Talk:Twisties

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This article needs more sources... I somehow doubt that Twisties are a food staple in Antarctica, as per this bullet point: "Twisties are popular at Casey station in Antarctica but supplies are limited. This has led to expeditioners sneaking around in the night and stealing packets for their personal collection. These extreme measures are driven by the cheesy cheesy goodness of twisties. Kingston is currently rectifying the situation with a mass order of Twisties for the 2010 resupply."

Anyone care to elaborate?

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.161.80.194 (talk) 02:39, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removed from external links section reference to an unrelated Italian product with similar packaging (It Italy is called "fonzies" and appereance looks like twisties packaging but available only in cheese flavour). Andoka 04:49, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know how similar these are to Nik Naks? --80.47.107.70 14:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've eaten both, and they are very similar -J.Hrouda —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.34.40.2 (talk) 06:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Hrouda, in fact they are identical. The product linked, Tastiees has no google presence, and I don't think its similar as the link shows a product "baked not fried".

There is no product called Tastiees.

The product Tastees has a google presence. Tastees and Twisties are very, very similar

Nik Naks were originally manufactured by Smiths Crisps in the UK in the early 80s, and Twisties are made by Smiths in Australia. I assume they were rolled out in Australia after and are very similar,or identical. On this basis, I am changing the page.Matthewsheffield 12:36, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Flavors[edit]

Is it possible to add a section for the variety of flavors Twisties come in and which are available in the respective countries? Perhaps it can be a table format as it is available in some countries?Kingdranix (talk) 12:09, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

reference[edit]

I removed "[www.tastees.info.]" from the article as it should be a reference, not part of the text. Don't know how to do references; sorry! It came from this sentence:

Twisties are now on sale in the UK, where they are known as Tastees and will be as popular as they are in other countries - [www.tastees.info.]

anonymous 06:31, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Tastees in the UK are a similar product to Nik Naks and Twisties. This statement of fact has been removed by someone.I put this true statement back and the true statment has now been removed. The inclusion of facts is not spamming. The products look similar, they taste similar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jewelleryq (talk • contribs) 15:04, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not all true statements are relevant to the article. Your 'similar' product does not belong here. Please, just stop attempting to promote your products on Wikipedia. That's not what Wikipedia is for. - MrOllie (talk) 15:29, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am not "promoting my products". I am stating the fact about products which are important and influential in their markets. Throughout the article on Twistees,references are made to "similar products" to Twisties, so please just stop being selective that is not what Wikipedia is about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.0.105 (talk • contribs)

If you would like to remove other inappropriate product promotion, feel free, but the existence of such references is not a reason to add more inappropriate content. - MrOllie (talk) 20:28, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The information concerning Tastees in the UK was on the Twisties page for 1 year. It was a factual statement which was informative and of interest to Wikipedia users. It was then deleted not by yourself. I then re submitted the same information which had been on the page and you deleted it.

Why was informative and factual information allowed to be deleted by someone, not yourself and then the information not allowed to be reinstated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.0.105 (talk) 08:53, 13 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Italian version confusion?[edit]

Someone familiar with both the Australian product and the Italian product ("Fonzies") mentioned in the article needs to clear up the confusion about their relation to each other. The article seems to claim that Fonzies are both the same as Twisties and merely a similar product. -Jarsyl (talk) 04:11, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

THe fun part about this is that they are the same but different - whilst they are both baked cheese flavoured snacks, Twisties are cheddar flavoured and orange coloured, and Fonzies are gorgonzola flavoured and pale yellow in colour. Fatagina (talk) 02:39, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes indeed - fonzies and twistees have got nothing to do with each other - they are completely different. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.203.38.5 (talk) 16:22, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The product inside the packet may be completely different but the outer packaging is so similar as to suggest a link. Perhaps the makers of Fonzies are pinching the style of packaging that Twisties use? The styling of the Fonzies pack is similar to the styling of the Twisties packet that was used years ago. 203.9.151.254 (talk) 12:48, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Reduction in packet sizes: 125g ↓ 100g ↓ 90g[edit]

Should make some comments on the practice of reducing packet sizes. While same or ↑ price. 3½+ years ago they were 125gm, the packet in the piccy is 100g, and was taken before 4 June 2006. NOW December 2009 they are 90g! Larger packets I think were ≈200g, now 190g! Small 50G pack ↓45g? --220.101.28.25 (talk) 13:27, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Is this really relevant to the subject?[edit]

"In 2017, the Fair Work Commission found an electrician was fairly fired for not attending work, as he used a Twisties packet as a Faraday cage to negate the GPS function on his PDA".

This line suggest it was not the chips' fault, and the electrician. Is this really relevant to Twisties history? ♡Draco Centauros♡ (talk) 00:22, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]