# Fosters: Australian for......bullshit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fosters-australian-for-bullshit/540093>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 20, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fosters-australian-for-bullshit/540093 "2010-05-20T02:57:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fosters-australian-for-bullshit/540093/61 "2010-05-25T13:33:57Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> It’s not that we don’t like them. It’s that we don’t like paying six-to-eight bucks for a package of cookies.

Pepperidge Farms has started selling Tim Tams (they’re somehow affiliated with Arnott’s). I haven’t tried them to see if they really taste the same, but they have them at our grocery store and I don’t think they cost any more than any of the other Pepperidge Farms stuff.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fosters-australian-for-bullshit/540093/62 "2010-05-26T02:52:15Z")

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> [@Sevastopol](#):
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> There would be a few Australian wines too. Jacobs Creek frinstance, or is that only Europe.

I think I’ve seen Jacobs Creek in Bangkok. Not a big wine buyer though, as the stuff is taxed so heavily that even the cheapest plonk becomes expensive.

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**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fosters-australian-for-bullshit/540093/63 "2010-05-26T12:33:54Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> I think I’ve seen Jacobs Creek in Bangkok. Not a big wine buyer though, as the stuff is taxed so heavily that even the cheapest plonk becomes expensive.

I saw Yellowtail and Jacob’s Creek wines for sale in Kuala Lumpur, at some astronomical price (no doubt due to taxes).

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