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Quavers Games

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The first mascot of Quavers was a hyperactive cartoon dog named 'Colin Curly', created by Bob Lawrie and voiced by Lenny Henry.  Colin also appeared in two Amiga and Atari ST puzzle games: Pushover (1992), where you are an ant trying to collect packets of crisps that Colin has lost down an ant hill. And its sequel, One Step Beyond (1993), where Colin has to try an escape after getting sucked into his computer at the moment he completes the final level of the prequel game, Pushover. The SNES version of Pushover completely lacks any reference to Quavers or Colin Curly - replacing them instead with bags of money, and a new character named Captain Rat.
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Old Hula Hoops Advert

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Just found this old Hula Hoops advert in the back of a 1985 Eagle comic!

Yes Gary!

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World's longest Hula Hoop sells on eBay for £712

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/529896/Worlds-Longest-Hula-Hoop-Sells-eBay-Bid-Auction-712

Crisps Restaurant

New restaurant Hipchips will serve 'hand crafted' crisps, cut from heritage potato varieties and fried in front of customers. And just in case that's not enough to elevate the humble crisp to restaurant standard, the crunchy snacks will arrive — wait for it — on a conveyor belt. Hipchips will open late October at 49 Old Compton Street, W1D 6HL .. http://londonist.com/2016/10/london-s-latest-one-item-restaurant-is-serving-crisps