rubber is because they taste too revolting to eat, or if it's just really sound ecological sense, or what. I do know one thing though, it wouldn't have hurt so much if Mr. Robson threw it at you, that's for sure. So who's up for eating a Furanga Brrrucicle, and did you have any school teachers, lol. charelan and babayaga67 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydeed Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Bringing back memories! I did the cleaning for a teacher quite often and dropped the rubber out of a third floor window once. Didn't hit anyone luckily. I can remember how the chalk dust felt on my hands. Edit: in England erasers were called rubbers; been away for 20 years so I don't know if they still are. It makes sense; you rub away the mistake or unwanted text on a page or board. jellysundae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyHanakoKoi Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Teacher no. Creepy principal yes. When I was in 3rd grade an incident happened in his office and let's just say, TONS of therapy did nothing to block it out. He lost his job becuz of me jellysundae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 20 minutes ago, jaydeed said: Edit: in England erasers were called rubbers I was gonna blithely state that yep, we still call them rubbers, but then I realised that I've no idea if kids do or not, they probably do though. Unless they're trying to sound cool. I know it's something you're prone to at a certain age, using American terms for things just because. But you don't keep doing it because you realise after a while that you just sound daft. I just had a look on Ebay and people tend to list them using both words, but what amused me is Ebay sections them as Rubbers & Erasers, like they're two different things, way to cause trans-Atlantic confusion. @LonelyHanakoKoi That's tough As far as I'm aware none of that went on in any of my schools, I can only hope that was actually the case because it does go undetected so very often. So horrible that something happened to you, but truly excellent that the slimeball lost his job as a result, just wish the harm he did could be got rid of, hopefully time will heal in the end. LonelyHanakoKoi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GillyTook Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Silly (sadly) American here. I always thought rubbers only referred to the rubber ones which erased pencil from paper. Made since because they're made of rubber. It never occurred to me that ones for other things would also be called rubbers. I remember chalk boards, but I can't remember when white boards became more common. Also, that brucicle sounds kinda icky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbell Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 if someone handed be a brucicle heck yes I would try it! As long as the fruit is peeled I'm sure its fine. Also I went to an all girls school so I had a bunch of wacky teachers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 you realize it's all chemical *artificial flavors* and sugar ... jellysundae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayd1978 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 I'm perfectly willing to give it a try, but I'm fairly adventurous with food. And hey, if it's nasty, don't take a second bite. jellysundae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylphrenai Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 5 hours ago, Rayd1978 said: I'm perfectly willing to give it a try, but I'm fairly adventurous with food. And hey, if it's nasty, don't take a second bite. My teeth just winced a little at the thought of biting a popsicle, not only once but twice brrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrtbrk Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 We're going to have to start at the rate Trudy keeps dropping them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellysundae Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 Maybe we can palm them off on Granny next year for CC, after all she's got no teeth, so wouldn't be effected by any of the issues popsicles can give other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobert_Doo Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 On 10/18/2018 at 3:24 PM, Angeló said: you realize it's all chemical *artificial flavors* and sugar ... More like synthetic hair and these But maybe they do have a good flavor. They just don't describe it. Angeló 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayd1978 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 19 hours ago, sylphrenai said: My teeth just winced a little at the thought of biting a popsicle, not only once but twice brrr. Fair. I was thinking more the fruit. I'm willing to try the popsicle, but biting it would require a sizable bribe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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